May I say '' is/lies south of Sydney''

[guilhermehm]

''Camberra is south of sydney'' to replace ''Camberra lies to south of Sydney''?

 

[Rover_KE]

You may say 'Canberra is south of Sydney' or 'Canberra lies to the south of Sydney'.

 

[tedmc]

Canberra is actually south-west of Sydney, much further inland than Sydney.

not a teacher

 

[MikeNewYork]

Canberra is indeed southwest of Sydney. But because the southeast coast of Australia trails southwest, Canberra is not very far inland.

 

[tedmc]

It is actually 150 km from the coast.

 

[Raymott]

It is actually 150 km from the coast.

It's 145km via King's Highway to Bateman's Bay - the quickest route. Closer to 110km as the crow flies.