DESTINATION SYDNEY

Sydney is Australia's largest financial centre and is also an international tourist destination, notable for its beaches and twin landmarks: the Sydney Opera House and the Harbour Bridge.

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DISCOVER SYDNEY: Bondi Beach, Chinatown, Circular Quay, Coogee Beach, Darling Harbour, Fort Denison, Kings Cross, King Street Wharf, Luna Park, Manly Beach, Port Jackson, The Rocks, Sydney Cove, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Opera House, Taronga Zoo, Whale Watching,

BONDI BEACH Bondi Beach is a popular beach and the name of the surrounding suburb in Sydney, Australia. Bondi Beach is located 7 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Waverley Council, in the Eastern Suburbs. Bondi, North Bondi and Bondi Junction are neighbouring suburbs ...

CHINATOWN Sydney's Chinatown is an urban locality in the southern part of the Sydney central business district, in New South Wales, Australia. It is located in Haymarket, between Central Station and Darling Harbour. It is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney and is Australia's largest Chinatown ...

CIRCULAR QUAY Circular Quay, Sydney, is located on the northern edge of the Sydney central business district on Sydney Cove, between Bennelong Point and The Rocks. It is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney. Circular Quay is made up of walkways, pedestrian malls, parks and restaurants. It hosts a number of ferry quays, bus stops and a train station ...

COOGEE BEACH Coogee Bay Road runs from Randwick to Coogee Beach which is relatively protected through its formation as a bay. The surrounding coastline is mostly cliffs, decreasing in height down to the beach in the western part of the bay. The bay is sheltered from the roughest seas by Wedding Cake Island, off the southern headland ...

DARLING HARBOUR Darling Harbour, a locality of Sydney's city centre, is a large recreational and pedestrian precinct that is situated on western outskirts of the central business district. The locality extends northwards from Chinatown, along both sides of Cockle Bay to King Street Wharf on the east, and to the suburb of Pyrmont ...

FORT DENISON Fort Denison is a former penal site and defensive facility occupying a small island located north of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. The island is also known as Pinchgut. The fortress features a distinctive Martello tower, the only one ever built in Australia and the last one ever constructed in the British Empire ...

KINGS CROSS Kings Cross is an inner-city locality of Sydney. It is located approximately 2 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, bounded by the suburbs of Potts Point, Elizabeth Bay, Rushcutters Bay and Darlinghurst. Colloquially known as The Cross, the area is known as Sydney's red-light district, and is reputed to be home to organised crime groups ...

KING STREET WHARF King Street Wharf covering approximately five hectares, is a former maritime industrial area on the eastern shore of Darling Harbour, an inlet of Sydney Harbour, Australia, that has been redeveloped into a mixed use tourism, commercial, residential and maritime development as part of the extensive redevelopment in the general area ...

LUNA PARK Luna Park Sydney is an amusement park, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Luna Park is located at Milsons Point, on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour. The park was constructed at the foot of the Sydney Harbour Bridge during 1935, and ran for nine-month seasons until 1972, when it was opened year-round ...

MANLY BEACH Manly is most notable for its beaches which are popular tourist destinations. Manly features a long stretch of sand on the ocean side, that runs from Queenscliff Beach to North Steyne Beach and Manly Beach. This is followed by rock pools and sandy beaches called Fairy Bower and Shelly Beach ...

PORT JACKSON Port Jackson, containing Sydney Harbour, is the natural harbour of Sydney, Australia. It is known for its beauty, and in particular, as the location of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge. It is used as the location of the New Year's Eve Fireworks and the Sydney to Hobart yacht race ...

THE ROCKS The Rocks is a tourist precinct and historic area near the central business district (CBD) of Sydney, Australia. It borders on the Bradfield Highway, leading to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and is immediately adjacent to Circular Quay (Sydney Cove), the site of Australia's first European settlement in 1788 ...

SYDNEY COVE Sydney Cove (called Warrane by the indigenous Cadigal people) is a small bay on the southern shore of Port Jackson (commonly but incorrectly called Sydney Harbour), on the coast of the state of New South Wales, Australia. Sydney Cove was named after the British Home Secretary, Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney ...

SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE The Sydney Harbour Bridge is one of the major landmarks of Sydney, Australia, connecting the Sydney central business district (CBD) with the North Shore commercial and residential areas, both of which are located on Sydney Harbour. The dramatic water vista of the bridge together with ...

SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE The Sydney Opera House in Sydney, is one of the most distinctive and famous 20th-century buildings, and one of the most famous performing arts venues in the world. Situated on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour, with parkland to its south and close to the enormous Sydney Harbour Bridge ...

TARONGA ZOO Taronga Zoo is the city zoo of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Officially opened in 1916, it is located on the shores of Sydney Harbour in the suburb of Mosman. Taronga Zoo is managed by the Zoological Parks Board of New South Wales under the trading name Taronga Conservation Society along with Dubbo's Taronga Western Plains Zoo ...

WHALE WATCHING IN SYDNEY Whale watching in Sydney is a popular past time in the winter and spring. There are a number of different migration and whale seasons. The Humpback Whale Migration passing Sydney takes place between April and December each year. The season is split into two distinct sections depending on the direction of travel ...

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