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The best place to start exploring Australia's oldest city is at
The Rocks, a restored 19th-century village at the southern end of
the Sydney Harbour Bridge, which was the site of Australia's...
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It may not be an ancient monument, but the architecturally
distinctive Sydney Opera House epitomises the city as much as the
Great Pyramid in Cairo or the Acropolis in Athens. Situated on
Sydney...
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Sydney's 'green lung' is the 30-hectare botanical garden,
established in 1816 and containing more than 7,500 species of
plants. Australia's very first farm was on the site where the
garden now...
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The waterside tourist precinct of Darling Harbour, close to the
central business district, is crossed by a monorail and offers
plenty of entertaining diversions, museums, carnival...
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One thing that is not in short supply in Sydney are beautiful
Pacific Ocean beaches. Anywhere in the city, except perhaps in the
far west suburbs, you will never be more than half an hour...
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One of Sydney's most famous landmarks, the Harbour Bridge (known
locally as the 'Coat Hanger') was completed in 1932 after claiming
16 lives during its construction. The bridge spans the...
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Attached to the Sydney Aquarium at Darling Harbour, the new
fauna and flora attraction features a huge variety of native
Australian plant and animal species in nine different habitats. A
walkway...
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Sydney Tower, or the AMP Centrepoint Tower, is the tallest
free-standing building in the city, and the second tallest in the
country. Situated above the Centrepoint office building and
shopping...
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Once home to music halls and grand theatres, Kings Cross was
transformed after World War II with the arrival of hundreds of
troops visiting from the nearby naval base, and today still carries
the...
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Children who visit the Featherdale Wildlife Park will be able to
interact with and observe koalas, wallabies and emus up close and
personal. Kids can have their photograph taken with one of...
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