The jewel of the South Pacific “Sydney, Australia” is well known worldwide for its diverse culture, ethnic blend, diverse shopping and diverse experiences. The city awaits your visit for any purposes including business, leisure and more.
Sydney is one of the busiest commercial hubs in the Asia-Pacific region with a cosmopolitan population, museums, parks, historic sites, beaches and a variety of attractions including fine restaurants, lavish department stores, designer boutiques and hip bars etc.
Sydney Attractions – Places of Interests
Sydney Harbour National Park – This national park shelters private beaches, picturesque islands and rare pockets of native bushland. It provides an amazing experience for the tourists to swim, picnic and bushwalks along the spectacular foreshore or visit harbour islands on a ferry. You as well can enjoy sailing or kayaking in the natural beautiful surroundings. This park and headlands are also natural grandstands for some of Australia’s biggest events like the Hobart yacht race and New Year’s Eve fireworks etc.
Sydney Opera House – This is Sydney’s best-known landmark and international symbol. The base for the building was started in 1959. Its Utzon’s radical ‘sails’ design stretched engineering knowledge to the limit and imposed some unfortunate limitations on its functions. The Sydney Opera House is nonetheless a fascinating building and the heart of the city’s cultural scene. Many concerts are organized here whole throughout the year.
Sydney Harbour Bridge – This Sydney’s great icon opened to the public in 1932. The bridge linking the city with North Sydney carries eight lanes of road traffic and two railway tracks which form part of the city’s rail suburban network. The Sydney Harbour Bridge has a pair of granite-clad pylons at each end, they are actually there for show and do not support the great arch which is 530 metres (1650 feet) long and connected to huge hinges tied to bedrock at either end.
Macquarie Street – Macquarie Street houses several of the most interesting – The State Library of New South Wales, Parliament House, Sydney Hospital, the Old Mint (now a museum) and Hyde Park Barracks.
Bondi Beach – This beach is patrolled in daylight hours by volunteer lifesavers and professional lifeguards. It also has enclosed swimming baths at its southern end if you do not desire to tackle the waves.
Double Bay – this has many of Sydney’s exclusive fashion boutiques for men and women and real antique and art shops – no bric a brac or cheap copies here.
The Rocks – This has the biggest concentration of historic buildings in Sydney. The area is spotted with pubs, including Lord Nelson which has traded since 1842 and the hero of Waterloo since 1845.
Chinatown – This place is a bustling enclave of restaurants, shops and supermarkets on the southern fringe of the city area between George Street and Darling Harbour.
AMP Tower – This tower is the tallest structure in Sydney. Sitting above the Centrepoint centre, it is a steel tower topped with a circular, gold anodised structure housing an observation deck and a revolving restaurant. The tower offers sweeping views of the entire city and Sydney Harbour.
Parliament House – It is the world’s oldest continually operating parliament building. The lovely sandstone exterior hides the modern inside which has a modern restaurant and swimming facilities to help the politicians with their daily grind.
Museums – Different museums include the Australian Museum, Powerhouse Museum, Garrison Historical and military museum, Australian national maritime museum and Sydney mint museum etc. These museums have wide collections of natural history, devoted to science, aviation and decorative arts etc.
Entertainment
The IMAX theatre – It is famous for showing spectacular nature films. There are usually three movies about 45 minutes long, screened in rotation.
Oceanworld – This place organizes shows for daily shark feeding sessions and a seal show. Though much smaller and less spectacular than the Sydney Aquarium at Darling Harbour, it is well worth visiting.
Sydney Entertainment Centre – This is a major venue for concerts from Rock to Russian dances. This is worth a visit if only to see its amazing interior decor.
State Library– The State Library is more than just a library with fine exhibitions and collections of early Australiana including Captain Bligh’s log from the Bounty.
Nature & Wildlife
Taronga Park Zoo, Sydney Aquarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Observatory Hill and Chinese Gardens widely attract nature and wildlife, interested tourists.
Shopping
Queen Victoria Building and Sydney fish markets are great places to enjoy a wide range of products including branded clothes, quality jewellery and eatable products at very reasonable prices.
Sydney Hotels
Visiting Sydney offers you many choices in terms of accommodation that easily meet your matches and other needs.
Weather
The temperature reaches the high 30 degrees Celsius in summer and will occasionally drop down to 17 at night, but the summer temperatures are more typically somewhere in the twenties. The temperature in winter goes as low as 5 degrees, with a wind chill factor on top of that, and reaches freezing away from the coast.
