NATURAL WORLD
Sydney is located on Port Jackson, commonly known as Sydney Harbour.
The harbor is dotted with small islands.
The Rails Trails
campaign establishes nature reserves and hiking and biking tracks
along railway lines.
PARKS
What are the most interesting city parks to visit? Check this discussion
from the Sydney
Flickr Group.
The Royal Botanical
Gardens is an an oasis of 30 hectares in the central business
district. Wrapped around Farm Cove at the edge of Sydney Harbour,
the gardens were established in 1816. A cultural and educational
garden -- Cadi Jam Ora - First Encounters -- captures the first
years of contact among the British colonists and the Gadigal peoples.
BIKING
Spring Cycle, organised by Bicycle
New South Wales, is the city's largest bike ride. The 2007 event
takes place October 21 at St Leonards Park, North Sydney, heading
across the Harbour Bridge to finish at Sydney Olympic Park.
CULTURAL WORLD
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is one of the most famous structures
in the world, and today visitors can climb
it. The bridge has connected Sydney with the harbour's Norh Shore
since 1932. It is the world's largest (but not longest) steel-arch
bridge. It was beaten in length by 70 centimeters by New York's
Bayonne Bridge, which opened just four months earlier.
SYDNEY OPERA
HOUSE
The iconic Sydney
Opera House is one of the world's most famous structures and
is located on the traditional land of the Eora people. It was funded
by the sale of lottery tickets. Local plants on the grounds of the
Opera House include grovillia and banksia.
Museum
of Sydney, Center Bridge and Phillip Street
POWERHOUSE MUSEUM
The Powerhouse
Museum located at 500 Harris Street, Ultimo and is close to
Darling Harbour, Chinatown, Central Station (Sydney Terminal), Broadway
bus station (Railway Square), and Paddy's Markets Monorail Station.
Free
Radicals is a monthly series of sustainability talks. Another
part of the museum worth a visit is the Sydney
Observatory.
AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PARK
The Australian Reptile
Park was established in 1948 by the late great Eric Worrell,
Australia's first naturalist. The zoo has a venom-milking program
responsible for saving more than 300 lives each year. The park is
located in Somersby on NSW's Central Coast. The park is five minutes
from the Gosford exit on the Sydney-Newcastle freeway.
MARKETS
Sydney's market scene provides shoppers with a number of options.
SPORTS
Sydney hosted the 2000 Olympic Games at Olympic
Park. Local rugby clubs include the Waratahs
and Sydney
Roosters.
FOOD
Sydney and Melbourne
compete for the title of culinary capital of the country.
HISTORY
Sydney began as a penal colony. The first European inhabitants
were convicts and soldiers.
TOURISM INDUSTRY
FYI, approximately half of all international travellers arrive
first in Australia in Sydney.
BUSINESS TRAVEL
Sydney is Australia's financial hub.
EDUCATION
Sydney has a number of universities, including the Macquarie
Graduate School of Management.
VISAS
All foreigners except New Zealanders require visas for all visits
to Australia. Details
NEARBY
In 1994, a strange tree was discovered only 100 kilometers from
Sydney in the Blue
Mountains (Katoomba). The tree turned out to be a living fossil,
a tree thought to have become extinct millions of years ago. Only
40 specimens existed in the wild. The incredible discovery is documented
in James Woodford's The Wollemi Pine.
Those interested in aboriginal tourism should visit the Muru
Mittigar Aboriginal Cultural Centre.
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