Lonely Planet Best of Australia

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• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Year: 2019
• eBook ISBN:
  9781788686686
• Print ISBN:
  9781787013933

SYDNEY

Sydney Opera House

Sydney Harbour Bridge

Sydney Harbour

Bondi Beach

Walking Tour: Bondi to Coogee

Sights

Activities

Tours

Shopping

Eating

Drinking & Nightlife

Entertainment

Sydney at a Glance…

Sun-kissed, sophisticated and self-confident: Sydney is the capital to which all the other Australian cities aspire. Encircling one of the world’s most beautiful natural harbours, the city is flush with Aussie icons: the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Opera House and Bondi Beach.

But wait – there’s more! Spectacular Sydney also hosts magnificent museums and restaurants, a vivacious performing-arts scene and yet more sublime beaches. As the sun sets, hip bars and clubs light up as locals wage war against sleep… So wake up! Sydney is as good as it gets.

Sydney Harbour and CBD | TARAS VYSHNYA/SHUTTERSTOCK ©

Sydney in Two Days

Start by exploring the Rocks and Circular Quay, then follow the harbourside walkway to the Royal Botanic Garden and the Art Gallery of NSW. Catch an evening show at the Sydney Opera House.

Next day, climb the Harbour Bridge, then soak up the scene at Bondi and take the clifftop walk to Coogee. Hoof it back to Bondi for dinner; Icebergs Dining Room has bodacious views.

Sydney in Four Days

Jump on a ferry on day three and chug across the harbour to Manly for a surf lesson, with a debriefing beer at Manly Wharf Hotel. That night, head to stylin’ Surry Hills for dinner.

On day four, dig into Sydney’s convict heritage at the Hyde Park Barracks Museum, head to Chinatown for dinner, then hit the sma...

Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Welcome to Australia
• Australia’s Top 12
• Need to Know
• Hotspots For…
• Essential Australia
• Month by Month
• Get Inspired
• Itineraries
• Family Travel
• Sydney
• The Blue Mountains
• Canberra
• Byron Bay
• Great Barrier Reef & the Daintree
• The Whitsundays
• Melbourne
• Great Ocean Road
• Hobart
• Adelaide & South Australia’s Wine Regions
• Uluru & the Outback
• Kakadu National Park
• Perth & Margaret River
• In Focus
• Australia Today
• History
• Aboriginal Australia
• Environment
• Food & Wine
• Sport
• Australia Outdoors
• Directory A−Z
• Behind the Scenes
• Our Writers