Sydney Travel Guide
How to Live Work and Play in Sydney
Facts:
- Sydney is the capital of New South Wales (NSW).
- Founded 26 January 1788.
- Population in 2018 5.23 million.
- Known for its beautiful harbour where you find the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House.
- The Harbour Bridge is known by the locals as the coat hanger due to its shape.
- Has over 100 beaches.
- Sydney officially became a city in 1842.
- George Street is the oldest street in Australia.
- There are 658 suburbs in the Greater Sydney Metropolitan area.
- Telephone area code is 02 and post codes all have 4 digits and start with a 2. Sydney being 2000.
- The Sydney Funnel Web Spider is one of the most dangerous spiders on earth.
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7 Days Sydney Itinerary for Your First Visit
Take a Walk around Sydney Harbour
Spend a Day with The Three Sisters in the Blue Mountains
The Best Things to See in Sydney
Walk the Barrenjoey Headland Lighthouse Walk
Best Free and Paid Ways to See the Sydney Opera House
When visiting Sydney, a visit to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Sydney Opera House is surely on your list. Now there are different ways you can choose to see the Opera House, some ways are free and others will cost you. So in this post, I am going to give you the...
Easy Day Trips from Sydney (under 2 hours)
Kiama is one of the easy day trips from Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales (NSW) and is home to some 6 million people. Even though Sydney has plenty of things to see and do it is also great to get out of Sydney on a day out or...
7 Days in Sydney Itinerary for Your First Visit
Sydney is known for its spectacular harbour and now, you plan to spend 7 days in Sydney discovering it for yourself and everything else Sydney has to offer. Well, you are in luck, one week in Sydney is a great amount of time to get the vibe of the city. I grew up in...
Barrenjoey Headland Lighthouse Walk – Palm Beach NSW
The Barrenjoey Lighthouse Walk is a very popular hiking trail on the Barrenjoey Headland, which is found at the northernmost part of Palm Beach on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. And that is about 40km north of Sydney. Wow, that’s a mouthful isn’t it? But true, it is a...
Spend a Day with the Three Sisters, Blue Mountains, NSW
The Three Sisters, ‘Meehni’, ‘Wimlah’ and ‘Gunnedoo’ are rock formations in the Blue Mountains, about two hours west of Sydney. They are the number one attraction to see when visiting the Blue Mountains. And is an easy day trip from Sydney. They are visited by...
Sydney Harbour 1 Day Walking Itinerary
Sightseeing Sydney Harbour is a must on every visit to Sydney Sydney is one of my favourite places in the world, after all, I was born and grew up there. And I know when I sightsee Sydney Harbour it has so much to offer. Apart from my family and friends, Sydney...
Best things to see and do in Sydney: My 13 favourite things
I grew up in the southern suburbs of Sydney and regularly caught the train into ‘town’ as we called Sydney. I even worked in a number of office buildings with amazing views over the harbour. Even though I am currently residing in Melbourne every visit I make to Sydney...