Top 101 things
to do in Sydney
Over 101 things
to do in Sydney and counting
101 Tour
the Sydney Cricket Ground
 The
SCG - The Sydney Cricket Ground
A visit the Sydney Cricket
Ground (SCG) is the 101 thing to do in Sydney. See the dressing rooms
where Australia, one of the world’s finest cricket teams, prepares
to vanquish its opponents.
The Ashes
Here's your chance to see this
historic venue and past killing ground of English Captains. The SCG can
hold forty thousand fans. You can just picture the scene of hoards of
Aussie fans baying for English blood (well ...wickets anyway). 
The SGC tour includes the
Sydney Cricket Ground Museum
Included in the tour is a walk
down the player's tunnel, a visit to the Members Pavilion and the interesting
Sydney Cricket Ground Museum. You will be told all about the history of
the SCG including a few ghost stories.
SCG
Tour link
102 (138) Walk besides the
Parramatta River ('Canada Bay')
Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway
The kilometre long Kokoda Track
Memorial Walkway serves as a memorial to the World War II New Guinean
Campaign. The gently winding path leads you to a granite centrepiece,
a beautiful rose garden and a watercourse leading to a pond that overlooks
the Parramatta River. The Kiosk and Information Centre is a good point
to plan the rest of your visit.
Brays Bay, Yaralla Bay and
Majors Bay
The peaceful Foreshore Trail
takes you past Brays Bay, Yaralla Bay and Majors Bay. It should take about
an hour to walk around Concord Hospital. The hospital was the primary
filming location for Australia's successful medical drama 'All Saints'.
Rustling trees, shrubs, rough tracks, old buildings and water views all
help to make this walk a very enjoyable experience.
Majors Bay Reserve
There is more but Majors Bay
Reserve may mark a turning point to your walk. You could, perhaps stop
for a value feed at the Concord RSL just down the road from the Reserve.
The sporting fields may offer you some free entertainment or perhaps a
picnic in the reserve might be in order complete with great water views.
Walk
besides the Parramatta River ('Canada Bay')
103 Sydney Film Festival
The Sydney Film Festival has
been going for over 60 years making it one of the longest running film
festivals around. The festival looks to push boundaries and give Sydneysiders
and visitors alike the opportunity to see films they wouldn't normally
get to see. That is not to say there won't be award winning films, Australian
and world premieres, film stars, red carpets, glitz, galas and a lot fun.
The
Sydney Film Festival
Other
Sydney Festivals
104 Orpheum
Cremorne Cinema
Or you could go for a blockbuster
in a traditional setting at Orpheum Cinema in Cremorne on the Lower North
Shore just ten minutes past the Sydney Harbour Bridge (take the Falcon
Street turnoff once you've crossed the Sydney Harbour Bridge and turn
right at the traffic lights).
The Orpheum is an old fashioned
cinema with multi-screens but small enough to avoid the huge crowds you
get at most large cinemas these days. If you pick the right movie, on
the right night, an organ player will arise before you, massage your ears
with a synchronicity of sound and descend with a wave. You are allowed
to applaud even though it may seem odd making noise in a cinema. The Orpheum
is a beautiful old place voted best cinema in Sydney in 2004. Less than
ample parking around the back so allow yourself plenty of time or catch
the bus.
Link
to Orpheum Cinema in Cremorne
105 Museum
of Contemporary Art
The Museum of Contemporary
Art exists to collect, display and treasure contemporary art from around
the globe. It is in a very easy and convenient location very close to
the ferry wharfs at Circular Quay on the Harbour Bridge side of Sydney
Cove. So unless there is an exhibition on you would dearly love to see,
our suggestion is you 'do' this top thing in between other top things
you plan to do. You are bound to pass the MCA on more than one occasion,
particularly if you are traveling by ferry.
Click
for a link to MCA web site
106
(-) Customs House
Located just across the road
from the ferry wharfs at Circular Quay; Customs House is a useful resource
and refuge for visitors and locals alike. It is also an attraction in
itself for its exhibitions, model of Sydney and its wonderful facade shown
off to great effect by the Vivid Festival.
Free Wireless Broadband
Customs House is now equipped
with wireless broadband, so you do all your travel surfing at Customs
House for zip.
Model of Sydney
On the ground floor of Customs
House there is a TV wall, newspapers, magazines and an information desk
as well as food and drink. This is also where you will find that model
of Sydney, under your feet, the city sprawls underneath a glass floor.
Circular Quay
Customs House isn't far to
walk from Circular Quay, so getting to and from is very easy, it is open
till late most days and rarely closes.
Custom
House Link
107 Vaucluse
House
History may not be the main
reason you're here but Vaucluse House gives you an excuse to travel to
one of the richest suburbs in Australia. Admire the high walls, security
fences, and blue alarm lights along the way. Vaucluse House has 'tearooms'
and you can take a stroll down to Nielsen
Park when you're done.
Vaucluse
House
108 Take
a walk on the wild side (Oxford Street, Sydney)
For a spot of people watching
take a walk down Oxford Street close to the centre of Sydney. Start from
the city end and head for Taylor's Square. Grab yourself a drink somewhere
and watch the wild life sequined/leather/whatever pass. There are also
drag acts and other forms of 'entertainment' to be found.
Sydney Mardi-Gras Parade
The famous Gay and Lesbian
Mardi-Gras Parade is held here in March. The parade dances its way around
Oxford Street and the surrounding area - for more information visit the
site below:
Gay
and Lesbian Mardi Gras Sydney
Newtown
For a slightly seedier atmosphere
there's Kings Cross and for a more alternative ambience visit Newtown
just outside the city proper.
109 (141) The Internationally
Acclaimed Paddington Reservoir Gardens
Paddington Reservoir Gardens
has won a number of architectural awards and has even been recognised
as one of the world's most significant new architecture projects. The
Paddington Reservoir upon which it has been created was originally constructed
in the 1800s. At the time, the reservoir was crucial to the health and
well-being of the people of Sydney.
Paddington
Reservoir Gardens
110 Madonna's
Bra - AKA ANZAC Bridge
Madonna's Bra also known as
the ANZAC Bridge does NOT span the Tasman to New Zealand. Madonna's Bra
is just a nice looking bridge. The ANZAC Bridge is best seen from Blackwattle
Bay (with the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background). The ANZAC Bridge
is the attraction rather than its surrounds so please don't bother walking
over it.
Link
for pictures and more info on the ANZAC Bridge
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