Sydney Top 101 to 110 Things To Do
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101 Tour the Sydney Football Stadium and
Sydney Cricket Ground
Visit the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) and Sydney Football Stadium.
See the dressing rooms where Australia, the world’s finest,
if not best loved, cricket team prepares to vanquish its opponents.
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102 Hunters Hill / Woolwich
Drive or bus through Hunters Hill towards Woolwich and admire the
buildings along the way - just how do you get that rich(?).
Stroll first towards Woolwich Dock and then across to Clarke’s
Point, one of the more extensive grassy slopes on Sydney Harbour,
taking in the view.
A walk up to Kelly’s Bush Reserve is also worthwhile.
Hunters Hill / Woolwich is a relatively tourist free area currently
under redevelopment so forgive any fences that may remain and the
decay of Woolwich Dock. |
103 Sydney Film Festival
The Sydney Film Festival for movie buffs and rainy days. Two weeks
in June, so it might even be cold.
The Sydney Film Festival
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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 amble parking around the back so allow yourself
time or catch the bus.
Link to Orpheum Cinema in
Cremorne |
105 Museum of Contemporary Art
The MCA - Museum of Contemporary Art is conveniently located at
Circular Quay.
Click for a link to the Flash
MCA web site: |
106 Canoe Middle Harbour
If walking doesn’t appeal how about a paddle about Sydney's
Middle Harbour? If you can, time it so the tide is behind you. Always
volunteer to do the steering, that way you sit at the back and can
take it easy!
Don't forget the sunscreen, hat and drinking water. Your Middle
Harbour adventure commences at the Spit Bridge. Don't be put off
if you're not a brilliant swimmer - life jackets are provided as
are tours and training.
Sydney Harbour Kayaks Links
- Middle Harbour
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107 History Trail
Discover more about Sydney's
humble beginnings - follow link(s) to museums
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Vaucluse
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 - follow
links to museums then Vaucluse House |
108 Hey Babe Take a Walk On The Wild Side
(Oxford Street, Sydney)
For the people watchers amongst you a walk down Oxford Street close
to the centre of Sydney might raise an eye brow - start from the
City end head for Taylor's Square - grab yourself a coffee somewhere
and watch the wild life sequined/leather/whatever pass. For the
more adventuress of you there's drag acts and other forms of 'entertainment'
to be found. A huge Gay and Lesbian Mardi-Grais parade usually takes
places in March. The parade dances its way around Oxford Street
and the surrounding area - for more information visit the site below:
For a more seedier atmosphere there's Kings Cross and for more
arty feel try Newtown
just outside the city proper.
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109 National Gallery
and Parliament House Canberra
Sydney is NOT Australia's official capital. I know I can’t
believe it either. I'm no historian but apparently Canberra was
chosen to keep Melbourne less miserable? :)
Perhaps unsurprisingly the roads are pretty good but you could/should/perhaps/maybe/might
[sense my uncertainty here] consider an over night stay.
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110 Madonna's Bra - AKA ANZAC Bridge
AKA ANZAC Bridge does NOT span the Tasman to New Zealand. Madonna's
Bra is just a nice looking bridge. 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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