Sydney Top 101 to 110 Things To Do

What to do in Sydney?

101 Tour the Sydney Cricket Ground

The SCG - The Sydney Cricket Ground

Visit the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). See the dressing rooms where Australia, one of the world’s finest cricket teams, prepares to vanquish its opponents.

Here's your chance to see this historic venue and past killing ground of English Captains. Australia may have slipped down the world rankings for test cricket but remains the world's number side for the more popular one day game. The SCG can hold forty thousand fans. You can picture the scene of hoards of Aussie fans baying for English blood (well...wickets anyway).

SCG Tour link

102 (138) Walk besides the Parramatta River ("Canada Bay")

Starting Point, Rhodes Park / Brays Bay near Rhodes Train Station

Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway

Being just short of a kilometer long, the 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 centerpiece, a beautiful rose garden and a watercourse leading to a pond that overlooks the Parramatta River. The timber boardwalk needs to be walked and 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 for movie buffs and rainy days. Two weeks in June, so it might even be cold.

"The Sydney Film Festival is one of the longest running events of its kind in the world. Each year the festival brings the best new films from around the world to audiences right here in Sydney. As well as brand new features from over forty countries, we screen short films, Australian films, documentaries and archive titles, many of which are recently restored. The festival hosts a number of awards to recognise excellence in filmmaking":

The Sydney Film Festival

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 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.

"The Museum of Contemporary Art is Australia's only museum dedicated to exhibiting, interpreting and collecting contemporary art from across Australia and around the world. With a continually changing program of exhibitions there's always something new, exciting and inspiring to see at the MCA".

Click for a link to MCA web site

106 (-) Customs House

Relax, meet up, access information, eat and drink, visit exhibitions and be inspired by this vibrant, free and accessible public space. Home to the Customs House Library, the City of Sydney's premier general lending library, Customs House is a unique experience for both private contemplation and social interaction.

Customs House is now equipped with wireless broadband, so you do all your travel surfing at Customs House for zip.

The ground floor is a friendly open meeting place, a 'city lounge' with a newspaper and magazine salon, TV wall, internet access and information desk as well as excellent food and drink venues Young Alfred and the Quay Bar. Quay Bar is now serving morning coffees from 7am on weekdays. An impressive full-scale model of the Sydney CBD is embedded beneath a glass floor.

The upper floors feature an exhibition area, private function spaces for hire, and a stunning library reading room overlooking Circular Quay. Located on the roof top the distinguished restaurant Cafe Sydney offers fresh haute cuisine whilst commanding spectacular harbour views.

Situated on Circular Quay next to trains, buses and ferries, Customs House is easily accessible and open till late seven days a week.

Custom House Link

107 History Trail

Discover more about Sydney's humble beginnings - follow link(s) to museums

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-Gras parade traditionally takes places in February/March. The parade dances its way around Oxford Street and the surrounding area - for more information visit the site below:

Link to Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Sydney

For a more seedier atmosphere there's Kings Cross and for more arty feel try Newtown just outside the city proper.

109 (141) The Internationally Acclaimed Paddington Reservoir Gardens

Paddington Reservoir Gardens was officially opened on Sunday 29 March 2009. The Paddington Reservoir Gardens won an International Architecture Award in July 2010 recognising the Garden's as one of the world's most significant new architecture projects.

The park on the reservoir roof has been completely reconstructed and a stunning new sunken garden has been established in the reservoir's western chamber. Some vibrant graffiti art has been preserved in the eastern chamber, which provides a new space for community and cultural activities. Special lighting highlights the beautiful new timber work and stunning stone of the reservoir. New stairs and viewing platforms now provide access to the chambers.

Designed by the City Engineer, Edward Bell, the Paddington Reservoir was built between 1866 and 1878 and was a key element in Sydney’s early water supply. The reservoir served Sydney well until it was finally decommissioned in 1899.

Paddington Reservoir Gardens

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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