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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).
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(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.
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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":
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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.
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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".
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(-) 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.
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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
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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:
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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(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.
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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.
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