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EYEWITNESS TRAVEL

TOP 10 SYDNEY

10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

Unmissable museums & galleries Greatest beaches & pools Best restaurants, bars & cafes Most fashionable places to shop Best venues for music, dance & theatre Most fun places for children Loveliest excursions Best sporting venues Best hotels for every budget Insider tips for every visitor

YOUR GUIDE TO THE 10 BEST OF EVERYTHING

Sydney Area by Area This Top 10 Travel Guide to Sydney divides the city into eight easily managed areas. This map shows the location and extent of these areas. Each area in the guide is colour coded; colour bands on the pages covering each area correspond to the colours shown on the map. Almost every entry mentioned in the book has a map reference which will take you to ฀ ฀ the large maps on the front and back flaps.

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EYEWITNESS TRAVEL TOP 10

SYDNEY

STEVE WOMERSLEY RACHEL NEUSTEIN

Contents

Left Mosaic at St Mary’s Cathedral Centre Sailing on Sydney Harbour Right Kings Cross

Contents Sydney’s Top 10 Sydney Opera House Reproduced by Colourscan, Singapore Printed and bound in China by Leo Paper Products Ltd First published in Great Britain in 2005 by Dorling Kindersley Limited 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL A Penguin Company Reprinted with revisions 2006 Copyright 2005, 2006 © Dorling Kindersley Limited, London All rights reserved. No part of this ฀ reproduced, ฀ ฀ publication may be stored ฀ ฀ ฀ in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner.

A CIP catalogue record is available from the British Library. ISBN 978 1 40531 651 4 ISBN 1 40531 651 9 Within each Top 10 list in this book, no hierarchy of quality or popularity is implied. All 10 are, in the editor’s opinion, of roughly equal merit.

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Sydney Harbour Bridge

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Sydney Harbour

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The Rocks & Circular Quay

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Botanic Gardens & The Domain

20

Art Gallery of NSW

24

Darling Harbour & Chinatown

28

Powerhouse Museum

30

Taronga Park Zoo

32

Bondi Beach

34

Moments in History

36

Historic Sites & Buildings 38 Writers

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Museums

42

Art Galleries

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The information in this DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide is checked regularly. Every effort has been made to ensure that this book is as up-to-date as possible at the time of going to press. Some details, however, such as telephone numbers, opening hours, prices, gallery hanging arrangements and travel information are liable to change. The publishers cannot accept responsibility for any consequences arising from the use of this book, nor for any material on third party websites, and cannot guarantee that any website address in this book will be a suitable source of travel information. We value the views and suggestions of our readers very highly. Please write to: Publisher, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, Dorling Kindersley, 80 Strand, London, Great Britain WC2R 0RL. Cover: Alamy Images: Frank Chmura cl; Christine Osborne bl; Photolibrary.com: Indexstock/David Ball main. Front flap: All images DK copyright, except Corbis: Bill Ross tr. Spine: Corbis: David Ball. Back: Alamy Images: Image State/ Ethel Davies c; DK Images: Max Alexander l, r.

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All prices in this guide are in Australian dollars

Architectural Highlights

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Around Town

Beaches

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City Centre

Parks & Gardens

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Kings Cross & Darlinghurst

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Contents

Left Beare Park Centre Sydney Opera House & Sydney Harbour Bridge Right Shelly Beach

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Sporting Venues & Olympic Sites

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Paddington

Outdoor Activities

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& Surry Hills

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Activities for Children

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Eastern Suburbs

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Restaurants

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Newtown & Glebe

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Casual Dining

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Balmain & Leichhardt

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World Flavours

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The North Shore

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Performing Arts Companies

Beyond Sydney

120

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Nightlife & Live Music

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Streetsmart

Pubs & Bars

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Practical Information

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Gay & Lesbian Friendly

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Places to Stay

143

Festivals & Events

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General Index

150

Left Victorian terrace house Right Botanic Gardens

Key to abbreviations Adm admission charge Dis access disabled access

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SYDNEY’S TOP 10

Sydney Opera House 8–11 Sydney Harbour Bridge 12–13 Sydney Harbour 14–17 The Rocks & Circular Quay 18–19 Botanic Gardens & The Domain 20-23 Art Gallery of New South Wales 24-27 Darling Harbour & Chinatown 28-29 Powerhouse Museum 30-31 Taronga Park Zoo 32-33 Bondi Beach 34–35 Top Ten of everything 36–73

SYDNEY’S TOP 10

Sydney’s Highlights 6–7

 



 



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