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Sydney: Darling Harbour Attractions
24 December 2017 and 1 January 2018 Sea Life, Wild Life, and Madame Tussauds are all located adjacent to each other and across Darling Harbour’s Pyrmont Bridge from the Maritime Museum. An obvious tourist trap that is made more enticing by the Sydney … Continue reading
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Sydney: New Year’s Eve
31 December 2017 In the United States, we are one of the last major countries to celebrate the New Year. Each year we see highlights from Sydney, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Paris and London leading up to Times Square in NYC. … Continue reading
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Sydney: Tower Eye
31 December 2017 Sydney Tower Eye at 1,014 feet (309 meters) is the tallest structure in Sydney and the second tallest tower in the Southern Hemisphere. We, like many tourists, just had to go up and take a look. The … Continue reading
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Sydney: ANZAC Bridge
17 December 2017 – 3 January 2018 Not far from Sydney’s most famous bridge, Harbour Bridge, lies a more modern example of engineering. The Glebe Island Bridge was completed in 1995. The cable-stayed bridge spans Johnstons Bay west of Darling … Continue reading
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Sydney: Watson Bay
28 December 2017 Our first time on a Sydney Ferry was to Watson Bay on South Head Peninsula. We walked the trails from Watson Bay up the western coastline past Camp Cove Beach to Hornby Lighthouse on the northern tip … Continue reading
Sydney: Darling Harbour
17 – 25 December 2017 Darling Harbour is the less known cousin of Sydney Harbour. It is located just west of Sydney Harbour and is another center of tourist attractions, restaurants, and shops. Its residents include the Australian National Maritime … Continue reading
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Sydney: Sydney Harbour
17 -24 December 2017 Sydney Harbour is famous as a tourist destination to see the Opera House and Harbour Bridge, however it actually serves as an important transportation hub. Passenger ships of all shapes and sizes, from mega cruise ships … Continue reading
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Sydney: Bondi Beach
23 December 2017 On Saturday we visited the famed Bondi Beach. While there we walked the Coastal Walk from Bondi Beach to Tamarama Beach and back, did some shopping, and hit the beach. The place was packed. Bondi is a … Continue reading
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Sydney: Parramatta
22 December 2017 Parramatta is a suburban city west of Sydney’s CBD. After visiting Olympic Park we continued by train to Parramatta. We spent a few hours exploring the town by foot. From the train station we headed west to … Continue reading
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Sydney: Olympic Park
22 December 2017 Olympic Park is a suburb in western Sydney that was rehabilitated and re-constructed for the 2000 Summer Olympics. The facilities are impressive but we saw very few people. It felt like a modern day ghost town, especially … Continue reading
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