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CIT Y CENTRE AND D ARLING HARBOUR  101

Pyrmont Bridge
opened in 1902 to service
the busy harbour. It is the
world’s oldest swingspan CITY
bridge and opens for CENTRE
vessels up to 14 m (46 ft) DARLING
tall. The monorail track HARBOUR
above the walkway opens
up for even taller boats.
Locator Map
See Central Sydney map pp66–7

Swingspan supports for
Pyrmont Bridge are sunk
10 m (33 ft) below the
harbour floor.

The Star Casino

t. Australian National
Maritime Museum
Compelling exhibits detail the
nation’s seafaring history before
and after European settlement.

The HMAS Vampire
destroyer (1959) is the
largest in the vessel fleet
moored outside the
museum.

King Street
Wharf
Wharf for
harbour cruise
departures r. Sea Life Sydney Aquarium
The aquatic life of Sydney Harbour, the open
ocean and the Great Barrier Reef is displayed
in massive tanks which can be seen from
underwater walkways.

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vibrant and colourful,
and is an exciting food Key
and entertainment
precinct. Suggested route