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GREA T D A Y S IN SY DNEY  13

5 Days in Sydney

• Watch the sun set from
the top of the Harbour
Bridge
• Feel the sand between
your toes at iconic
Bondi Beach
• Take in the rugged beauty
of the Blue Mountains

Day 1
Morning Start your day
watching harbour life at Circular
Quay, or get the adrenaline A bench decorated with a mosaic of lifeguards at Bondi Beach
flowing with a spin in a jet
boat. Walk to the Museum of Afternoon Take advantage of Day 4
Contemporary Art (see p75) and the park’s proximity to Oxford Morning Take a ferry to Sydney’s
admire the stunning works on Street and travel to Paddington zoo with a view, Taronga Zoo
display there. Enjoy lunch at one (pp126–7). Stroll down beautiful (pp136–7). Get the Sky Safari
of the area’s historic pubs. Queen Street with its antiques cable car to the top, and visit
stores, galleries and cafés, and some of the many fascinating
Afternoon Step back in time continue on to Bondi Beach animal enclosures on your way
with a stroll through The Rocks (p139). Take the stunning Bondi- back down. Be sure to stop by
and the dramatic Argyle Cut to-Bronte coastal walk and return the Australian Walkabout for
(p66), a passage cut through for a drink overlooking the ocean a close-up encounter with
sandstone by convicts. Then join at one of the seaside cafés. kangaroos and koalas. Other
BridgeClimb for a twilight ascent highlights include elephants
of the Harbour Bridge, and Day 3 and Sumatran tigers. Don’t miss
watch the sun set over the city. Morning Shop till you drop in the QBE Free Flight Bird Show
the world’s most expensive retail and the Seal Show (see p137).
floor space, Pitt St Mall (pp 198 &
201). Window shop in the Afternoon Catch the ferry to
Victorian-style Strand Arcade Darling Harbour. Enjoy the quiet
(p86), which was completely solitude of the Chinese Garden
rebuilt after a fire in 1976. of Friendship (p100). Children
Afterwards, take in some culture will enjoy the Darling Quarter
with a tour of the majestic State playground, with water games,
Theatre (p84), with its exquisite rope climbing nets and slides.
architectural features, important Head back to Chinatown
artworks and the world’s (pp100–101) for a great-value
second-biggest chandelier. dinner and souvenir shopping.
Afternoon Escape the hustle Day 5
and bustle of the city, entering Morning to afternoon Venture
the Royal Botanic Garden from from the city with a day trip to
Macquarie Street to admire the Katoomba, in the Greater Blue
Conservatorium of Music Mountains World Heritage Area
The lake at the peaceful Chinese Garden of (p108), a striking Neo-Gothic (pp162–3). Hire a car, take a train
Friendship, in Darling Harbour building housing one of the or join a bus tour to experience
nation’s most prestigious music the rugged beauty of the vast
Day 2 colleges. Afterwards, head to Australian bush. Visit Echo Point
Morning Head to Hyde Park for stately Government House lookout for spectacular views of
a game of chess on the giant (p108), the former residence the iconic Three Sisters rock
outdoor board near St James of the Governor of New South formation (p162) and learn its
Station, stroll to the grand Wales. En route, look out for noisy Aboriginal dreamtime legend.
Archibald Fountain (p88), flying foxes (large bats) and cock- Take the Giant Stairway down
featuring Apollo, then visit the a toos. Exit near the Art Gallery of to the valley floor, and glide
Anzac Memorial reflection New South Wales, and enjoy free between clifftops on the glass-
pool (p88) and museum entry to its impressive collec tions. floored Scenic Skyway cablecar
commem orating those Make your way to the Opera (www.scenicworld.com.au)
who served in war. House for an evening show. before returning to Sydney.

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