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Average Daily Hours of Sunshine Sunshine Hours
A sunny climate is
Hours Hours one of Sydney’s main
10 10 attractions. There are
very few days with no
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sunshine at all, even
6 6 in the middle of winter.
An up-to-date weather
4 4 forecast is available
by telephoning 1196.
2 2 Coastal weather condi-
tions can be obtained
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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec by dialling 11541.
performance of opera competitors in the Tall Ships
Summer highlights by Opera Australia. Race held on the same day.
Sydney turns festive in the Symphony in The Domain Australia Day Concert (26 Jan).
summer. Christmas pageants and (one Sat), The Domain (see p109). Music concerts take place
open-air carol singing in The Free concert by the Sydney all over the city to celebrate
Domain mark the start of the Symphony Orchestra. this national holiday.
season. Then there is the Sydney Cricket Test matches and Chinese New Year (late Jan or
Festival, three weeks of cultural one-day internationals at early Feb). Lion dancing, fireworks
events and other popular enter- Syd ney Cricket Ground (see p54). and other festivities in Chinatown
tain ment, culmi nating in Australia Flickerfest (early–mid-Jan), Bondi (see pp100–101), Darling
Day and the Yabun Festival Pavilion (see pp146). Festival Harbour and Cabramatta (p44).
celebra tions on 26 January. of Australian and
Summer, too, brings a feast international short February
for sport lovers, with surfing films and animation. Sydney Gay and Lesbian
and life-saving events, yacht Sydney Festival (three Mardi Gras, various inner-
races and both domestic and weeks). Fantastic city venues (see p32). A
international cricket matches. music, theatre and month of events culmi-
art events are staged. nating in a street parade,
Apia Sydney Inter­ mainly on Oxford Street,
national (mid-Jan), usually running from
Olympic Park Tennis late Feb or early March.
Centre. Week-long North Bondi Classic
tennis tournament Chinese New Ocean Swim (one Sun
attracting some of the Year lion in early Feb), North Bondi
top players in the world. (see p139). A popular
Yabun Festival (26 Jan), 2-km (1½-mile) race that any
Victoria Park. Australia’s largest swimmer is eligible to enter.
Surfing “Santa Claus”: Christmas Day celebration of indigenous Coogee Surf Carnival (first
celebrations on Bondi Beach cultures features traditional weekend), Coogee (see p57).
performances, music and talks. Tropfest (second Sun), Parramatta
December Ferrython (26 Jan), Sydney Park. Outdoor screenings of
Carols in The Domain (second Harbour. Ferries compete for the competition finalists in
Sat before Christmas). Carols by line honours, as do rigged this popular short-film festival.
candlelight in the parkland of
the city’s favourite outdoor
gathering spot (see p109).
Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
(26 Dec). The harbour teems
with small craft as they escort
racing yachts out to sea for
the start of their journey.
New Year’s Eve (31 Dec). Street
parties in The Rocks and Circular
Quay and fireworks displays
in Sydney Harbour.
January
Opera in The Domain (one Sat),
The Domain (see p109). A free Australia Day Tall Ships Race in Sydney Harbour

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