Explore Australia – Sydney

Explore Australia, the Great Barrier Reef, Sydney Harbour, the Australia Outback, the history of Australia…Read more http://bit.ly/7cvlYN. There are so many must see destinations in Australia. Sydney is one of the most visited areas of Australia, the largest city and the state capital of New South Wales. Here is a little excerpt about Sydney from Australia Adventures.

Sydney is the birthplace of modern Australia. Today the Sydney metropolitan area covers around 5000 square km. Sydney is big, sprawling, brash at times and sensitive at others. Sydney is complex, where the breathtaking beauty of the Opera House and the harbor on a warm summer’s day lives side by side with the industrial bleakness of Silverwater. Yet it is Sydney’s very diversity that makes it one of the world’s great cities.

Exploring Sydney from the Central Business District (CBD) is like peeling the layers of an onion -from the inside. To the east are the traditional lairs of Sydney’s ‘elite’: Rose Bay, Darling Point, Double Bay; also Bondi -a stronghold of New Zealanders’ and Randwick, with its famous racecourse. Closer in is Oxford Street, the mecca of the gay community and scene of the biggest homosexual ritual in the world -the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. It is also famous for its cafe’s and cheap, imaginative eateries. To the south is Kingsford Smith Airport, and the local suburbs of Mascot and Rockdale. The busiest aerodrome in Australia, it sits on Botany Bay. Further on is the Royal National Park, the first to be proclaimed in Australia and the second in the world, which, despite its proximity to the city, still retains rugged areas of natural bushland, natural swimming holes and delightful coastal bushwalks.

Please comment with your favorite activities and best memories while in Sydney. From australiaadventures.com there are many ways to read more about Sydney, click on New South Wales under the Aussie links to see some of the exciting adventure areas, look for Sydney in the main menu or search Sydney at the top. Click to read more on Sydney…