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The City Of The Land Down Under

By: The OZtralia Producers

When we were just lads, we watched that movie with mice, “Rescuers Down Under.” Do you remember that flick? They pictured the Sydney Opera House and we sat there and knew Sydney had to be a cool place.Now that we are all grown up (in some respects) and saw Sydney for real, and yep… we were right, it is a cool place.

With Australia only having a total population of 20 million people, Sydney is Australia’s most populous city. In fact, recent estimates say that around 4.3 million people call Sydney home. It is said that Sydney is on of the most multicultural cities in the world.

What makes Sydney so famous? Its beautiful harbor which gives it the title “the Harbor City.” When you visit Sydney, spend a lot of time by the Sydney Opera House and Harbor Bridge. Where is the best place to see Sydney’s Harbor by land? Well that would be at Mrs. Macquaries Point in Sydney’s Botanic Gardens. This is just east of the Sydney Opera House and gives you a breathtaking view of the harbor.

Australia’s history somewhat begins in Sydney also. The Rocks area is where the first convicts were dropped off. They say that The Rocks area is the “birthplace of Australia.”

Another famous place to visit in Sydney is Bondi Beach. We highly recommend this place (somehow Rescuers Down Under missed Bondi). When you go to Bondi don’t just be a beach bum, make sure to take a walk on the southern trails. They offer some great sights that a lot miss.

We also recommend Manly Beach which you can visit via ferry from Circular Quay. What is great about taking this ferry is you get a harbor cruise as well as you see in the above video.

If you are looking to get into some trouble, you can go to Kings Cross. We say that you should be a smart traveler and maybe avoid this area. Prostitution, drugs, and other naughty things go on here. With that said, the Sydney police have been working very hard to clean Kings Cross up.

If you are looking for no strings fun, and a little cleaner of a place to enjoy a night out on the town, check out Oxford Street. With that said, the trendy place to go out in is Darling Harbor. We stayed here while on our visit in Sydney and found it to be a central location to enjoy what the city had to offer.

To check out more videos on Sydney, click here.