Getting around in Sydney
Taking a City Circle train, the Monorail or walking is the best way of seeing city attractions, while buses and ferries represent the best way to visit points and attractions around the harbour. The government-run Explorer Buses and Sydney Pass service represent an ideal and inexpensive way to see most of the main tourist points around the city and out to Bondi. Sydney Ferries, which are also government run, provide an inexpensive way of seeing the most beautiful harbour in the world. (See map of ferry cruises around Sydney Harbour. For excursions around the harbour, private operators offer a myriad of harbour cruises that promise more than a just a simple ferry ride. If you're wanting to take a bus around the broader Sydney area, try Sydney Buses and Sydney Ferries' excellent Tripfinder, an automated search facility that gives route and timetable details.
 |
 |
||
 |
 |
||
 |
 |
Related Content on Australia from Travel To World
Darling Harbour & Attractions
Darling Harbour Darling Harbour is intended to be one of Sydney's "buzz" places. To Reach Darling Harbour you can take a train to Town Hall station, after leaving the station, turn right into Druit Street, walk down two blocks and turn right into Sussex Street. Then, walk a further block to
Perth Botanic Gardens
Botanic Gardens The Botanic Gardens are just beyond the War Memorial in King’s Park, which can be reached free of charge by a bus no. 33 which runs every 45 minutes from St. George’s Terrace. King’s Park
Crescent Head
Crescent Head Crescent Head is one of the best kept secrets on the northern New South Wales coast. It is a bit of a Mecca for surfers and Kempsey offers Aboriginal cultural experiences and owns the factory that makes Akubra hats. It is a well-respected surfing destination which offers good fishing
Meekatharra
Meekatharra Situated 650 kilometres north-east of Perth and 470 kilometres inland from Geraldton, Meekatharra is one of the most isolated regions in Western Australia. Located approximately 500 kilometres inland from Geraldton, Meekatharra is the centre of a mining, sheep and cattle district. The area has many old worked out gold mines
Circular Quay
Circular Quay Circular Quay is a located between The Rocks and Opera Quays. It is situated at a small inlet called Sydney Cove, the founding site for Sydney and Australia. The area is always filled with vibrant tourists, commuters and buskers. On the southern side of Circular Quay
Australia loses media mogul Kerry Packer
Australia loses media mogul Kerry Packer Uncompromising media proprietor who became Australia's richest man and dragged cricket into the television age KERRY PACKER grew up in the shadow of a famous father and achieved a stature far beyond that of a parent who always treated him with chilling lack of consideration. Sir
Bulahdelah
Bulahdelah Bulahdelah has a name that says it must be interesting but water lovers should keep on going. It is, however, an excellent base for bushwalkers wanting to explore the Myall Lakes or State forests. Bulahdelah is situated at about 120 kilometres north of Newcastle on the mid-north coast of NSW.
Scitech
Scitech The biggest planetarium in Australia with a huge 18 metre diameter dome screen providing a 360 degree view. Located at City West, Sutherland Street West Perth
Australia : Great Southern
GREAT SOUTHERN Stretching from the karri and tingle forests of Pemberton and Walpole, through the rugged Porongurup and Stirling Ranges, to the vast scrubland at the beginning of the Nullarbor Plain, the Great Southern region possesses an expansive beauty. The char¬acter of the land and people changes as one follows die
Bermagui
Bermagui There’s a delightful scenic detour along the south coast: turn off the highway just after Tilba Tilba and after 8km you reach BERMAGUI, on both the Bermagui River and sheltered Horseshoe Bay. Bermagui attracts quite a few game-fishing fanatics, thanks to its associations with Zane Grey, the American writer of