DK Travel : Sydney

Sydney is blessed with stunning ocean beaches, magnificent national parks and a wonderful subtropical climate that makes the great outdoors irresistible to its four million inhabitants. The Eora people, the Aborigines who settled around Sydney Harbour, arrived approximately 50,000 years ago, while the white settlers arrived just over 200 years ago. Free settlers soon followed in the wake of the First Fleet of transported convicts, and after them several waves of migrants seeking a new life. Now, two centuries later, the once far-flung penal colony has matured into a culturally diverse, tolerant and mesmerizing city. Ideally located on the world’s most beautiful harbour, Sydney is as exciting and bustling as it is laid back and relaxing.

Caffe Salina

Hearty breakfasts with an Italian accent.
Camp Cove & South Head

Just north of Watsons Bay is Camp Cove, where Governor Phillip spent the night after decamping from Botany Bay (see First Fleet Arives & Captain Cook's Landing Place) and entered Port Jackson for the first time. A track leads from the kiosk at the northern end of this protected beach over to tiny male-nudist Lady Bay Beach, which is overlooked by the HMAS Watson Naval Base. At the end of the track is South Head’s Hornby Lighthouse and several old gun emplacements (see South Head). This windswept headland offers spectacular views out to sea, across to Manly and the North Harbour.
Camperdown Cemetery

Sydney’s oldest remaining cemetery lies in the grounds of St Stephen’s Church. When the cemetery was established in 1848, it was one of three serving all of Sydney. Many historic figures are buried here, including Alexander Macleay (see Elizabeth Bay House), Colonial Secretary from 1826 to 1837. When the Dunbar sank just outside Sydney Heads in 1857 (see Dunbar Sinks), the bodies recovered were buried in a mass grave at Camperdown and a memorial was erected for them. Eliza Donnithorne, thought to be the inspiration for Charles Dickens’ Miss Havisham, also lies there. While walking the peaceful paths, note the gravestones lining the walls. These original stones were moved inside when the outer area was turned into a park.
Cantonese

Excellent Cantonese food can be found all over Sydney, but head to Chinatown (see Chinatown Eateries) for the widest selection. The market on Dixon Street makes it particularly lively on Friday nights. Browsing the arcades off the Dixon Street Mall often leads to interesting discoveries such as herbal remedies, dried fish snacks and jade carvings.
Capital L

Fashion addicts beware: all the hottest names in Aussie design are crammed into this tiny shop.
Captain Cook Lands

After observing the Transit of Venus in Tahiti for the Royal Society, Captain James Cook was instructed by the British Admiralty in 1769 to discover and claim the “Great South Continent”. He arrived at Botany Bay on 28 April 1770.
Captain Cook’s Landing Place

Captain James Cook and the crew of the Endeavour came ashore at what is now Botany Bay on 28 April 1770. On 6 May, the Endeavour took on fresh water, weighed anchor and headed north. They soon passed the entrance to a harbour which appeared to offer safe anchorage, which Captain Cook named Port Jackson; it subsequently came to be known as Sydney Harbour.
Careful He Might Hear You (1963)

By Sumner Locke Elliot. A 1930s orphan resists his aunt’s efforts to adopt him.
Caringbah R.S.L. Club.

A reasonably economic place to eat if you are "into" Buffet-type meals. The selection, on the day that I went there, was sufficient to satisfy most tastes. I was "signed-in" by a Member but entry to this style of eatery seems to be getting fairly flexible, these days. I would imagine that membership of any similar sort of Organisation would be acceptable. No wheels ?? The building is quite close to Caringbah station on the Cronulla line of Sydney's very efficient electrified commuter-train network. A meal for three of us cost about AUD$42, which I considered to be very kind to a budget. Remember that anyone who goes away hungry from such a place is, obviously, very hard to please - I was quite replete, Thank You. Oh, by the way - R.S.L. ?? returned Servicemens' League
Caroline Chisholm

She arrived from Madras in 1838 to establish much-needed services for poor immigrant women.