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.

Sydney by Diva

A comedy tour through Sydney led by the city’s best drag queens.
Sydney Cricket Ground

Stationed at Victoria Barracks in 1851, the British Army were told to take their bats and balls and entertain themselves on the empty land south of the barracks. Ever since, this site has been the spiritual home for millions of cricket-mad Sydneysiders. In January 1928, fans saw Sir Donald Bradman’s first-class cricket debut and, in January 2004, Australian test captain Steve Waugh took his final bow here. It has also hosted concerts by the Rolling Stones, Madonna and others, as well as the occasional Australian Rules football match.

Sydney Cricket Ground
Sydney Cricket Ground

This area was granted to the British Army in 1851. In 1870 Rugby Union was first played here. Today, the hallowed turf hosts cricket in the summer, Australian Rules football in the winter, and various sports and concerts in between.
Sydney Dance Company

With acclaimed Artistic Director Graeme Murphy’s choreographic invention and prolific output of original works, Sydney Dance Company has paved the way for the development of Australia’s fast-growing contemporary dance scene. Keen to tread new ground, they welcome guest artistic directors.
Sydney Entertainment Centre

Known to fans of the Sydney Kings basketball team as “the Kingdome”, this is the large home venue for a team who ride a wave of popular local support. The centre also hosts concerts and shows, often presenting some of the biggest names in entertainment.
Sydney Festival

Time your visit to coincide with this month-long international extravaganza of music, theatre, visual arts, dance and more. Past performers have included Michael Nyman, the London Sinfonietta, the Kronos Quartet, the Russian National Orchestra, the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Vietnamese Water Puppets, Laurie Anderson and Les Ballets Africains.
Sydney Film Festival

Watch films all day, everyday, for 2 weeks.
Sydney Fish Market

The largest market of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, this complex in Pyrmont is home to the fishing fleet, wholesale and retail fish markets, delicatessens, oyster bars, sushi and sashimi bars, cafés, restaurants, and even a bakery. You can enjoy some of the most exquisitely cooked seafood, or just slum it with equally delectable fish and chips. The Fish Market contains the Sydney Seafood School, where some of Australia’s biggest-name chefs run classes such as filetting and specialist ethnic cuisines.

Waterfront cafés at the Sydney Fish Market
Sydney Fish Markets

The epicentre of all that’s fishy in Sydney.
SYDNEY FISHMARKET

Visit the market at lunchtime and you are able to choose an unbelievable array of fish and fresh produce. You can pick your lunch, dessert and drink from a great variety of stalls and then sit outside with glorious views of the city and waterfront. I have recently passed on this info to a young couple who are travelling the world for a year and they said that it was a great experience and thanked me for letting them into my "great things to do in Sydney".