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.

Blue Ginger

Modern Asian food from Thailand, Vietnam, China and Japan at great prices. There’s something for everyone.
Blue Mountains

These World Heritage-listed mountains are named for their constant bluish haze, the result of evaporating eucalyptus oil. The lovely mountains offer numerous bushwalks and plenty of natural attractions, including the Three Sisters, the Jenolan Caves and Wentworth Falls. When the explorers Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and WC Wentworth (see Wentworth, Blaxland & Lawson), crossed the 1,100-m (3,600-ft) range in 1813, they opened up the continent’s grassland interior to white settlement. The main township of Katoomba (see Visit Katoomba) is about 107 km (56 miles) west of Sydney.
Blue Orange

This casual cafè changes into an intimate restaurant, with a Middle Eastern menu at night.
Blue Water Café

Soak up the view over breakfast.
Bondi

Australia’s most famous beach is a perfect crescent of sand with good surfing spots at either end, and usually calm enough for a swim in the middle. Being so close to the city, it won’t take too long to get your toes wet.
Bondi Beach

Sydney’s swimmers, surfers and sybarites all love Australia’s most iconic beach. Don’t leave the city without spending some time here, body surfing, walking along the clifftops or working on your tan.
Bondi Icebergs

You don’t have to take an icy dip in the famous pool to have a true Icebergs experience. Simply watch a Bondi sunset over a beer in the low-key Icebergs Club and you’re taking part in a great local tradition. If you’re feeling glam and your wallet can take the strain, don’t miss the stylish bar attached to the Icebergs Dining Room.
Bondi Icebergs

The home of winter swimming since 1929. Outdoor.
Botanic Gardens & The Domain

This lovely green belt east of the city centre incorporates the Botanic Gardens and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and has been one of Sydney’s best-loved public spaces for almost 200 years.
Bouddi National Park

With clifftop walks overlooking the ocean and Broken Bay, secluded beaches, heathlands and banksia forests, this tiny coastal park is a gem. It extends from Box Head to McMaster’s Beach on the Central Coast, and offers good bushwalking trails and camping facilities.

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