50 ReviewsOk, the Blue Mountains are not "off the beaten path", but they make for a great day trip out of Sydney.
The train ride from Sydney to Katoomba takes about 2 hrs and you'll step out into a beautiful...
25 ReviewsOn my first morning in Sydney, I arrived at my hostel, exhausted, jet-lagged and in need of a shower. My room at the hostel wasn't ready yet, so I was recommended to talk a walk and explore. I was...
74 ReviewsAfter visiting Botany Bay National Park we drove down to Cape Solander to admire the views from the cliffs. The views here really are breathtaking; almost as if you are standing on the edge of the...
33 ReviewsI go to Auburn from time to time because the magazine I write for is in an adjacent suburb. Then I have to walk the streets of Auburn.
It must be the most cosmopolitan of all Sydney's suburbs. I...
32 ReviewsThe Hunter Valley Gardens are a project of the Roche Family who spent over 20 million dollars on their pet project. Although it is a commercial venture, it's also a dream. What a wonderful dream for...
11 ReviewsFinally in 2010; I made it to Botany Bay. I had wanted to see in the previous two trips to Sydney but just never had the time. Thankfully in November 2010; our friend JAckie took us to Botany Bay for...
13 ReviewsThe State Library is more than just one; indeed, it has been added to to accommodate various collections. They are as follows:
The Mitchell Library
Opened in 1910, the Mitchell Library houses...
20 ReviewsOne of the best places to view the entire Sydney harbor is from the Pylon lookout located at one of the Harbor Bridge towers. The Pylon lookout entrance tickets of AUD 11 is inexpensive compared to...
13 ReviewsChances are your tourist agent never mentioned this little gem in the Hawkesbury. This small island in the middle of the river system is home to just over 200 people and there is no motorised traffic...
13 ReviewsThe Chinese Garden is a beautifully landscaped garden and a nice sanctuary in the middle of a busy city. It is very well -designed in that it makes excellent use of space, and every corner has...
15 ReviewsIf wild horses can't drag you away from Sydney, then perhaps these will.
This fine toparic example is but a tiny piece of what you will experience at the Hunter Valley Gardens in Pokolbin.
Hopefully...
13 ReviewsJervis Bay is famous for the whitest sand in the world, and its crystal clear waters. Discover the tranquil bush settings within the National Parks. The centre of the Jervis Bay tourist haven is...
7 ReviewsI'm not much for zoos really,but you want to see all the indiginous animals of Australia without going into the bush, this is the place to go. Dingos, Tasmanian devils, emus, koalas, wallabys,...
10 ReviewsSo, I decided to train here just because it is the Olympic Park. I did not know there was such an extensive walking, jogging, biking trail system out there. The train puts you right in the heart of...
10 ReviewsThe title should explain the rest of the tip!! I saw 'Jeremy' play at the Outback centre, located in Darling Harbour and boy was he great!! He showed us exactly how to do it, what he was doing and...
8 ReviewsOne of the first churches in Sydney was located at the top of the Rocks in a place called Miller's Point. This church is the Garrison Church that is still occupying the space today.
The church was...
12 ReviewsThe tramway museum always seems to be located out of town. Well this one is no different. You have to go out to the Loftus station. This trip allows you to get out of the city a bit and see some more...
10 ReviewsThe Sydney Bridge climb is an event that you will never forget and one you will not regret. There is a company, Bridge Climb (I think...) that allows you to climb (very carefully) the top arch of the...
4 ReviewsThe Sydney Markets are situated close to the Olympic Park. The fruit and vegetable market is probably the most exciting part. It's only open on Fridays and Saturdays, and the gates close at 3 pm. You...
6 ReviewsNewcastle is only approx 2 hours from Sydney. It is located in the heart of the Hunter Region and bordered by a stunning coastline with beautiful beaches. This city is NSW second largest city and it...
5 ReviewsDuring our trip to Sydney, there was one pilgrimage that we must make and that's to the famous Krispy Kreme!!! They are originally from USA but they manage to travel across a few oceans to get to Down...
4 Reviews"LET SILENT CONTEMPLATION BE YOUR OFFERING"
The phrase says it all. This memorial which opened in 1934 commemorates the sacrifice of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps in WW1, as well as...
2 ReviewsKims Resort.
We have stayed in this retreat numerous times and found it to be truly romantic and a great weekend getaway. Its approx 1.5hrs drive north from Sydney, and is situated on the gorgeous...
3 ReviewsIf you want an Australian New Years experience that is different from anything you've done before, I would highly recommend The Peats Ridge Festival. It has the most amazing atmosphere and was so...
1 ReviewThe Art Gallery of New South Wales is open every Wednesday night until 9pm. Special programmes occur each week, including performances, talks, films and music, as well as all exhibitions and the...
Mirrool is a tiny village on the Newell Highway, 51 km south of West Wyalong on the road to Narrandera. An interesting event known as the "Silo Kick' is held here annually. This fun day started informally in the 1970s when Mark Newton kicked a football over the silos from the railway platform. We stopped by the silos and read the sign then viewed the silo's, quite a height to kick an Aussie Rules football clear over the silos. Early 1980, the local publican decided to give $20 to any person who could do this. The money stayed unclaimed until 1987, when Billie Brownless from the Geelong Football Club stopped at the hotel, and noticed the sign about the silo kick. Barefoot, he took aim and over the silos went the football!And so the event was born, first being known as the Billy Brownless Day which was held in October 1992. Kickers included Billy Brownless who won the event and the $300...
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Uralla - Where bushrangers get a monument
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In Uralla - a small village in NSW bushrangers get a monument, a museum & more ! In the times of the big gold-rush in New South Wales there had been many robbers and bushrangers, who tried to make their living by robbery and Thunderbolt was one of them. His full name was Frederick Wordsworth Ward. He was born 1835 as the son of a former convict, and he called himself Captain Thunderbolt. He was also well known as "gentleman bushranger" Inside the old Mill you will find a great museum, that is dfeaturing mainly the life and death of Captain Thunderbolt plus other people and early settlers in this part of Australia that was founded in 1855.The Mill Museum is open for visitors:Daily 12 noon – 5.00pmWeekends & Holidays 10.00am – 5.00pm or by appointment.Adults pay $6.00 http://www.uhs.org.au/
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Murrumburrah
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Murrumburra is one of the many small villages that I passed through while heading to other places and I am glad I made a stop of some time to explore places like this !In my 1st pic: The Mechanic institute of 1879 is one of my favorite buildings in Harden / Murrumburrah. Unfortunately I have no idea what that kind of institute was used for, but obviously it played an important role in the development of Australia in the days of the early settlers, as you will find such institutes in all of early settlers villages and these buildings always look very impressive.In my 2nd pic: You will find a lot of quite interesting buildings from the early days of Australian settlements, when you simply take a walk between the catholic church (that you will easily find, when taking the main road through the village) and the train-station and all you have to calulate for this is maybe 1 hour or a bit...
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Binalong : a great car-collection
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The carmuseum in Binalong is really worth a little detour in my opinion, even when it is just a small private collection of cars and it has a few very rare examples like for instance a racingcar, built in Binalong and the one and only Bugatti that I saw in any museum in NSW so far.This museum is not always open for the public, so maybe you better phone in advance ! When I first passed by on a sunday the signpost said: open Mon, Wed & Friday, when I came back on Monday the signpost said: open daily...;-)The gate of this private property will be closed anyway and you should not hesitate to step inside the garden, walk around the house and ring the bell for the museum.I payed 5 AUS Dollars for the entrancefee and was able to walk around the museum on my own.You will find some more photos of this car-collection in the travelogues of my Binalong-page !-When you arrive from YASS, the museum...
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Wallabadah & the monument for the first fleet
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Wallabadah is a small village - along the mainroad from Tamworth to Willow Tree and finally to Newcastle - where you will find Australia's only monument for all of the members of the first fleet of settlers coming to Australia in 1788. Most of them were convicts and you will find all their names and also the kind of crime they were found guilty for !Another list shows the names of the ships-officers and sailors and all of their family-members sailing with them and even a list of all material taken from great Britain to Australia in order to cultivate the land.The journey took quite some time: The ships left Great Britain on May 13th, 1787 and arrived in Australia in January 26th, 1788.------------------------------------------------In case that you travel with a tent, caravan or motorhome:there is a great campingsite next to that monumentand its free of charge !read more about it in my...
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The balancing rocks of Stonehenge
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South of Glen Innes you will pass through a small village called Stonehenge and its best tourist-attraction are The balancing rocks. You will find signposts along the road and a good parking-space as well next to the road. It is a pity that it was heavily raining that day, otherwise I would have tried to walk closer to these rocks. The distance from the road to the rocks might be around 500 meters !
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Glen Innes
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Glen Innes is a nice town that I found accidentally and I was surprised by the great architecture of some of its buildings ! Glen Innes is part of the so-called Celtic-Country, north-west of Sydney in an area with lots of villages called after scottish villages like Glencoe and there is even a village called Stonehenge as well.My 1st picture The townhall of Glen Innes is one of the most beautiful townhalls that I saw in New South Wales and it dates back to the year 1887.my 2nd picture: The Kwong Sing Centre of 1886 is a good example of an early settlement of chinese merchants in that area and that shopping-centre is obviously still in the hands of that family for more than 100 years now.my 3rd picture: The courthouse of Glen Innes is dating back to the year 1873. Most of the early settlers of Australia had been convicts and so it seemes to me that the newly built state of Australia...
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Clarence Town Bridge
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Wooden bridges are a common sight all over the State of New South Wales, because in the days of the early settlers it was forbidden to use steel for bridges and for the oldest wooden bridges you will even find signposts how to get to them ! Clarence Town Bridge (The "Brig" O' Johnston) is the oldest timber truss bridge in New South Wales, and it is dating back to the year 1880. This bridge is still in use nowadays for everyday trafic. There is a oneway system on that bridge, so you have to make sure, no other car is oncoming while you drive on that bridge. At the southern end of the bridge you will find a small car-parking, from where you can walk under the bridge and take photos there, like I did.Clarence-bridge is about 20km south of Stroud.
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Murrurundi: the house of Bushranger Ben Hall
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This tiny hut in the centre of Murrurundi was once the house of Ben Hall - (he was one of the most notorious bushrangers of the times of the gold-rush) ! Nowadays you will find some exhibits behind the windows and the backside of the hut also houses the public toilet - what a carreer ! ;-)Take a look there and learn something about such local heros, who got monuments in various villages and graves that are still decorated and well-posted and shown like tourist-attractions.You will find the name Ben Hall at many places of that area, his grave is in Forbes, where his grand-nephew Ben Hall III owns the Ben Hall Motel, and where you will find a monument for Ben Hall in front of the Tourist-office.b.t.w.: in the tourist-office they sell T-shirts with the inscription:Murrurundi History: Bigger than Ben Hall !
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Elvis Presley in the Parkes car-museum
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Did you really expect to see some of the original souvenirs of King Elvis in Australia ?You will find an excellent collection of guitars, photos, suits and othere things that the "king" Elvis Presley had in his posession - most of them were given to this museum by his former girlfriend Ginger Alden.This Elvis Presley-collection is part of the car-museum and includes also Presley's last Caddillac - see it in my last photo here !I came to Parkes mainly for its excellent car-collection, but I also enjoyed this part of the museum very much !------------------------------------This museum is open:Monday - Friday 9am - 4pmSat/Sun & Public Holidays 10am - 4pmThis museum is along the main road through the town of Parkes,so you cannot miss it !
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