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Sydney Harbour: Take a CRUISE around Sydney Harbour
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  • By AmazingAdventures on April 6, 2005
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  • Sydney Opera House as seen from the Harbour - Sydney
    Sydney Opera House as seen
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    With Sydney being one of the most beautiful and breath taking waterfronts & harbours in the world, I highly recommend taking in the view of the harbour from a boat. There are lots of options, the Sydney Ferries, Matilda, and others. There arfe also sightseeing cruises, lunch and dinner cruises too. I've gone on two cruises of the harbour and recommend them both. One was the afternoon cruise, it's 2 and a half hours, and very relaxing. It's fully narrated with music too. Lots of interesting info without being too irritating. The cruise goes by many of the exclusive neighborhoods, and matches scenery with history. I've also gone on the Sydney Ferries evening cruise, and it was also very relaxing. It's inspiring to watch the harbour under the glow of the moonlight and lights of the city. Very peaceful, even though it is fully narrated. It's nice to see the Harbour Bridge and Opera House from the water as well, adds another perspective to htis beautiful city. Make sure you have plenty of batteries for your camera

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  • Address: Start at Circular Quay
  • Phone: http://www.matilda.com.au/dir076
  • Directions: Most cruises depart from Cicular Quay, there are many to choose from!
  • Website: http://www.sydneyferries.info/

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    Sydney Harbour: Water Taxi transfers or sightseeing tours
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  • By amyhenderson on March 10, 2004
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  • range of water taxi types (and cost) - Sydney
    range of water taxi types (and
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    by amyhenderson
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    Water Taxis operate in and around Sydney Harbour. They are a great way to transfer from places, for example, from Circular Quay to the beautiful Watsons Bay. You get great views, friendly driver & speedy transfer. Alternatively, you can get one for a sightseeing tour. Compared to bus or train or road taxi, it is more expensive, so it makes sense to do this with 2 or more people. Maximum people is usually 6. A trip from Watsons Bay to Circular Quay (for example) is AUD$50 - But its such a beautiful experience, especially on a sunshiney day!

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  • Address: www.watertaxis.com.au/destinations.htm
  • Phone: 1300 666 484
  • Directions: For all the destinations that can be reached, go to: http://www.watertaxis.com.au/destinations.htm
  • Website: http://www.watertaxis.com.au/
  • Other Contact: email: info@watertaxis.com.au

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    Sydney Harbour: Ferry Ride
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  • Updated By leffe3 on December 3, 2005
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  • Sydney Harbour - Sydney
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    A must do/see is a ferry ride. I personally think they are better than any of the organised cruises - a few dollars, you can jump off when you have had enough of being on the water and catch a later ferry. The longer ferries are the better bet - go over to Manly from Circular Quays or do the circular route from Circular Quays out to Rose and Watsons Bay before heading back to your starting point. There are fantastic views of the Harbour, skyline, bridge, various bays as well as the excitement of seeing many Sydneysiders at play on the water with their yachts and boats. A 30 minute ferry ride beats the 2 hour guided tours anyday!

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    Sydney Harbour: Quiet beauty
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  • Updated By iandsmith on August 21, 2004
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    As you can clearly see, not all of Sydney Harbour is a hive of activity. As we tramped around Little Sirius Cove the natural beauty of the harbour became more apparent. It's quite extraordinary how quickly you can get away from the madding crowd if you are prepared to walk just a short distance. This is about a kilometre west of Taronga Park Zoo. The cove itself is named after the flagship of the First Fleet, Sirius. At the time of the first white settlement this was almost like on another planet and so, where noise and smell were likely to offend as the ships were careened (the process of hauling the boats onto their sides in order to clean and perhpas repair the hull), it was done on the other side of the harbour. Just out of sight on the left of picture is a tiny beach that was popular with aboriginal people as a place to gather and eat shellfish. Today a sea scout hall sits on the shoreline.

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    Sydney Harbour: Mosman Bay
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  • Updated By iandsmith on January 30, 2007
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    This gorgeous little finger of water has marinas, a ferry wharf and some choice restaurants in a setting where I'll let the picture do the talking. The sheltered anchorage is a haven for some boats of the type that, if you have to ask how much they are, you can't afford them. The trail to the left takes you to Mosman Bay Ferry Wharf or you can take the right hand headland and get to Cremorne Wharf. Mosman Bay was named after Archibald Mosman, who, with his partner John Bell, had set up a "whaling allotment" complete with a stone wharf where whaling ships used to berth and were careened. Processing of the whales didn't take place here. Ferries commenced service to Mosman Bay in 1871.

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    Sydney Harbour: The far side
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  • Updated By iandsmith on August 10, 2006
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  • Great day for a walk (or a ferry ride!) - Sydney
    Great day for a walk (or a
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    One way to do all this is to catch one of the ferries (Circular Quay is the main terminal) over to the north side, embark and walk to the next ferry stop and catch another ferry back. If you start your journey at Taronga Park Zoo wharf then you can, as I did, walk round to Mosman Bay. If you get lucky and there's some colourful boat going past then you might get a shot like this of the Tasmanian Ferry (ex-Greek Islands) on its way to Tassie. These days it's been returned to its original home as the service was not paying its way. Rather sad really, it was just six weeks before I had planned to go on it when they pulled the plug, figuratively speaking of course!

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    Sydney Harbour: On the trail
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  • Updated By iandsmith on September 15, 2006
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    Stop posing you lot.
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    This is my little eclectic crew. Rosemarie (left), her son Darren (right) and Darren's then girlfriend (Kim), now wife, in the middle. We lucked out with the weather, although in Australia your chances are pretty good of getting a reasonable day. This shot was taken at Little Sirius Point, the first one after you leave Taronga Park wharf and gives you an idea of the sandstone that forms the basis for the shoreline around the harbour and makes for dramatic cliffs above the beaches. Just before this point there is a small plaque indicating Curlew Camp. This was where famous Australian artists such as Tom Roberts, Julian Ashton and Sir Robert Streeton used to pitch tents in the late 1800's to record the special views from this place on canvas. Today, some of the works painted here sell for six figure sums and more. This is only 5 minutes west from the Taronga Ferry Wharf

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    Sydney Harbour: Sunset over Sydney Harbour
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  • Updated By Gypsystravels on December 16, 2007
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  • Beautiful sunset over Sydney Harbour - Sydney
    Beautiful sunset over Sydney
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    There isn't anything quite as beautiful as a sunset. And while in Sydney you'll be amazed at how romantic and exhilirating a sunset can be. While out on a day trip make sure to coincide your timing to capture nature at its most beautiful.

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    Sydney Harbour: Harbour Cruise
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  • By Bwana_Brown on June 1, 2003
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  • Harbour Bridge & Opera House - Sydney
    Harbour Bridge & Opera House
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    Go for a little pleasure cruise on one of the many boats available for a tour of the harbour - it gives you a great view of the city! This particular shot shows a distant view of the Opera House as well as the famous Harbour Bridge. This is the world's largest steel arch bridge, completed in 1932 (a few years before San Francisco's Golden Gate bridge) after 6 years of construction work. The structure is also known as 'The Coathanger' because its arch was completed first and then the vehicle deck was completed by using the supports hanging from the arch. Now dethroned by the Opera House as the 'symbol' of Sydney, she is still an impressive piece of work!

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    Sydney Harbour: Circular Quays
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  • Updated By leffe3 on July 7, 2005
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    Walk from the Opera House and a few minutes will take you to Circular Quays and the ferries to all points round the bay. And all ferries from this point all give you superb views of the other Sydney icon - the Harbour Bridge. Good thing about Circular Quays is that it is also a train station - so a real central transport hub and which can be reached easily from all points of Sydney. Personally, I would take one of the ferries to get great views of the harbour rather than the expensive organised tours.

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