Sydney is home to some of the most famous landmarks in the world. And while there is a touristy element to these sites (and who can blame the world for wanting to come here), don’t let that discourage you from visiting some of the biggest and most beautiful sites in Australia!
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is, without a doubt, one of the most iconic bridges in the world. Not to mention one of the most beautiful as well. Nicknamed “the coathanger” by locals, it is renowned for both its size, simple shape, and being one of the first major man-made marvels built in Australia; a structure that defined Sydney long before the Opera...
The rabbit, historically, has never been a welcome animal in the land down under. Then again, when your kind multiplied like, well, like rabbits and ate through almost the entire country nearly 120 years ago, it is hard to be beloved, no matter how adorable you may be. In the neighborhood of Redfern, just a short drive from downtown Sydney, the South Sydney...
To be immersed in Australian sports is an experience unlike no other. It is an atmosphere of sheer, unadulterated joy, accompanied by singing, mass quantities of beer, and the happiest sports fans this side of a Superbowl game. Americans like to boast that they are a sports-crazy country built on tough-guy athletes, sheer physicality, and rowdy fans. Having...
I’ll never forget where I was the first time I laid eyes on that jersey with the bunny on it. I was inside an apparel store in Alice Springs on December 31, 2008. I was browsing through the jerseys, and I came across one with a rabbit on it; it was the jersey of the South Sydney Rabbitohs. I said to myself, “A rugby team represented by a bunny rabbit...
Sydney is one of the hippest and fanciest cities on Earth. And where there are hip and fancy people, there are hip and fancy places to shop. But when you go shopping at great stores, you expect them to be inside a great place to house them, right? Well, look no further than the beautiful Sydney Strand Arcade. Located on Pitt Street and George Street, the Strand is...
Mrs. Macquarie’s Chair is an exposed sandstone rock cut into the shape of a bench, on a peninsula in the Sydney Botanical Gardens, hand carved by convicts from sandstone in 1810 for Governor Macquarie’s wife Elizabeth. The peninsula itself is named Mrs. Macquaries Point. It is located at the end of Mrs. Macquaries Road near the Royal Botanical Gardens...
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is one of the most famous, and recognizable manmade structures in Australia. It measures 3,770 ft. long, 160 ft. wide, and 440 ft. tall. Completed in 1932, the construction of the bridge was an economic feat, given the fact that the bridge opened up during the early years of the Great Depression. Construction of the bridge was under the...
You know when you go to an exotic locale, that’s home to a world famous landmark, you brace yourself as you prepare to set your eyes on what you have built up in your mind as a mythical place? You’re hoping that when you visit it, you won’t be disappointed. Paris has the Eiffel Tower, Agra has the Taj Mahal, and Rome has the Colosseum. For...