Author(s): Anon

Travel

This guide to Sydney covers all the major sights, area by area, in an easily navigable format. Descriptions of tourist attractions include the Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Rocks, the Royal Botanic Gardens and beaches at Manly and Bondi. The guide also contains background historical information, advice on shopping and entertainment and the low-down on eating out. There is an A-Z of practical information and listings of recommended hotels and restaurants. You can read special features on topics ranging from Ned Kelly to the duck-billed platypus and convicts to bats. Excursions outside the city are also outlined including the Blue Mountains, Hunter Valley and Canberra. Maps show Sydney, excursions, the beaches and north shore, and there are dozens of colour photographs throughout.