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Sydney is home, and what better place to call home , blessed with such raw honesty and diversity, Sydney is a treasure chest , holding incredible richness and beauty in the fragments of the harbour and foreshores. The beaches hugging the Pacific Ocean , the summer days filled with surprises, enriching the essence of the sun , glistening fragments of light filtering over Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House are truely enchanting.Sydney is a city full of playfulness, entertainment , sophistication, mixed with a lively cosmopolitan casual lifestyle.
Sydney is fun to its 4 million locals, with its varied assortment of ethnic background ranging from aborigines, convicts, immigrants, to refugees.We are a socially tolerant city appreciating the deep connection to our strange and unique heritage. It is with this mixture, we display our passion and love for Sydney. We love our beaches, harbour, sports, famous icons and are fiercely protective of our city.And why not, Melbourne may have the Arts but Sydney is saturated and surrounded by its beautiful harbour, rivers and beaches; its a wonderland of waterways and National Parks stretching from Pittwater to Port Hacking. Sydney is sexy and seductive, a gorgeous dazzling spectrum of beauty bathing beneath the morning sun.
Sydney is Australia’s oldest city and is the capital of New South Wales. It is located on the east coast of Australia and surrounds Port Jackson an inlet of the Pacific Ocean. Sydney Harbour contains over 240km of foreshores and extends over 55sqkm; it was first settled in 1788 as a penal colony when Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet landed in Sydney Cove.
Sydney is Australia’s largest port and commercial city, and it has grown from its early penal days to a vibrant, multicultural and invigorating city. Sydney’s major growth occurred after WW11 when immigration intensified and created a boom period, which saw the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge officially opened on the 19th March 1932. It's opening linked the city from North to South. The building of the Sydney Opera House originally designed by Danish Architect Joern Utzon. This building was officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the 20st October 1973.
Fort Denison - Sydney Harbour
A total of 200 nationalities represent Sydney’s population which creates a unique blend of interesting suburbs dominated by ethnic backgrounds. Sydney also has one of the world’s largest gay and lesbian communities, which intermingle into Sydney’s sense of raw openness and colourful diversity. Most of Sydney's Aborigines (indigenous Australian) live in the inner city suburb of Redfern. So take a walk down some of Sydney's suburbs and you will find definite ethnic districts displaying their wonderful assortment of goods, cafes and restaurants such as Leichhardt "little Italy" and Cabramatta "Vietnam".
Sydney has some absolutely stunning suburbs, some are nestled beside the sea or small inlets and coves of Sydney Harbour, others are found in the inner suburbs of the city. All are different and offering a diversity of activities and beauty, whether its a beautiful view or leafy tree lined street filled with boutique and antique shops, to small terrace lined working class cottages to huge mansions perched over the Pacific Ocean. Sydney is breathtaking, and one of the most loveliest cities in the world.
Luna Park
Sydney Skyline
The Showboat on Sydney Harbour
North Head.
Manly Beach
