SEA LIFE
Glass tunnels.
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A leisure precinct on a small bay west of central Sydney, once wharves and goods railways, redeveloped into a broad waterfront promenade of restaurants, cafés, parks and museums, and one of the city's favourite family areas. Many attractions ring the bay: SEA LIFE aquarium with its glass tunnels, a wildlife park showing koalas and kangaroos, the Australian National Maritime Museum with its moored ships, and the Chinese Garden of Friendship with its pavilions and calm ponds. The area also has free water playgrounds for children, a large park and the old Pyrmont swing bridge for pedestrians. On some evenings fireworks are held over the water and the lights of the buildings shimmer on the bay. Wandering is free, with attractions ticketed separately and combo tickets for some. The precinct is a short walk from the city centre.
Glass tunnels.
Calm ponds.
Moored ships.
Western edge of central Sydney
Queen Victoria BuildingA grand Victorian building filling a whole block in the heart of Sydney, built b8 minutes walk4.7
Australian MuseumAustralia's oldest natural history museum, with roots going back to 1827, in a c14 minutes walk4.7
Art Gallery of New South WalesSydney's largest art museum, on the edge of the Domain parkland near the Royal B21 minutes walk4.8
Royal Botanic GardenA broad botanical garden on Farm Cove at the heart of Sydney, opened in 1816, ma23 minutes walk4.8
The RocksSydney's oldest neighbourhood, where the first settlers landed in 1788 and found23 minutes walkSEA LIFE aquarium, the wildlife park, the Maritime Museum, the Chinese Garden and the free water playgrounds.