Sydney Harbour
* Islands of Sydney Harbour * Beaches of Sydney Harbour * Harbour Cruises * Whale Watching Cruises * Sailing
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Welcome to the
best harbour city in the world! Sydney Harbour is simply beautiful, a real
working harbour with ferry transportation and huge container ships passing
by but also an amazing playground for the people of Sydney.
Sydney Harbour
The Heads of Sydney Harbour Fort Dennison Cockatoo Island has a camping site, the only camp site right in the middle of Sydney Harbour. You can take your own tent or hire the tents that are already setup ready to go. For more information visit the Cockatoo Island website. Shark Island is located in Sydney Harbour close to Rose Bay. There are ferries 4 times a day that go across to Shark Island, leaving from Circular Quay. There are picnic shelters as well as nice grassed areas for sitting back and enjoying the scenery of the harbour. Clark Island is part of the Sydney Harbour National Park. You can visit for picnics though no camping or fires are allowed. Goat Island Rodd Island The best way to see Sydney Harbour is on a boat and the cheapest way to do this is to take any of the public ferries to various destinations around the harbour. Take a ferry from Circular Quay Fusion Cruises run daily harbour sightseeing cruises leaving from King St Wharf. The new Fusion boat is just over 12 months old and has 3 different levels, a fully kitchen to prepared the best meals and a fully licensed bar. The Fusion can also be hired out for private parties. The daily cruise leaves King St Wharf at 12.45pm everyday and goes for 1h 20 minutes. Cost is $40 for adults and $25 for children including lunch Captain Cook Cruise have over 20 cruises a day on Sydney Harbour include 2 hour cruises at 10am and 2.15pm, dinner cruises, breakfast cruises, cocktail cruises at 5pm daily and whale watching cruises May to November. Rhythm Boat has special harbour cruises including musical entertainment including Rock and Roll cruises, ABBA shows, Salsa cruises. Sydney Showboat is a magical musical evening afloat. A lavish cabaret show with fine-dining and a harbour cruise all rolled into one. Boats leave Sydney's King Street Wharf 5 nights a week at 7.30pm. Jet Boating Sydney Harbour For the adventurous rather than a leisurely boat cruise there are a number of Jet Boating companies for exhilarating rides on the harbour. Prices are around $60 for a 35 minute ride: Thunder Jet Boating Sydney Harbour Jetcruiser High Speed sightseeing boats leave from just in front of the Sydney Aquarium at King St Wharf. $44 for adults and $25 for children. $99 for a family (2 adults + 2 children).
Sydney Jet leaves from Darling Harbour. Sydney Harbour Jet Boating jet boats on Sydney Harbour, Bondi Beach, Palm Beach. Also have Helicopter rides over Sydney Harbour.
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Sydney Harbour viewed from the Harbour Bridge Balmoral Beach located on the north shore of Sydney, close to Mosman. A nice beach with some grassed areas for picnics. There are some shops and restaurants located along Balmoral for a nice relaxing lunch or dinner. Chinaman's Beach is located close to the Spit, just down from Mosman. A quiet harbour beach with grassed area for picnics and bbqs. Watson's Bay Beach Camp Cove Lady Jane Beach is a nudist beach located close to the south head of Sydney Harbour. Sydney Harbour Ferries
The main ferry port in Sydney is Circular Quay which has ferries all around Sydney Harbour as well as up the Parramatta River all the way to Parramatta. May welcomes in the Whale Watching season (May to November) with boats leaving from Sydney's King Street Wharf (next to the Aquarium) takes you out past the harbour entrance to view the migrating whales traveling north for the winter. Some of the whale watching tours include: Try out some real yacht racing on Sydney Harbour on 36 or 38 foot racing yachts with Kookaburra Challenge.
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