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Sydney is to Australia what London is to England and Paris is to France. It
is New South Wales capital city and easily the most recognisable city in Australia. Established in 1788, the city is the oldest in Australia and has over four million inhabitants today. Sydney is built around one of the most spectacular harbours in the world and contains the famous Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge which do not depict Sydney alone, but are icons that represent the whole of Australia.
Sydney has a reputation as an international centre for commerce, arts, fashion, culture, entertainment, music, education and tourism.
Sydney is the biggest gateway into Australia for international tourists. The main airport serving Sydney is called Kingsford Smith Airport.
To the west of the main CBD is a refurbished area called Darling Harbour which is the location for many hotels. This area has many great restaurants, as well some great shopping and entertainment venues. You can get to Darling Harbour on the Monorail which does a curcuit through the city centre.
For the best view of Sydney try the lookout at near the top of the Sydney Tower. From up here you can see the whole city with 360 degree views. The Rocks near Sydney Harbour is the historical part of the city. Besides history and old architecture, it is famous for its shopping, restaurants, and cafes.
Sydney has a temperate climate with warm to hot summers and mild winters.
The hinterland around Sydney contains smaller settlements and national parks. Coastal areas feature beaches, bays, inlets, and rivers. There are aboout 70 harbour and ocean beaches in the urban areas, including notable beaches like Bondi and Manly. Within the city are many great parks, including the Royal Botanical Gardens and Hyde Park. The nearby Blue Mountains is a popular national park situated at a higher altitude than the coast and provides cooler temperatures when Sydney is experiencing hot weather. During winter, this area can receive snow. The area is best described as a series of canyons carved out of the Great Dividing Range, Australia's biggest mountain range. The area is heavily forested with steep cliff walls and some spectacular waterfalls.
Further west of the Blue Mountains, and you start to enter rural New South Wales, which consists of rolling green countryside populated by sheep and cattle as well as wild emus and kangaroos. Towns such as Bathurst and Orange serve as centres for the rural economy here. If you continue west the landscape becomes increasingly arid and flat as you enter the vast Australian outback further to the west.
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