Darling Harbour

Darling Harbour is located on the western side of Sydney city with beautiful waterfront location and very popular destination for Sydney siders, local visitors as well as international tourists.

Darling Harbour is designed for walking area so in most of part is car-free area. Darling Harbour is a busy and famous recreational centre that brings a lot of visitors from all over the world.

Many of Sydney most exciting attractions are located in Darling Harbour. You will find so many interesting things to do for the whole family at Darling Harbour. A lot of Sydney's attractions and facilities to choose from such as:
- Tumbalong Park
- Powerhouse Museum
- Sydney's Paddy's Markets
- Australian National Maritime Museum
- Wild Life Sydney
- Chinese Garden
- Sydney Chinatown
- Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
- IMAX Theatre
- Sydney Aquarium
- Sydney Entertainment Centre
- Star City Casino and Entertainment Complex
- Harbour Cruises
- Harbourside Shopping Centre
- Darling Quarter (the new playground)

Darling Harbour is truly a great place to dine out and also shopping with so many things to choose. Harbourside Shopping Centre has 150 shops consist of two level floors. Harbourside has many restaurants and some of them are waterfront restaurants. Also there is a Food Court. You will find Australia Souvenir easily here, because in this shopping centre has several souvenir shops.

The main dining places are at Harbourside and Cockle Bay Wharf. You will find many of bars, restaurants and cafes around Darling Harbour. Many restaurants offer waterfront view, so definitely you will feel relax and enjoy your time while having your coffee, lunch or dinner.

Because the location is in the harbour, Darling Harbour main attraction is harbour cruise. A lot of them offer beautiful lunch or dinner on the cruise.

If there is a big event such as New Year’s Eve or Australia Day, Darling Harbour always have spectacular shows and fireworks. It is a good time for the whole family to have a good fun.

You will find playground for the kids, fountains, free attractions, acrobatics and parks.

You also can relax and enjoy your time at Tumbalong Park with the family and let the children play and run around the park. This is what I and my family always do.

Darling Harbour's motorise trains operate everyday. It will take you from one side of Darling Harbour to the other side. There is a fee for this facility. This train is really helpful to save your energy and time. You will enjoy this, especially the kids. You will see there are many of fountains at Darling Harbour.

Darling Harbour is actually only walking distance from many points in the Sydney CBD.

How to get there:
By train: alight at Town Hall station or Central station. From Town Hall station walk down hill along Druitt Street, Bathurst Street or Liverpool Street to Darling Harbour. From Central station, walk toward Haymarket or Chinatown and then walk west to Darling Harbour.

By lightrail: alight at Convention Centre station.

By monorail: alight at Convention station, Darling Park station or Harbourside station.

By car: you can park at Sydney Convention Centre, Sydney Entertainment Centre or Harbourside Shopping Centre.

By ferry: alight at Darling Harbour King Street Wharf or Pyrmont Bay Wharf.

By bus: for buses commuting through the Sydney CBD along George Street, Elizabeth Street, Castlereagh Street or York streets, alight the bus at Druitt Street, Liverpool Street, Bathurst Street, Market Street or Park Street then walk down hill to Darling Harbour.