Australia Day

Australia Day is on 26 January. This is a public holiday.

Everyone is getting excited to celebrate Australia Day. Green, gold, red, white and blue colour will be dominant everywhere.

The celebrations, events and activities spread everywhere from backyards, parks, harbours and beaches.

This public holiday is marked by a wide range of nationwide celebrations such as competitions, parades and also music celebrations!

On this day, it is really good to go outside and join the celebration in your local area, in the city or on the beach.

You can join the party at Hyde Park in the city. This is a big park and there is a free music concert here. Have a picnic here. You can enjoy the entertainment here with your family. Kids will love the activities here, sing, dance and enjoy Australia Day here.

Darling Harbour is my favourite place to celebrate Australia Day. A lot of activities and entertainment program at Darling Harbour. It’s good to stay until night to see the Darling Harbour Australia Day Spectacular and Fireworks. Bring your friends and family. This is a free event.

In some suburbs and city, citizenship ceremonies are held on Australia Day. A lot of people will officially become Australians at citizenship ceremonies on Australia Day.

Happy Australia Day…

Best Spot to Watch Sydney NYE Fireworks

Sydney city always has fireworks display on New Year's Eve every year. If you are planning to see fireworks, you should start decide which place to go. 

There are many places has beautiful view facing to Harbour Bridge and many of them are free.

The list below are some of the free places to see Sydney New Year’s Eve fireworks:

• Bradfield Park (Alfred Street, North Sydney), this place is too close to the bridge.
• Blues Point Reserve (Blues Point Road, McMahons Point)
• Mary Booth Lookout (Waruda Avenue, Kirribilli)
• Dawes Point Park (Hickson Road, The Rocks), this place is too close to the bridge.
• Campbells Cove (Hickson Road, Sydney)
• The Rocks (Hickson Road, Sydney)
• First Fleet Park (George Street, The Rocks)
• Circular Quay
• Tarpeian Precint (Tarpien Way, Macquarie Street, Sydney)
• Sydney Opera House. I love this spot and I always enjoy here.
• Balls Head Reserve (Balls Head Road, Waverton)
• Mrs Macquaries Point (Mrs Macquaries Road, Sydney). This place is too many big trees. You need to go to the front area to get the best view.
• And still many other places, but they are a bit too far.

No matter which place you go, it always better to be there as early as possible. Some people even try to be there a day before just want to get the best spot. 

9 o’clock firework is good for family with small kids, so you don’t have to wait until midnight to see the fireworks. After 9 o’clock firework finish, you can take the kids home and watch live broadcast midnight fireworks from TV at home.

If you prefer to pay some money, there are many places that offer New Year’s Eve party with the best view.

You can book a hotel room that has the view facing to Harbour Bridge if possible. Or you also can join the cruise for New Year's Eve dinner party. 

It will be very crowded on New Year’s Eve. If you don’t like that situation, you still can enjoy the fireworks from your own home by watching New Year’s Eve fireworks live broadcast on the TV. 

Prepare, so you can have a safe and the best view on New Year’s Eve. 

Happy New Year everyone… 

Wish You All The Best.

Sydney Tower

If you visit Sydney city, you will see very high tower, this tower is called Sydney Tower (formerly known as AMP Tower or Centrepoint Tower). This tower height is 309 meters from the ground to the very top.

Sydney Tower is located in the shopping area which is on the corner of Market Street and Pitt Street, Sydney city. Access to this tower is from level 5 Westfield Shopping Centre.

From the top of Sydney Tower you will get extraordinary experiences, beautiful view of Sydney City and beyond. I recommend the Sydney Tower as a must do life experience to the tourists who visit to Sydney.

I personally really enjoy Sydney Tower revolving buffet restaurant. This restaurant offers a wide variety of foods. I spent my time with my family here and we really enjoy the foods at this restaurant. We love the experience because while we enjoy our foods, we also enjoy the view. You can see Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge, the ships sailing on the sea and the whole Sydney city from the height of 250 meters above the ground and 360 degree view. It's an absolutely unique dining experience.

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)

Wild Life Sydney

Wild Life Sydney is really special wildlife park which is a treasure collection of the unique and unusual flora and fauna of Australia.

Wild Life Sydney location is really strategies. It's located on the Eastern side of Darling Harbour, Sydney city, exactly next to Sydney Aquarium.

Wild Life Sydney is indoor and outdoor attraction. You can enjoy your day in there walk through the attraction indoor and outdoor. It's good to make sure you check the daily activities and animal feeding schedule, so you can explore as much as possible.

In Wild Life Sydney you will find many amazing animals. You will see huge 5 metres crocodile. Also a lot of other things to see such as koalas, cassowary, snake, bees, spiders, scorpions, crickets, emus, frilled neck lizards, birds, wombats, kangaroos, bilbies, echidnas, butterflies, turtles, wallabies, fish and many more.

Over 6000 wildlifes are reside in Wild Life Sydney.

At the Butterfly Tropics, you will see beautiful and colourful of butterflies.

Australian National Maritime Museum

The Australian National Maritime Museum offers indoor and outdoor attraction. This is really good entertainment for everyone especially for the family.

Australian National Maritime Museum is located on the western side of Darling Harbour. The address is 2 Murray Street, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia. The location is really strategies. It's not far from the CBD and it's in the attraction area of waterfront Darling Harbour.

You will notice the building structure of Australian National Maritime Museum is very unique with a roofline like waves and sails.

This is actually a great museum, it has variety of exhibits about maritime.

The museum exhibits such as European navigation, information about Indigenous, maritime defence, aquatic sport, Captain Cook's vessel of discovery, James Craig the 1874 tall ship and you can get into the amazing world of underwater warfare submarine. A guided tour shows how the crews worked and lived in there.

Sydney Chinatown

Sydney Chinatown is actually the oldest and the largest Chinatown in Australia.

You will see there are two big gateways with Chinese Lion ornament.

The centre of Sydney Chinatown is actually in Dixon Street where you will find a lot of Chinese restaurants, Chinese shops selling almost all kinds of Asian products. Dixon Street is design for pedestrian only so you can walk safely.

Sydney Chinatown is truly impressive mixture of Asian culture, shopping and culinary.

Chinatown in Sydney is really unique and worthwhile experience for everyone especially for tourists. You will find a lot of Chinese culture offering some of the best Chinese festivals, history, oriental architecture, Chinese shops, street lanterns and Chinese food.

Sydney Chinatown is basically similarly to other Chinatowns in other cities of the world. It’s always great for bargain shopping and eating.

You will see a lot of traditional shops and restaurants in there. Also you will find shopping malls, food courts, and bakery. Yum Cha restaurants and food court always busy in Sydney Chinatown. Many grocery shops are selling traditional Chinese veggies and also fruits that are not commonly available on any other grocery shops in other suburbs.