A relatively young city by world standards, Sydney Australia's harbourside city with the world's friendliest people has been voted for 6 consecutive years as the best city in the world for visitors.
With 240 days of warm sunshine and blue sky each year, Sydney is Australia's favourite city with the world's most beautiful harbour. The harbour provides a playground for jetboating, sailing, swimming, harbour scenic flights, dining, fishing, climbing the Harbour Bridge and sightseeing at the Opera House or nature walks. It is also the perfect backdrop to many other of your city experiences.
Sydney's city centre is home to some of Sydney's best shopping arcades and malls. Discover the beautifully restored Queen Victoria Building with over 180 shops directly opposite the Sydney Hilton Hotel.
Pitt Street Mall offers more than four hundred specialty retailers in eight major shopping centres accessed from the Mall including Glasshouse, Skygarden, Imperial Arcade, Sydney Central, Mid City Centre and the elegant Strand Arcade. Australia's oldest and most prestigious department store, David Jones, located on the corner of Market and Elizabeth Streets, is renowned for its fashions, and its Food Glorious Food department, which is a gourmet's dream come true.
Here anything culinary is available from hand made chocolates to beautifully packaged herbs, olive oils, biscuits, and Australian wines. Grace Bros is the other major department store that offers international and Australian designer labels while Gowings department store ? though predominately catering to male fashion, also specialises in novelty items and toys popular in Australia in the 50's ? 70's, as well as gardening and travel products, books and other items.
International designer label retailers including Chanel, DKNY, Ferragamo, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Versace, Bvlgari, Cartier, and Armani are found in Castlereagh and Elizabeth Streets, while Tiffany and Co. along with many exclusive boutiques are housed in Chifley Plaza.
A visit to Sydney's city would be incomplete without taking in the spectacular 360-degree views of Sydney Tower and Skytour, Australia's tallest structure. Accessed from Pitt Street Mall, the Tower overlooks the expanse of this beautiful city with its harbour and waterways, parklands and gardens.
The city is also home to many theatres where world famous musicals and popular theatre productions are held.
But there is more than just seeing Sydney. Sydney is the capital of New South Wales, a state of Australia. So, make time to experience it all - you can safely self drive, train, bus or eco-tour to the majestic mountain ranges & World Heritage Rainforests of the Blue Mountains, endless white sandy beaches at Port Stephens, fresh seafood at Central Coast, delightful wine growing areas in the Hunter Wine Country, outback koala and animal farms, fruit picking in the orchards of Illawarra.
You will be enthralled by the endless beauty and the ultimate holiday experiences of Sydney and beyond.
For more information about Syndey or New South Wales, got to http://www.visitnsw.com.au/ or http://www.sydneyaustralia.com/.
Sydney International Airport
Sydney's international airport can accommodate and efficiently handle large numbers of delegates over short periods of time. During the 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games, 150,000 passengers departed Sydney on the airport?s busiest day and more than 900 aircraft movements were involved.
Sydney Airport has maintained its status as one of the world?s best airports by being ranked 10th in the latest survey of international airports (Skytrax World Airport Awards, 2005 [World's largest independent airport passenger survey]).
Sydney's city centre is only 8 kilometres/5 miles from the airport, making it one of the closest airports to the city compared to other international and Australian cities (see below table). This means that travel time for delegates is kept to a minimum, as is the cost of transferring delegates from the airport to hotels.
The cost of a taxi fare is at approximately $25 AUD. Buses depart the airport every 15 minutes en route to various city hotels and cost approximately $9 AUD per person. Delegates can also take a direct rail link from the airport to the city centre in 13 minutes.
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Climate
Sydney experiences year round temperate climate. Sydney experiences four distinct seasons with summer running from December to February and winter extending from June to August. Sydney’s subtropical climate gives average temperatures ranging from 16ºC in the winter months to 26ºC in summer.
Sydney boasts an enviable outdoor lifestyle because of its sunny weather with 6 out of 10 days being rain free.
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