Sydney and Melbourne sit roughly 900 kilometres apart and yet feel like they belong to entirely different ideas about what a city should be. Sydney wears its beauty without apology — the harbour, the beaches, the light. Melbourne earns its reputation slowly, through coffee and laneways and a cultural life that fills every month of the calendar regardless of season. Visiting one without understanding the other is a bit like reading half a book.
Both cities reward travellers who arrive at the rig
There is a moment in every city I visit when I figure out how it actually moves. Not how the tourist map says it moves. Not how the hotel concierge suggests. The real rhythm — where the bottlenecks are, which transport options quietly fall apart after 9pm, and what the people who actually know the place do when they need to get somewhere without drama.
After forty cities across six continents, I have made most of the mistakes there are to make. I have waited forty minutes for a taxi in Tokyo that
The Land Down Under is a traveller favourite thanks to its warm weather, stunning beaches, exciting cities, and diverse landscapes. And if you´re visiting from the Northern Hemisphere, keep in mind that the seasons are reversed. So this month through November is spring, and December through February is summer - which is an especially fantastic time to visit - including these iconic destinations:
No trip to Australia is complete without a
Sydney's majestic Blue Mountains, only 80 kilometres from the centre of Sydney City, provides a stark contrast. Whilst the city has its harbours and skyscrapers, the Blue Mountains is a picture perfect wilderness the size of a small country.
Many companies take tours to the Blue Mountain. However, one, Travel Ideology comes out on top when you are looking for a nature- and wildlife-based private tour of the Blue Mountains, including the most amazing views of the golden sandstone escarpments.
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Whether it’s some of the finest dining the country has to offer, or a hole-in-the-wall experience providing wonderful cheap eats, Sydney has a wide variety of styles and flavours to treat anyone’s tastebuds. And from Bondi to Barangaroo, there’s also plenty to suit your wallet.
"Five points" refer to New York City's five boroughs, and this North Sydney spot is all about U.S.-style hamburgers with all the trimmings, one named after each borough. For example, the Bronx Burge
Sydney Tours by Travel Ideology specialise in showing international guests kangaroos in the wild. If you want to see a kangaroo and are not into seeing wild animals trapped in cages and small unnatural surroundings take a private tour with Travel Ideology.
Sydney is the place to be in autumn (that's spring to you all in the Northern Hemisphere!). The weather has cooled down and leaves are falling but the sun is still shining. Most importantly, the event of the season begins - the autumn racing carnival. This means fifty days of trackside fun, with world-class racing action to be seen and amazing events to attend. There are four Sydney race tracks that are part of the carnival: Royal Randwick, Rosehill Gardens, Warwick Farm and Canterbury Park, So
Another of the reasons I love living in Sydney is that there are events here all year round, many of them free to attend. If you are visiting the city this spring, there are some events on the calendar that you just can’t miss. You will have a fantastic time if you schedule your trip around one of these, though make sure you book your tickets in advance so you can definitely get a place!
Let’s start off with a new festival which I love. Antidote is all about art and social change and tak
Sydney receives millions of international visitors each and every year. What is the reason behind its amazing popularity? Well, there are several reasons behind it.
There are various aspects behind its unmatchable popularity, which has helped the city to win the hearts of the visitors, irrespective of their ethnicity.
The beautiful Australian city was formed on 26th of January, in the year 1788 by Arthur Phillip. Sydney is surrounded by the beauty of Mother Nature, and is located in the south east
The Northern Beaches district on a peninsula on Bantry and Caneel Bays in the coastal suburbs of Australia's biggest city offer something special - most particularly beautiful golden strands and spectacular views. With 30 kilometres of shoreline, the resort towns up here serve up a paradise and laid back lifestyle that begs the question of why people who live there would ever leave. Depending on distance away from Sydney, you can reach them by car and/or ferry in 15 minutes to two h
The whole city of Melbourne is a cycling heaven. Many believe that Melbourne is the cycling capital of th
恭喜發財 (That's Kung hei fat choy! to you). As hundreds of millions ring in the Year of the Monkey for Chinese New Year (aka Lunar New Year) today, I'm reminded of one of the Chinese diaspora's great gifts to travelers across the planet: funky Chinatowns where the age-old culture of the Middle Kingdom (and increasingly, other parts of Asia) meets a variety of others in sometimes fascinating ways.
The best ones are the traditional ones, which developed organically, as opposed to a recent trend
