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Hyde Park Barracks
Step through the gates of Hyde Park Barracks and you're walking into the story of Australia itself. Built between 1817 and 1819 by convict architect Francis Greenway (yes, a convict designed one of Australia's most impor…
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Robert Brough Memorial Fountain
In the tranquil courtyard of Sydney Hospital stands a gorgeous three-tiered cast iron fountain that tells a touching story of theatrical friendship and loss. Erected in 1907, the Robert Brough Memorial Fountain honours t…
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Forgotten Songs art installation
Look up as you walk down Angel Place in Sydney's CBD and you'll see something extraordinary: 180 empty birdcages hanging above the laneway, each one playing the recorded songs of birds that were pushed out of the city by…
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Tank Stream Plaque
A modest plaque on a busy Sydney street marks the beginning of everything: the spot where Australia's first European settlement found its lifeline. The Tank Stream was Sydney's original freshwater source, the very reason…
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Brown Bear Lane Mural
At 155 George Street in The Rocks, a colourful mural brings back to life a laneway that time erased from Sydney's map. Created in 2006 by artist Dr Pierre Mol, the Brown Bear Lane Mural depicts the vanished alleyway that…
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Cockatoo Island Ferry Wharf
Stepping off the ferry at Cockatoo Island feels like arriving at a place where every chapter of Australian history left its fingerprints. The wharf reopened in April 2007, welcoming visitors to an island whose story span…
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Coal Bunker
Among the rusted machinery and weathered buildings of Cockatoo Island, the Coal Bunker stands as a powerful reminder of the industrial energy that once drove Australia's shipbuilding operations. This massive structure is…
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Sutherland Dock
Carved into the living sandstone of Cockatoo Island, Sutherland Dock holds a story as dramatic as its engineering. Construction began in 1882 and was completed in 1889, creating what was at the time the largest dry dock …
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Dog Leg Tunnel
Nearly 200 metres of dark, winding passageway carved through the rock of Cockatoo Island, Dog Leg Tunnel is one of Sydney's most atmospheric heritage experiences. Built in 1915, this tunnel was originally created by conv…
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Historic Residence Precinct
Nestled among the industrial relics of Cockatoo Island, the Historic Residence Precinct offers a gentler chapter in the island's rugged story. These heritage buildings date primarily from the World War I era, when they w…
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Customs House
Where Sydney's Circular Quay meets the city's colonial past, the elegant sandstone facade of Customs House has been watching ships come and go for nearly two centuries. The first customs building appeared on this spot as…
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Tank Stream Fountain
In the heart of Sydney's CBD, a beautiful bronze fountain celebrates the humble waterway that made the entire city possible. Created by sculptor Stephen Walker and gifted by John Fairfax and Sons in 1981 to mark the 150t…
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Cadmans Cottage
Sitting quietly in The Rocks, Cadmans Cottage is the second-oldest surviving residential building in Sydney, a small stone structure that has witnessed the transformation of a convict settlement into a global metropolis.…
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Campbell's Stores
Along the western shore of Sydney Cove, a row of handsome Victorian Georgian warehouses tells the story of one man's audacious commercial vision and the colony's transformation from penal outpost to trading power. Campbe…
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Observatory Hill
The highest natural point in Sydney's CBD has been attracting attention for over 200 years, and every era left its mark on this strategic hilltop. Originally known as Windmill Hill, the site hosted the colony's first win…
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Hickson Rd
Hickson Road is the waterfront street along the western edge of The Rocks in Sydney, passing beneath the approaches to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It follows the line of the old working shoreline, and today it is a useful…
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Sydney Cove Map
The Sydney Cove Map stands on the waterfront at Circular Quay in Sydney, beside the cove where the First Fleet came ashore in January 1788. It is a good place to get your bearings: the birthplace of the city lies just ar…
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Jack Mundey Sculpture
The Jack Mundey Sculpture stands on Globe Street in The Rocks, Sydney, and honours the union leader whose green bans helped save the area's old sandstone streets from demolition. Without Mundey and the builders who backe…
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Foundation Park
Foundation Park is a small, pedestrian-only park on Gloucester Walk in The Rocks, Sydney, set against a wall of the sandstone that gave the neighbourhood its name. It holds the exposed remains of old terrace houses, whic…
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First Impressions Sculpture
First Impressions Sculpture is a public artwork listed at 2/4 Atherden Street, a tiny lane off George Street in The Rocks, Sydney. The lane is the real draw: a short, narrow stretch of Victorian terraces that survived th…
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Hyde Park
Hyde Park is the green rectangle at the centre of Sydney, split by a fig-lined avenue with the Archibald Fountain at one end and the ANZAC Memorial at the other. It is the shortest way to cross the city on foot.
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Matthew Flinders Statue
The Matthew Flinders Statue stands on Macquarie Street in Sydney, beside the State Library of New South Wales. It honours the English navigator who led the first voyage around the whole coast of Australia and helped brin…
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Dobell Memorial Sculpture
The Dobell Memorial Sculpture is a public artwork at 16 Pitt St in the centre of Sydney, Australia. It is an easy stop for anyone exploring the city's central streets on foot, and a good reason to slow down and look at t…
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Richard Johnson Obelisk
The Richard Johnson Obelisk is a stone monument in Richard Johnson Square, on Bligh Street in the Sydney central business district. It honours Richard Johnson, the first chaplain of the colony of New South Wales, who arr…
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Il Porcellino
Il Porcellino is a bronze statue of a wild boar standing on Macquarie Street, Sydney, beside the entrance to Sydney Hospital. It is a replica of a famous fountain in Florence, and visitors rub its snout for good luck. Th…
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Lloyd Rees Fountain
The Lloyd Rees Fountain is a public fountain on Martin Place, the pedestrian plaza that runs through the centre of Sydney's business district. It sits in one of the city's best-known open spaces, which makes it an easy s…
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Thomas Sutcliff Mort
The Thomas Sutcliff Mort statue stands in Macquarie Place, a small park beside Bridge Street in the heart of Sydney. It honours Thomas Sutcliffe Mort (1816 to 1878), a wool auctioneer and businessman remembered as an ear…
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Lloyd Rees Fountain Sydney
Lloyd Rees Fountain is a public fountain at Martin Place in the centre of Sydney, Australia. It stands in the heart of the city's business district, so it is easy to fold into a walk through the centre on foot.Tips for y…
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St James’s Square Sydney
St James's Square is a public square on Macquarie Street, listed at 243 Macquarie St, in the centre of Sydney, Australia. It is an easy stop on foot for anyone exploring the city centre, and a good excuse to slow down an…
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Cenotaph
The Cenotaph is Sydney's main memorial to Australians who died in war, standing in Martin Place in the heart of the city's business district. A simple stone monument guarded by bronze figures, it is the focus of Anzac Da…
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Royal Clock
The Royal Clock is an animated clock that hangs from the ceiling inside the Queen Victoria Building (QVB) at 455 George Street, Sydney. Designed by Neil Glasser in 1982, it sends trumpeters out of its turrets and plays s…
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Queen Victoria Statue
The Queen Victoria Statue stands outside the Queen Victoria Building on Druitt Street in Sydney, Australia. This bronze figure of the monarch was made by sculptor John Hughes for Dublin, where it was unveiled in 1908, an…
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Cupid Statue
The Cupid Statue is a sculpture in the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, found off Mrs Macquaries Rd close to the city centre. It is a small, quiet stop among the garden's lawns and paths, and a pleasant landmark to look for…
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The Wishing Tree
The Wishing Tree is a stop in Sydney, New South Wales, listed at a central Sydney NSW 2000 address. It is best enjoyed as one pause on a longer walk through the surrounding area rather than as a destination on its own.Ti…
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Folly for Mrs Macquarie
Folly for Mrs Macquarie is a stop in central Sydney, listed at 2A Macquarie St, on the edge of the city's harbourside and Botanic Garden area. It is easy to reach on foot and works well as one point on a longer walk thro…
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Commissioner’s Steps Circular Quay
Commissioner's Steps at Circular Quay West in Sydney sits on the harbour edge beside The Rocks, where contemporary public art and the city's literary history share one stretch of waterfront. Here you can see Lindy Lee's …
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Campbells Cove
Campbells Cove is a small bay on the western side of Sydney Cove, in The Rocks, Sydney, just a short walk from Circular Quay. It is named after the early merchant Robert Campbell and is now a waterfront stretch with harb…
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Girra Girra Steps
Girra Girra Steps is a stop in Barangaroo Reserve, the harbourside parkland at Barangaroo in Sydney. The park is home to Aboriginal rock engravings carved into local sandstone, part of an artwork that honours the area's …
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The Oz Escape: A Wicked Glitch in Sydney, AU
90 min · EN
Places on this quest: Lloyd Rees Fountain · Il Porcellino
Sydney Detective Mystery: Infiltrate a Secret Society!
90 min · EN · ES
Places on this quest: Lloyd Rees Fountain · Il Porcellino
Lucky Treasure Hunt: The Golden Shamrock in Sydney
90 min · EN
Places on this quest: Lloyd Rees Fountain · Il Porcellino
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