Sydney. A voyage to Sydney, Australia, Pacific.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3_J_3vleG1Y/T0uqf4CyIlI/AAAAAAAADGk/tof3YqyE6Js/s1600/Sydney.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3_J_3vleG1Y/T0uqf4CyIlI/AAAAAAAADGk/tof3YqyE6Js/s640/Sydney.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>  <br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x5zZwGbr3Gs/T0up9twN_BI/AAAAAAAADFw/k4E7WvrxdWE/s1600/Sydney+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x5zZwGbr3Gs/T0up9twN_BI/AAAAAAAADFw/k4E7WvrxdWE/s320/Sydney+4.jpg" width="320" /></a>Book a window seat for your flight to Sydney: day or night, this dirty town sure is good-lookin’. Skin-deep? Sure, but Sydney is also arty, sporty, boozy, funny, fashionable…the perfect paramour!<br />It’s little wonder that Sydney causes a brain drain on the rest of <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/">Australia</a>. Like New York, London and Berlin, this is a place that draws in anyone who’s got something interesting to say. Australia’s best musos, foodies, actors, stockbrokers, models, writers and architects flock to the Harbour City to make their mark, and the effect is dazzling: a hyperenergetic, ambitious marketplace of the soul, where anything goes and everything usually does.<br /><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k7IbA3ICaKU/T0uqABTRBaI/AAAAAAAADGE/oPca_N7HU7o/s1600/Sydney+7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k7IbA3ICaKU/T0uqABTRBaI/AAAAAAAADGE/oPca_N7HU7o/s320/Sydney+7.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4M6-1EOQCTo/T0uqBLutDMI/AAAAAAAADGM/XVjKz8dJa6k/s1600/Sydney+8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4M6-1EOQCTo/T0uqBLutDMI/AAAAAAAADGM/XVjKz8dJa6k/s200/Sydney+8.jpg" width="200" /></a>Of course, the stage for all this activity is just as important as the performance itself. Shimmering <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/new-south-wales/sydney-harbour">Sydney Harbour</a> is the city’s greatest asset, while Sydney’s ocean beaches and lush parks sustain as much life as the city streets. Add hip bars, grungy pubs, breezy cafes and glass-walled restaurants to the equation, and you’ve got a town with the perfect balance of outdoor and indoor, natural and contrived.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3D2_thK4OU8/T0up-p8ymYI/AAAAAAAADF8/kj8oCipM69w/s1600/Sydney+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3D2_thK4OU8/T0up-p8ymYI/AAAAAAAADF8/kj8oCipM69w/s200/Sydney+6.jpg" width="200" /></a>Paddle out into it and see what kind of trouble you can get into: get dumped by breakers at <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney/activities/beach/bondi-beach">Bondi</a>, chew chicken’s feet in Chinatown, max out your credit card in Paddington, drink too many beers in Balmain, queue-jump for <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney/sights/architectural-cultural/sydney-opera-house">Opera House</a> tickets and ignore dawn’s break at a Kings Cross club. Sexy, spirited and unfailingly self-confident, Sydney is a bonfire of the vanities just waiting for you to light the match.  <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney/" target="_blank">Show in Lonely Planet</a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYd0r99htPlu8M5Ty_uP2dJcrqXKSpQmNXDvd7UVlknxSkO6kuhyzU38PFp74kXM_DMgcsgsY8Hdu6JAB4kBlIOgpWz52yCcvpouLtysEen4FC_qJNUPlh7YED4Wg1_4XlI3F_XCJx7_r/s1600/Sydney+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYd0r99htPlu8M5Ty_uP2dJcrqXKSpQmNXDvd7UVlknxSkO6kuhyzU38PFp74kXM_DMgcsgsY8Hdu6JAB4kBlIOgpWz52yCcvpouLtysEen4FC_qJNUPlh7YED4Wg1_4XlI3F_XCJx7_r/s320/Sydney+9.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><h4 class="targetItem"> <a class="targetUrl" href="http://hotels.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney-r1976799/">Hotels </a></h4><ul class="backgroundColor iconless"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0EpumrVHwmw/T0up8DNw2jI/AAAAAAAADFk/4opXagO0Vag/s1600/Sydney+10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0EpumrVHwmw/T0up8DNw2jI/AAAAAAAADFk/4opXagO0Vag/s400/Sydney+10.jpg" width="400" /></a><li><a href="http://hotels.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney-r1976799/?SearchDetails=L%2110000%211.7.13.6.15.2.3.4.5.8.9.10.11.12.14%21-1%211976799%212104228%21%21-1%21-1%21-1%21-1%211.1.29.1.30.39.1.40.49.1.50.100.1..0%21%21%2157.59.27.4.52%21%21%21&VAView=&VAAction=&VAData=&VAMessage=">Bondi hotels</a></li><li><a href="http://hotels.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney-r1976799/?SearchDetails=L%2110000%211.7.13.6.15.2.3.4.5.8.9.10.11.12.14%21-1%211976799%212104246%21%21-1%21-1%21-1%21-1%211.1.29.1.30.39.1.40.49.1.50.100.1..0%21%21%2157.59.27.4.52%21%21%21&VAView=&VAAction=&VAData=&VAMessage=">Circular Quay hotels</a></li><li><a href="http://hotels.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney-r1976799/?SearchDetails=L%2110000%211.7.13.6.15.2.3.4.5.8.9.10.11.12.14%21-1%211976799%212104237%21%21-1%21-1%21-1%21-1%211.1.29.1.30.39.1.40.49.1.50.100.1..0%21%21%2157.59.27.4.52%21%21%21&VAView=&VAAction=&VAData=&VAMessage=">City Centre hotels</a></li><li><a href="http://hotels.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney-r1976799/?SearchDetails=L%2110000%211.7.13.6.15.2.3.4.5.8.9.10.11.12.14%21-1%211976799%212104239%21%21-1%21-1%21-1%21-1%211.1.29.1.30.39.1.40.49.1.50.100.1..0%21%21%2157.59.27.4.52%21%21%21&VAView=&VAAction=&VAData=&VAMessage=">Darlinghurst hotels</a></li><li><a href="http://hotels.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney-r1976799/?SearchDetails=L%2110000%211.7.13.6.15.2.3.4.5.8.9.10.11.12.14%21-1%211976799%212104245%21%21-1%21-1%21-1%21-1%211.1.29.1.30.39.1.40.49.1.50.100.1..0%21%21%2157.59.27.4.52%21%21%21&VAView=&VAAction=&VAData=&VAMessage=">The Rocks hotels</a></li></ul><h4 class="targetItem"> <a class="targetUrl" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney/things-to-do">Things to do </a></h4><ul class="backgroundColor icon"><li class="sights"><a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney/sights">Sights</a></li><li class="eat"><a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney/restaurants">Eat & drink</a></li><li class="activities"><a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney/activities?sort_dir=desc&sort_order=popular">Activities</a></li><li class="shop"><a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney/shopping">Shopping</a></li><li class="entertainment"><a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney/entertainment-nightlife">Entertainment</a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rpLz5tZQjg0/T0up88sUZBI/AAAAAAAADFo/CFlaR3GDP-8/s1600/Sydney+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rpLz5tZQjg0/T0up88sUZBI/AAAAAAAADFo/CFlaR3GDP-8/s640/Sydney+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div>

Sydney. A voyage to Sydney, Australia, Pacific.

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Australian Jenolan caves

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="http://travel4atrip.blogspot.com/2010/08/most-excellent-cave-attractions-in.html"><b>Jenolan Caves</b></a> is an terrific caves in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, <a href="http://travel4atrip.blogspot.com/2011/01/5-most-famous-bridges-to-put-trip-for.html">Australia</a>; 175 kilometers west of <b>Sydney</b>. They are the most celebrated of several similar groups in the limestone of the country being the oldest discovered open <a href="http://travel4atrip.blogspot.com/2011/01/dazzling-underground-waterfall.html">caves</a> in the world. They include numerous <b>Silurian marine fossils</b> of great interest and the calcite formations, sometimes pure white, are of extraordinary beauty. The cave network is enormous - over 40 km of multi-level passages - still undergoing active exploration. Several kilometers of the caves have been rendered easily accessible to paying visitors and are well lit.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaYgXPjcCahqiIyc8HBVPcOHk1bGiNrcWrk1EQdaDXuXKsu0yhMeTdaW7e-KfvN-BEBMCfTV1MmlyDaouOxSm9GB1vgs4KDBscBsRglrsR5GRBj597nQWNOk5xBa6JHL39aG9IyhS-Et61/s1600/Australian-Jenolan-caves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaYgXPjcCahqiIyc8HBVPcOHk1bGiNrcWrk1EQdaDXuXKsu0yhMeTdaW7e-KfvN-BEBMCfTV1MmlyDaouOxSm9GB1vgs4KDBscBsRglrsR5GRBj597nQWNOk5xBa6JHL39aG9IyhS-Et61/s320/Australian-Jenolan-caves.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Large portions of this <b>extensive cave system</b> are accessible only to cavers, especially those areas along the underground river system; but, there are <a href="http://travel4atrip.blogspot.com/2010/08/most-excellent-cave-attractions-in.html">Ten caves</a> at Jenolan that have been developed for regular tourism. The huge Jenolan Reserve is a National Park, located in the <b>World Heritage Blue Mountains Area</b>; where sign posted bush trails often enable tourists to glimpse shy Australian birds and native wildlife, including kangaroos and platypus. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZT3czyV85M4jOTog_IBfmE3HtFCAOAXJ4vkL7BuRIIhvtnm_oa1HJpmYOx7nwpx4Q3VlY-5Vv910Jp-SObMP4i4TlyfFr2BIP6fZo-MmFkZjlRb4FrXLiuNgko9VRhNQPz08OUYQhZ0ZR/s1600/Australian-Jenolan-caves-insideview.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZT3czyV85M4jOTog_IBfmE3HtFCAOAXJ4vkL7BuRIIhvtnm_oa1HJpmYOx7nwpx4Q3VlY-5Vv910Jp-SObMP4i4TlyfFr2BIP6fZo-MmFkZjlRb4FrXLiuNgko9VRhNQPz08OUYQhZ0ZR/s1600/Australian-Jenolan-caves-insideview.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="http://travel4atrip.blogspot.com/2011/01/dazzling-underground-waterfall.html">Jenolan Caves</a> was also a big winner, with The <b>Magic of Jenolan</b> receiving gold in the tourist attractions, silver in ecotourism for its The Ancient Underworld and silver in heritage and cultural tourism for Written in Stone. It got great confidence in Jenolan; it’s one of the <b>State’s great wonders</b>. It was the fourth year Jenolan had entered the awards and it had done better than ever. It helps to build visitor numbers from the current 230,000 annually about 75 per cent of visitors was domestic  many from Sydney  while 25pc came from overseas.</div></div>

Australian Jenolan caves

The Jenolan Caves is an terrific caves in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia ; 175 kilometers west of Sydney . They are the mos...

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