What to do in Eastern Australia

Activities, attractions and tours

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Places to Visit in Eastern Australia

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Activities

Blue Mountains Day Tour with Scenic World and Wildlife Park Entry

Blue Mountains Scenic World & Scenic Zoo Day Tour

NZ$114
per adult
Blue Mountains Scenic World & Scenic Zoo Day Tour
Blue Mountains Day Trip from Sydney Including Scenic World

Blue Mountains Day Trip from Sydney Including Scenic World

NZ$253
per adult
90% of travellers recommend
Blue Mountains Day Trip from Sydney Including Scenic World
Three Sisters, Blue Mountains

Exclusive Blue Mountains Wildlife and Bushwalk Tour From Sydney

NZ$239
per adult
96% of travellers recommend
Exclusive Blue Mountains Wildlife and Bushwalk Tour From Sydney
Blue Mountains, Sydney Zoo, Scenic World from Sydney

Blue Mountains-Sydney Zoo, Scenic World from Sydney All-Inclusive

NZ$227
per adult
90% of travellers recommend
Blue Mountains-Sydney Zoo, Scenic World from Sydney All-Inclusive
Blue Mountains Ultimate One-Day Tour from Sydney

Blue Mountains Ultimate One-Day Tour from Sydney

NZ$473
per adult
Blue Mountains Ultimate One-Day Tour from Sydney
Enjoy scenic views at The Three Sisters

Sydney Blue Mountains Day Tour with Wildlife Park and Waterfalls

NZ$228
per adult
100% of travellers recommend
Sydney Blue Mountains Day Tour with Wildlife Park and Waterfalls
Blue Mountains Private Tour

Blue Mountains Private Tour (Featherdale & Scenic World optional)

NZ$554
per adult
Blue Mountains Private Tour (Featherdale & Scenic World optional)
Sydney: The Art of Indian Seven-Course Cooking Masterclass

Sydney: The Art of Indian Seven-Course Cooking Masterclass

NZ$253
per adult
Sydney: The Art of Indian Seven-Course Cooking Masterclass
Blue Mountains and Wild Life Private Full-Day Tour from Sydney

Blue Mountains and Wild Life Private Full-Day Tour from Sydney

NZ$1,687
per adult
Blue Mountains and Wild Life Private Full-Day Tour from Sydney
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1. Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Opera House is right up there with Big Ben and the Eiffel Tower, as a brand name for the exclusive elite of global cities. In fact it has long-since ceased to be just an Opera House. It's an icon. A powerful symbol, not just of Sydney, but of the whole of Australia. Those serenely simple, white-curving shells say something unexpected about this youthful nation. That Australians can do bold, as well as brash – and culture as well as brawn. When it opened back in 1973, it was a sign that Sydney, and Australians, were growing up.
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The Sydney Opera House with its distinctive sail-like design, surrounded by water and a cityscape in the background.

2. Circular Quay

Circular Quay isn't just Sydney's premier transport hub, where boats, buses and trains converge in an endless and elegantly choreographed dance. It's the cove where Sydney was christened, and where Australia itself was born as a nation. The first British settlers arrived on this very spot in 1788, as part of the country's founding First Fleet. Sydney Cove it was named, and the 1,300 who made it across the 24,000-kilometre sea journey from Great Britain were to form the nucleus of New South Wales, Australia's first State.
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The Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge.

3. Sydney Harbour Bridge

You'll be hard-pressed to find a photo of Sydney Harbour Bridge without the Opera House. The two go together like koalas and cute. But the long lines of Sydney's 'coat-hanger' deserve more than just a passing glance. This feat of Oz engineering stands with a majestic yet 'gallant restraint' – a counter-weight to the showy cultural aspirations of the Opera House. This is a bridge that reaches across a mile of sea, held together by six million rivets, and which turned Sydney's separate halves into a true Harbour City.
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The Sydney Harbour Bridge with the Sydney Opera House in the background.

4. Rod Laver Arena

Whether you come to the Rod Laver Arena to see a tennis match during the Australian Open, cheer on another sports game or sing along with your favorite band under its retractable roof, you will be impressed by this top-of-the-bill events venue.
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5. Cairns Esplanade

The Cairns Esplanade is a focal point for the city’s social life. With restaurants and gardens on one side, and overlooking the Trinity Inlet and Coral Sea on the other, this area celebrates the best of Cairns. Along the tree-lined walkway you’ll find playgrounds, barbecue sites, dedicated exercise areas and also a salt-water lagoon.
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A large public swimming pool with people swimming and playing, surrounded by buildings and mountains in the background.

6. Surfers Paradise Beach

The enterprising hotelier Jim Cavill, who built the first hotel on the coastal settlement of Elston in 1925, would barely recognise the place now, but his foresight in lobbying for the town to change its name to the more publicity-friendly Surfers Paradise has really paid dividends. Today this popular resort between Broadbeach and Main Beach is one of the hotspots of the Gold Coast, with a wide range of accommodation, great shopping and plenty of nightlife to keep the crowds coming back for more.
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Bay of Islands Coastal Park

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Look out over the craggy limestone cliffs to captivating geological formations from this protected coastal parkland fronting the Great Ocean Road.
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