Beach rest
Yes, yes, in Sydney, you can not only admire the excellent harbor with the opera house, but also indulge in a beach rest! Sydney is a paradise for lovers to sunbathe and swim - here are more than seven dozen beaches with excellent infrastructure, so you should not interfere with the comfort of Tasmanov's azure waters and the rays of the hot Australian sun. The beach season starts with the arrival of summer - in December, and lasts in February a month.
Well-known Beach Bondi Beach The kilometer stretching along the coast was founded in the 1851th in the same area. This is one of the coolest beaches in the country, in 2008 even brought to the list of Australian national heritage. Coating - white sand. On Bondi Beach Beach, excellent conditions for surfing and other water sports. In the vicinity there are many gastronomic institutions and outlets. Well, the hotels are there, but the prices of them are not the most pleasant, relatively with other areas of the city. Beach Bondi Beach go Buses number 333, 380, 318, 382, x84 . Even the official site is. Who wants the most relevant information about this place - look at http://atbondi.com..
Rugby Competitions
The fact that the Australian and New Zealand teams in the world rugby competitions are not grazing the rear ", for sure many of you are known. If you feel about connoisseurs of this sport, in Sydney you will have the opportunity to spend time as a viewer at such a competition, and watch sports battles of local teams. The period of the National Championship is March-October. Most of the league teams are Sydney. For example, such as the Local Penrith Panthers Club, which is based in the Western suburb; There is a Stadium "Penrith Stadium", which can accommodate 22 thousand spectators. Or "Sydney Roosters", playing at the 45-thousand Stadium "Allianz Stadium", which is located in the eastern suburb. "Cronulla - Sutherland Sharks" is playing in Saterland Shir, and "Manly - Warringah Sea Eagles" - in Manley ... The games of the most successful club of the city of Sydney - "South Sydney Rabbitohs" are held on a huge 80 thousand Anz Stadium arena. There is also a championship final.
A ticket to the competition can be purchased via the Internet (on the team site) or in the old manner, at the stadium's office. It is better to buy tickets not immediately in front of the game itself, but in advance, since rugby lovers in Sydney are a lot, and in the second case you risk skipping a competition.
Surfing
Australia for surfingists is one huge spot, "the meeting place cannot be changed." Well, maybe not all Australia, but the east coast of the continent is accurate. And the most cool place for lovers is worn through the waves, according to - "Gold Coast", which is located south of Brisbane, in Golde. However, the beaches in Sydney are also quite suitable for surfing.
Coloring festivals
Every year in Australia (and first of the case in the city of Sydney) organize a lot of cultural events, which goes out a large number of people from around the mainland - both local and guests of the country. On the subject, these events are musical, popularizing various arts and fair. But among them there are somewhat so important festivals that they should be mentioned separately.
We are talking about such outstanding cultural events as Celebration of Christmas and New Year . In Australia, as you understand, it is not at all the feelings that we have, because at the end of December there are not trees and snow, but the sun, sand and girls in bikini! So...
New Year
Since the climate in Australia allows you to celebrate the arrival of the new year without hats-boots, and under the hot summer sun, the buoyan-fun and liberated, the people dumps on the beaches, where the mass of all events is satisfied. For example, in Sydney in the sky on the bridge, Harbor Bridge flashes with multi-colored lights one of the most spectacular fireworks of the planet. By the way, the outdoor walks also spend in other cities of Australia - Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and others.
But you can penetrate the national spirit of this extraordinary continent at the Day of Australia Day, which is celebrated on January 26th, and celebrate with a big sweeping - throughout the country. After all, it is probably the most important holiday of the year.
Celebration of Australia Day
This holiday began to celebrate for the first time in 1935, in honor of raising the British flag over Sydney's harbor (this first happened on January 26, 1788). The most vivid acts occur in Sydney. Here, on the territory of the harbor, colorful ideas are held, on the shore, people hang out on picnics and parties. That powerful patriotic spirit, which is the driving force for the celebration of Australia Day, can be compared unless only with the celebration of July 4 - Independence Day in America.
In addition to these most interesting events, other and more compromised are conducted in Sydney, but also worth your attention. Such, for example, as an opera in the urban harbor.
Opera in Harbor Sydney
Pictures and video with the image of the Sydney Opera saw, probably almost all. But you are unlikely to know that the views of the Sydney opera are sometimes organized right in the harbor water area. The venue for such concerts is a special floating platform. Every year in March and April, here at the best performance sounds the most famous opera works of the world, and besides, a magnificent bright costume representation is carried out.