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Sydney: Bondi, Rocks, Opera House
Sydney, New South Wales, AU · 5 stops · 38 km (23.6 mi) · about 1 h 21 min driving · 13 spoken stories · driven 1×
Drive from the airport to the Opera House in 81 minutes, taking in Bondi's ocean pools and beach cafes, the Rocks' colonial character, and two of Sydney's most recognisable vistas from Mrs Macquarie's Chair. Perfect for first-time visitors wanting the highlights.
Photo: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
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From Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (SYD) to Sydney Opera House
The stops
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Bondi Icebergs Club
The Bondi Icebergs Swimming Club is an Australian winter swimmers club, located at the southern end of Bondi Beach in Sydney, New South Wales. The swimming club was established in 1929 and has a small museum on the first floor.
“Here we are at the Bondi Icebergs Club, right at the southern end of Bondi Beach.”
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Bondi Beach
lunchBondi Beach is a beach and the surrounding suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Bondi Beach is located 7 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Waverley Council, in the Eastern Suburbs. In the 2021 Australian census it had a population of 11,513 residents.
“And this is the one you came for.”
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Mrs Macquarie's Chair
Mrs Macquarie's Chair is an exposed sandstone rock cut into the shape of a bench, on a peninsula in Sydney Harbour. It was hand carved by convicts in 1810, for Elizabeth Macquarie, the wife of Major-General Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales.
“This is Mrs Macquarie's Chair, a bench cut straight out of the sandstone, hand carved by convicts in eighteen ten for Elizabeth Macquarie, wife of Governor Lachlan Macquarie.”
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The Rocks
The Rocks is a suburb, tourist precinct, and historic area of Sydney's city centre. It is on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour, and immediately north-west of the Sydney CBD.
“Welcome to The Rocks, the core of the original settlement of Sydney, founded in seventeen eighty-eight on the land of the Gadigal people.”
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Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, it is widely regarded as one of the world's most famous and distinctive buildings, and a masterpiece of 20th-century architecture.
“And here's the finish line: the Sydney Opera House, out on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour.”
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