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Sydney is home to one of the world’s most beautiful harbors, with the imposing Opera House as the jewel in its crown.
The State capital of New South Wales, Sydney is a thriving center for both business and the arts. The city has all the cosmopolitan amenities – top shopping, excellent restaurants and buzzing nightlife. Sydney is carved out between mountains and the sea, the city offers the almost any activity from a slow hike to extreme sports.
From its darker beginnings as a British penal colony in 1788, Sydney rapidly flourished, establishing booming trade links and witnessing large-scale development throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. The Sydney Opera House – a feat of avant-garde architectural vision – epitomizes the city’s desire to lead the New World in the 21st century.
While museums, galleries, theatre and dance troupes pay tribute to the archaeological and cultural legacy of indigenous culture, Aborigines in the city remain very much an invisible minority.
With the Olympics, Sydney came of age as one of the world’s great cities. The games’ smooth running has been attributed to the thousands of local volunteers, whose helpful, welcoming attitude revealed that beneath its somewhat vain and self-seeking surface there still exists a bedrock of traditional Australian virtues.
Streets and public areas were remodeled; long-neglected eyesores were removed and new street furniture erected, resulting in a city center that is more pleasant and easier to navigate than ever before. Combine that with semitropical summers and mild winters and the result is an excellent city to visit at any time of the year.
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