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Tours of the City

Walking Tours: The Rocks Self-guided Tour booklet is available at The Rocks Visitor Centre, and guides walkers around 31 historic buildings and points of interest in The Rocks. The heritage walk takes half a day, beginning at the Visitor Centre - a former sailors' home - and ending at Cadman's Cottage. The Visitor Centre also provides guided walking tours covering about 2.5km (1.6 miles) and taking in the site of the first settlements, Garrison Church and a quick ale at the Hero of Waterloo.

Bus Tours: Great Sights South Pacific (tel: (02) 92 41 22 94) offers an Inside Sydney half-day tour encompassing Sydney Harbour, the Northern Beaches and Manly, with a Harbour Cruise option. Departures are at 0915 on Wednesdays and Sundays from Sydney Day Tour Terminal at Circular Quay.

Harbour Cruises
: There is a plethora of harbour cruises available from a number of operators, many of them based at Circular Quay. Captain Cook Cruises (tel: (02) 92 06 11 11) offer the John Cadman Sunset Dinner Cruise for theatregoers. Departures are at 1715 daily from No 6 Circular Quay, ending at the Opera House at 1845. The A$65 fee includes champagne and a two-course meal with wine. Their Sydney Harbour Explorer (A$20) and Sydney Harbour Express Cruise (A$15) are hop-on, hop-off cruises with a fixed number of stopping points. Sydney Harbour Explorer departures are every two hours (0930-1530) from No 6 Circular Quay, while Sydney Harbour Express Cruise are hourly (0930-1630) from Commissioner Steps at Circular Quay. Bounty Cruises (tel: (02) 92 47 17 89) offer a choice of five sailing trips on Sydney Harbour aboard the faithful replica of William Bligh's Bounty which was built for the Mel Gibson film Mutiny on the Bounty. There are lunch, dinner, buffet, pre-dinner and brunch tours departing daily, costing A$39-$70.

Other Tours
: For aerial views of Sydney Harbour, the Bridge and the Opera House, Sydney Sights Day & Night (tel: (02) 92 33 10 00) offers a SkyTour lasting approximately one hour.



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