Sunday, 27 April 2014

Coogee beach


Coogee Beach

Coogee beach has concentrated expression of the typical Australian beach lifestyle. It has golden beaches, spectacular coastal scenery trails and protected marine protected areas. In addition, coogee is a first-class surfing, snorkeling and scuba diving sites.


To the south for bay beach, it is the Grant Nature Reserve Park. It is a beautiful and pleasant barbecue area. People can watch the spectacular ocean views. Nearby, it has a children's playground, the kids will love it here.



In the northern end of the beach, steps from Dolphin angle leading to Giles Baths, which is a slap in the sea waves is the open-air rock pools. The coastal protection area (Bronte Coogee Aquatic Reserve) contains Gordon's Bay. This is a good place to experience that snorkeling or scuba diving. You can close contact with nature curious giant grouper.




If you come to Sydney trip, you do not miss Coogee Beach. Its charm will make you feel worthwhile.
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Wednesday, 23 April 2014

Royal easter show --Transprot





The Show is held at Sydney Showground, situated within Sydney Olympic Park and conveniently serviced by trains, buses and ferries. But If you're planning to drive, pre-book your parking to make your experience quicker and easier.
Pre-booked Parking
Parking can be pre-booked through Ticketek. The cost of single entry parking during the Show is a flat rate of $25 a day, regardless of the length of your stay. If you pre-book, Ticketek and postage fees will apply. Please note, pre-booked parking tickets can only be mailed out to customers up to 10 days prior to an event. You will need to pre-book seven to ten working days in advance to allow for postal delivery.
Accessible Parking
Accessible parking is available at Sydney Olympic Park and can be pre-booked over the phone through Ticketek. All vehicles must display a valid RTA access sticker and the RTA Mobility Parking Scheme permit must be shown upon payment to the cashier.

Jiahuan zhao 

April event- Royal Easter Show

If you just come to Australia April, you mush come to join the great event-- Easter show.The Sydney Royal Easter Show is Australia’s largest annual event, attracting close to 900,000 people each year. It is a celebration of Australian culture, from our rural traditions to our modern day lifestyles, providing unique experiences for everyone. Each year the country and city join together to enjoy agricultural competitions, animal experiences, entertainment, carnival fun, shopping and much more. The Show was first held in 1823 and is run by the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW, a not-for-profit organisation that promotes and rewards agricultural excellence. The Sydney Royal Easter Show allows the RAS to continue investing in agricultural programs and supporting rural communities in Australia.


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Wednesday, 16 April 2014

Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Opera House is one of the most creative and distinctive buildings and is an architectural symbol of Australia’s innovative design and construction techniques throughout the world. Its location on Bennelong Point within Sydney Harbour, near the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The sandstone cliff face, Macquarie Street and Circular Quay are near Sydney Opera House to form a histrionic and deep impression sight. The soaring white roof contains a suit of interlocking vaulted shells atop an enormous red terraced platform, have been won an honor of architectural achievement in the 20th century.


Currently, there are approximately 200000 trips provide by the Sydney Opera House every year, and has around 1000 rooms which include five theatres, five rehearsal studios, six bars, four restaurants, two halls and a lot of gift shops. A various combination about dance, theatre and musical performances are showed each year. These entertainments and tours have attracted over 2 million tourists to visit Australia Opera House.

References:
  1. http://www.destination360.com/australia-south-pacific/australia/sydney/sydney-opera-house
  2. http://www.genkin.org/blog/2010/04/
  3. http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/sydney-opera-house
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Tuesday, 15 April 2014

Introduction


Sydney is one of the largest cities in Australia, it is also the capital city of New South Wales State, and the area is about​2,400 square kilometers and had an approximate population of 4.76 million residents. Inhabitants of Sydney are called Sydneysiders, comprising a cosmopolitan and international population. Sydney used to be wasteland 200 years ago, in recent years, it becomes the largest, oldest and most cosmopolitan city in Australia with an enviable reputation as one of the world’s most beautiful and livable cities, at the same time, it is the largest economic center of Australia. Service industries such as oil refining, chemicals, textiles, clothing, food processing, aircraft, automobile and ship manufacturing are very popular in Australia. Rail way and high ways system are highly developed and all the facilities are well equipped. The main export goods are wool, wheat, flour, meat, textiles. Airlines are very developed to countries such as United States, New Zealand and China.  


Furthermore, World's top universities such as University of Sydney (built in 1850) and the Australian Museum (built in 1836) are very famous in Australia.

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