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Cruise Routes on Sydney Harbour (Port Jackson)
You are picked up at Darling Harbour Marina, Cockle Bay or Sydney Fish
Market. Then, the boat
heads to the places where you want to visit as following your itinerary
(Refer to
Trip Details). To get information about
cruise routes, check the place number on the map below and see the
description below for each number.
Port Jackson - This is the territory
enjoyable for your trip!!
Port Jackson, containing Sydney Harbour, is the natural harbour of
Sydney, Australia. It is known for its beauty, and in particular, as the
location of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge. The
harbour is also used during the New Years Eve Fireworks and the start of
the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.
Place 1 Darling Harbour
Meeting Point
Karaoke
Darling Harbour is a locality of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia with
a large recreational, pedestrian precinct. It is situated at Sydney
central business district. The locality extends northwards from
Chinatown, along both sides of Cockle Bay to King Street Wharf on the
east, and to the suburb of Pyrmont on the west. Cockle Bay is just one
of the waterways that makes up Darling Harbour, which opens north into
the much larger Port Jackson.
The precinct and its immediate surroundings are administered
independently of the local government area of the City of Sydney, by a
New South Wales state government statutory authority, the Sydney Harbour
Foreshore Authority.
The Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre at Darling Harbour was a key
meeting venue of APEC Australia 2007 in September, 2007 at which time
the political leaders of the 21 member states of the Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation met.
Place 2 Harbour Bridge
Cruise
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel arch bridge across Sydney Harbour
that carries rail, vehicular, and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney
central business district (CBD) and the North Shore. The dramatic view
of the bridge, the harbour, and the nearby Sydney Opera House is an
iconic image of both Sydney and Australia. The bridge is locally
nicknamed The Coathanger because of its arch-based design, although this
usage is less prevalent than it once was.
The bridge was the city's tallest structure until 1967. According to
Guinness World Records, it is the world's widest long-span bridge and
its tallest steel arch bridge, measuring 134 metres (429.6 ft) from top
to water level. It is also the fourth-longest spanning-arch bridge in
the world.
Place 3 Sydney Opera House
Cruise
The Sydney Opera House is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
It was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site on June 28, 2007. Designed by
Danish architect Jorn Utzon and Ove Arup & Partners, the Sydney Opera
House is one of the world's most distinctive 20th century buildings, and
one of the most famous performing arts venues in the world. It is
situated on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour, close to the Sydney
Harbour Bridge. The building and its surroundings are one of the best
known icons of Australia.
As well as many touring theatre, ballet, and musical productions, the
Opera House is the home of Opera Australia, the Sydney Theatre Company
and the Sydney Symphony. It is administered by the Opera House Trust,
under the New South Wales Ministry of the Arts.
Place 4 Royal Botanic Gardens
Cruise
The Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, Australia, are the largest of three
major botanical gardens open to the public in Sydney, along with the
Mount Annan Botanic Garden and the Mount Tomah Botanic Garden. The park,
managed by the same trust as The Domain adjoining it, is free to access
and open every day of the year.
The Botanic Gardens are situated overlooking Farm Cove, directly east of
the Sydney Opera House, Circular Quay and Macquarie Street. On the
southern edge the Cahill Expressway borders it and on the eastern edge,
Art Gallery road.
  
Place 5 Elizabeth
Bay Cruise
Elizabeth Bay is a harbourside suburb in eastern Sydney, in the state of
New South Wales, Australia. Elizabeth Bay is located 3 kilometres east
of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local
government area of the City of Sydney. The postcode is 2011.
The suburb of Elizabeth Bay takes its name from the bay on Sydney
Harbour. Macleay Point separates Elizabeth Bay from Rushcutters Bay. The
suburb of Elizabeth Bay is surrounded by the suburbs of Rushcutters Bay
and Potts Point. Kings Cross is a locality on the south-western border
and Garden Island is a locality, to the north.
Elizabeth Bay House is a historic home managed by the Historic Houses
Trust in Onslow Avenue with views across Sydney Harbour. It was designed
by John Verge in the Regency style and is listed on the Register of the
National Estate.
Place 6 Double Bay
Cruise
Double Bay is a harbourside eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of
New South Wales, Australia. Double Bay is located 4 kilometres east of
the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of
the local government area of the Municipality of Woollahra.
Double Bay takes its name from the bay situated on Sydney Harbour.
Double Bay refers to the two geographical formations between Point Piper
and Darling Point, which are interrupted by a miniature point in
between. The eastern part is also known as Blackburn Cove.
Double Bay is an affluent residential suburb surrounded by some of
Sydney's other most affluent suburbs. It is adjacent to the suburbs of
Point Piper, Bellevue Hill, Woollahra, Edgecliff and Darling Point.
For many years Double Bay was the most fashionable and expensive
shopping district in Sydney. It has since lost some of its status to the
Sydney CBD and increasingly to the nearby Bondi Junction. Double Bay is
the location of some boutique hotels and is well-known for its
restaurants and cafes.
Place 7 Rose Bay
Cruise
Rose Bay is a harbourside, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New
South Wales, Australia. Rose Bay is located 7 kilometres east of the
Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of
Waverley Municipal Council (east of Old South Head Road) and Woollahra
Council (on its western side towards the bay).
Rose Bay borders Vaucluse to the north, Dover Heights to the east, North
Bondi to the south-east, and Bellevue Hill to the south-west. Lyne Park
abuts Sydney Harbour, on its west. Shark Island is located in Sydney
Harbour, just north of Rose Bay.
Place 8 Watsons Bay
Cruise
Watsons Bay is a harbourside, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of
New South Wales, Australia. Watsons Bay is located 11 kilometres
north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local
government area of the Municipality of Woollahra.
Watsons Bay sits on the end of the South Head peninsula and takes its
name from the sheltered bay and anchorage on its western side, in Port
Jackson (Sydney Harbour). It provides spectacular views across the
harbour to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The Gap is an ocean cliff on the
eastern side with spectacular views to Manly at North Head and the
Pacific Ocean. Vaucluse is the only adjacent suburb, to the south.
Place 9 Shark Island
Cruise
Fishing
Shark Island is an island in Sydney Harbour, Australia. It lies offshore
of the Sydney suburbs of Point Piper, Rose Bay and Vaucluse, in the
eastern section of the harbour between the Harbour Bridge and the
harbour entrance.
The local aboriginal peoples call the island Boambilly, or perhaps Bo-a-millie.
The name Shark Island is from its shape, which is claimed to resemble a
shark.
The island measures some 250 metres by 100 metres. Parts were set aside
as a recreation reserve as early as 1879 and it was also used as an
animal quarantine station and naval depot up until 1975. At that time it
became exclusively a recreation reserve and part of the Sydney Harbour
National Park. Approved operators and a scheduled ferry service take
people to the island.
Place 10 Taronga Zoo
Taronga Zoo is the city zoo of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Officially opened on October 7th, 1916, it is located on the shores of
Sydney Harbour in the suburb of Mosman. Taronga Zoo is managed by the
Zoological Parks Board of New South Wales under the trading name,
"Taronga Conservation Society", along with Dubbo's Taronga Western
Plains Zoo.
Divided into eight zoogeographic regions, Taronga Zoo is home to over
2,600 animals on 21 hectares, making it one of the largest of its kind.
Place 11 Taronga Zoo Wharf
Cruise
Karaoke
Taronga Zoo Wharf is located in the south of Taronga Zoo. When we moor
at Taronga Zoo Wharf, you can have a wonderful wide-view of City area
over Sydney Harbour. In the night time, you can also see an amazing
million dollar view here. During mooring, you can bring Dinghy to the
beach and have fun here.
Place 12 Kirribilli House
Cruise
Kirribilli House is the official Sydney residence of the Australian
Prime Minister. It is most commonly identified as the primary residence
of former Prime Minister John Howard, from 1996 to late December, 2007.
The house is located at the far eastern end of Kirribilli Avenue in the
suburb of Kirribilli.
Place 13 Luna
Park Sydney Cruise
Luna Park Sydney (originally Luna Park Milsons Point) is a historical
amusement park, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Luna Park is
located at Milsons Point, on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour. The
heritage-listed park first opened in 1935, although its 70-year history
includes multiple closures, changes of ownership, legal battles, and
community action in both support of and opposition to Luna Park's
operation.
Luna Park Sydney is now the premier theme park in Sydney, after the
demise of Fantasy Glades, Sega World, and Wonderland.
Place 14 ANZAC Bridge
Cruise
Anzac Bridge, formerly known as the Glebe Island Bridge, is a large
cable-stayed bridge spanning Johnstons Bay between Pyrmont and Rozelle
in proximity to the central business district of Sydney, Australia. The
bridge forms part of the Western Distributor freeway leading from the
Sydney CBD and Cross City Tunnel to the suburbs of the Inner West and
Northern Sydney.
The ANZAC Bridge is the longest cable-stayed bridge in Australia, and
amongst the longest in the world. The bridge is 32.2 metres (105.6 ft)
wide and the main span is 345 metres (1131.9 ft) long. The reinforced
concrete pylons are 120 metres (393.7 ft) high and support the deck by
two planes of stay cables. Initially the stay cables were plagued by
vibrations which have since been resolved by the addition of thin
stabilising cables between the stay cables.
Place 15 Sydney Fish Market
Meeting Point
Cruise
The Sydney Fish Market is a commercial enterprise in Sydney, New South
Wales, Australia. Sydney Fish Market is located on Blackwattle Bay, in
the Inner West suburb of Pyrmont. It is 2 kilometres west of the Sydney
central business district, in the local government area of the City of
Sydney.
Sydney Fish Market incorporates a working fishing port, wholesale fish
market, fresh seafood retail market, a delicatessen, a sushi bar, a
bakery, a gift shop, a fruit and vegetable market, a beverage outlet, a
seafood cooking school, indoor seating and an outdoor promenade for
visitors. There are daily wholesale auctions for Sydney's seafood
retailers.
Place 16 Manly
Cruise
Fishing
Manly is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales,
Australia. Manly is located 17 kilometres north-east of the Sydney
central business district and is the administrative centre of the local
government area of Manly Council, in the Northern Beaches region.
Manly is most notable for its beaches which are popular tourist
destinations. Manly features a long stretch of sand on the ocean side,
that runs from Queenscliff Beach to North Steyne Beach and Manly Beach.
This is followed by rock pools and sandy beaches called Fairy Bower and
Shelly Beach. Norfolk Island pine trees are also symbolic of Manly and
are a prominent feature of both the ocean and harbour-side beaches.
Place 17
Hidden Beaches
Cruise
Karaoke
Fishing
There are lots of "unnamed" hidden beaches in North shore seaside areas.
We will take you to your favorite hidden beach!!
Place 18 Tasman Sea
The Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New
Zealand, some 2000 kilometres (1250 miles) across. It is a south-western
segment of the South Pacific Ocean. The sea was named after the Dutch
explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman, the first recorded European to encounter
New Zealand and Tasmania. The British explorer Captain James Cook later
extensively navigated the Tasman Sea in the 1770s as part of his first
voyage of exploration.
Place 19 Sydney Heads
Sydney Heads (also simply known as 'The Heads'), is the entrance to Port
Jackson (Sydney Harbour) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
North Head and Quarantine Head are to the north, South Head and Dunbar
Head are to the south. Middle Head, Georges Head and Chowder Head are to
the west and within the bay. The Hornby Lighthouse is located on South
Head and is Australia's third oldest lighthouse. Macquarie Lighthouse,
Australia's first lighthouse, is a few kilometres to the south on Dunbar
Head.
Place 20 North Head
Cruise
Fishing
North Head is a headland south-east of the suburb of Manly. It is part
of Sydney Harbour National Park. The headland is a promontory of
sandstone and is 3.85 square kilometres in area.
Place 21 South Head
Cruise
Fishing
South Head is a headland, part of Sydney Harbour National Park, to the
north of the suburb of Watsons Bay.
Place 22 Middle Head
Cruise
Fishing
Middle Head is a headland between North Head and South Head, beside
Middle Harbour. It is part of Sydney Harbour National Park.
Place 23 Balmain
Fishing
Balmain is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New
South Wales, Australia. Balmain is located 5 kilometres west of the
Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the
Municipality of Leichhardt.
Balmain is located on the Balmain peninsula in Port Jackson adjacent to
the suburbs of Rozelle to the south-west, Birchgrove to the north-west,
and Balmain East to the east. Iron Cove sits on the western side of the
peninsula, with White Bay on the south-east side and Mort Bay on the
north-east side.
Place 24 Birkenhead Point
Fishing
Birkenhead Point is a point in Port Jackson, in the suburb of Drummoyne,
New South Wales, Australia.
The area was once largely industrial but it is now the home to
Birkenhead Point Factory Outlet Centre, marina and apartment complex.
Birkenhead ferry wharf provides access to the area, as well as Victoria
Road which has up to twenty bus services from the city to major centres
further west.
Place 25 Cockatoo Island
Fishing
Cockatoo Island is an island in Sydney Harbour in Sydney, New South
Wales, Australia. The island was originally used as a prison and later
developed as a shipyard. Many naval ships were built and maintained at
'Cockatoo Island Dockyard'. The shipyard was closed during the 1980s.
In late March 2005 the island was re-opened to the public for the
'Cockatoo Island Festival', after two and a half years of planning. The
island is currently managed by the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust who
plan to revitalise the island as a landmark harbour attraction, with
commercial maritime activity operating alongside interpretation of the
island's heritage.[4] From April 2007, the island has been open to the
general public with daily ferry services from Circular Quay.
For more information about above areas, see
Wikipedia .
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