Rose Kelly 
Most Aussies would agree the ultimate way to celebrate Australia Day is with a harbour cruise. Sydney Travel Guide has waded through all the options in 2026 to bring you all of the best floating fun for your day on the water. It’d be un-Australian to celebrate Australia Day without some sort of water-based activity.
Just when you thought the Sydney NYE fireworks were a spectacle for the senses, its time to start preparing for the next cracking event to light up Sydney’s skyline, Australia Day on Monday January 26th. Admittedly, there aren’t quite as many options as the New Years’ fireworks, but there won’t be a shortage of Aussie
Sydney Festival 2026 has now ended. We’re updating this guide for 2027 — check back soon. Check out “What’s On in Sydney” for more events on right now in Sydney. It’s tough deciding what to see at the Sydney Festival. So Sydney Travel Guide has reviewed the top critics’ selections and narrowed down all the
Opening night of The Sydney Festival is set to sizzle across the city with the best events and performances hitting the stage and streets for a month of colour and culture. January 8th is jam packed with some of the best of the whole month’s schedule. Here’s the list of what you can choose from
Christmas holidays can be brilliant (if you’re the kid) or super stressful (if you’re the grown-up). Sydney Travel Guide has come to the rescue with your one-stop-shop list of activities that will keep the big kids, little kids and the family occupied right through the silly season. We’ve tallied up the high-octane adventures, the low-key
I’ve hit the sand and the rocks to source the very best kid-friendly beaches of Sydney so you too can kick back in your sunny life deck chair, prop up the striped umbrella and relax while the kids have a whale of a time.
We are known for our beaches and bays, our Harbours and rock pools. It makes sense then that Sydney is home to some of the best snorkelling spots you could wish for in the world. Whether you’re on the Northern Beaches, the Eastern Sydney bays or the surf spots of the South, or even the
Grab those glow-in-the-dark reindeer ears, folks, it’s officially carolling time!
Feeling the call of the wild amid the concrete jungle of Sydney? There is much to navigate on your safari tour of Australia’s number one zoo, from the best way to get there, how to feed your own zoo of animal-children without breaking the bank, which shows are the must-sees, can you cuddle a koala
AC/DC will be thrashing out their best hits at Accor Stadium for their Aussie tour – the first in over a decade. The POWER UP Tour will kick off in Sydney in late November, followed by gigs in the Capital cities of Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane. Angus Young on lead guitar, vocalist Brian Johnson, rhythm
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