Darling Harbour

Darling Harbour is an extensive area in central Sydney, located
just to the west of the City, almost completely dedicated to entertainment and tourism. For many decades the
core of the working Port of Sydney, Darling Harbour was subsequently developed by the NSW
State Government as a revitalization project for the Australian Bicentenary in 1988.

As a district, Darling Harbour embraces significant portions of the inner city suburbs of
Ultimo (to the south) and Pyrmont (to the west).

During Friday and Saturday nights Darling Harbour is populated by club goers and can be quite crowded
sometimes.

During the day the area there are waterviews, ice-cream, playgrounds, parks,
fountains and often free attractions on weekends at Darling Harbour.

It can get crowed on weekends and during school holidays. There is nowhere to swim, so if it is hot, you will
need to run under a fountain.

Darling Harbour Attractions

The Darling Harbour precinct is home to a number of major public facilities and attractions,
including:

• Harbourside Shopping Centre which includes Kingpin Bowling Alley, M9 Laser wars as well as Australia’s
  first retail jet-Flight simulator.
• Sydney Entertainment Centre
• Paddy’s Market
• Sydney’s Chinese Gardens
• Tumbalong Park
• Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
• Australian National Maritime Museum (featuring museum ships including
  HMAS Vampire)  Australian maritime history and technology. Free entry to core galleries; charges for
  the large ships and special events.
• Star City Casino
• Powerhouse Museum. The Powerhouse Museum specializes in history,
  science, technology, design, industry, decorative arts, music, transport and space exploration
  exhibits.
• Sydney Aquarium. this massive aquarium, in addition to various
  display tanks (penguins, seals, platypus, various fish species), has two underwater walks where visitors
  walk in glass corridors underneath and between the sharks, rays and ocean fish. Not to be missed!
• the IMAX theatre – the largest in the world
• Sydney Wildlife World
• Aboriginal Centre