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Conference Venues Where Business Meets Pleasure

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 01:27:42 -0500

Sydney, being the most happening place in Australia, has a range of exciting, exotic, exceptional and exclusive locations that befit all kinds of conferences and functions that you would want hosted in Sydney. While on the one hand Sydney is well equipped with all kinds of restaurants and hotels – casual, sophisticated, luxurious, swanky and stylish – on the other, the city is also blessed with extensive areas of parklands, landscapes, gardens, beaches, harbour side, mountains, valleys and vineyards - all with their own exclusive function locations. There are conference venues in Sydney that are right at the centre of the city and also just a walk away from the famous icons of Sydney – the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House. The delegates and guests can take a stroll on the Harbour Bridge and enjoy an amazing view of Sydney and the harbour from atop the world’s most recognized bridge and then wander into the streets of The Rocks that are picture-pretty with their old world charm! Looking out on to the Hyde Park is the Sheraton on the Park right at the centre of a landscape of its own. Sir Stamford is situated on Macquarie Street. **End Summary** Topics: Conference venues Sydney]]> meeting venue]]> corporate functions]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Resources: Conference Venues Sydney Meeting Venues Sydney

Romantic Sydney Harbour Wedding Ideas

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:17:00 -0400

Every romantic’s heart beats faster at the idea of a romantic wedding and he or she aspires to have one that is special, unique and different from the umpteen romantic ideas of getting married that have been looked up, dived into, tried and tested by the millions of die-hard romantics of the world! Sydney Harbour is the most beautiful and the most romantic location in Sydney and the most romantic wedding ideas here are appropriately centred on the harbour! The harbour has so many world famous landmarks where one can tie the romantic knot that each location provides an entirely different setting and a unique idea for your wedding! It could be a fun-filled romantic wedding or it could be casual, or elegant, or set in an iconic background – all romantic, of course! Sydney is blessed with long stretches of pearl-white beaches, sunny blue skies, and a pleasant climate throughout the year! A casual wedding in the setting of a beautiful beach could be utterly romantic too! There are several locations on the beaches of Sydney that provide wedding packages with all the usual trappings of a wedding - celebrant and bridal music included! **End Summary** Topics: Sydney harbour wedding ideas]]> unique wedding ideas]]> cruises]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Resources : Sydney Wedding Ideas Wedding Reception Venues Sydney

Private Boat Hire â the Ultimate Party Option in Sydney

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 06:01:13 -0400

Sydney is one of the most beautiful locations in Australia and one of the most happening places in the world, and it has no dearth of venues and locations for all kinds of parties, events and celebrations. Having said that, one would like to mention that Sydney Harbour being the best attraction in Sydney is also the most ideal, memorable and untiring setting for any party, event or celebration in Sydney! And the best way to make the most of the beautiful setting of the harbour is to charter a boat for the party and get the ultimate experience of the harbour! Be it day or night, Sydney Harbour looks absolutely spectacular. The world famous icon of Sydney, Sydney Opera House, sits daintily overlooking the harbour. The white cluster of oyster shell-shaped rooves of the Opera House shine in the light of day, and the icon itself is like a pearl, set as it were, amidst the waves of the sparkling waters of the harbour. In the night, the strategic lighting on the icon accentuates the seductive curves of the Opera House riveting the eye of the onlooker on its amazing beauty! **End Summary** Topics: boat hire Sydney]]> party venues Sydney]]> boat charter Sydney]]> Sydney harbour cruises]]> function venues]]> corporate events]]> private charter boats]]> wedding]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Suzie W. has written several academic, marketing and research articles on topics related to social sciences, tourism, management, health and advertising. The author has worked as copy writer and editor in various advertising and publishing firms. The author presently specialises in writing articles relating to tourism and travel. Resources : Boat Hire Sydney Wedding Cruises Sydney

Selecting the Right Birthday Party Venue in Sydney

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:19:30 -0400

Birthdays are the most awaited, the most enjoyed and, yet sometimes, the most difficult celebrations to organize. They come around every year and it is a challenge to invent a new idea or a new theme or a new venue so that it is definitely one up on the previous year! The best and the most exciting venues are those where the idea and the theme and the venue all rolls into one! Like a barbecue party in the garden, perhaps under the stars, or a beach party with loads of outdoor games and fun! A candlelit dinner for two with the waves washing your feet could be oh-so-romantic! You could even settle for your own drawing room and have your friends put their feet up and let their hair down, squat in front of a movie while having dinner and play some music when you feel like it and dance away until your feet can take it no more! In Sydney, the most attractive venue is always the harbour. So why just have a birthday party, why not celebrate on a birthday party cruise? **End Summary** Topics: birthday party venues Sydney]]> birthday cruises]]> celebrations]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Birthday Party Venues Sydney Sydney Harbour Party Venues

Alluring Wedding Reception Venues of Sydney

Mon, 03 May 2010 00:31:19 -0400

When weddings are made in heaven, receptions are held in Sydney. As Rhoda Roberts rightly puts it, the spirit of Sydney can only be defined as soulful, sexy and sophisticated. The people, the lifestyle, the landscape, the sky, the harbour, the icons, the culture, the art – everything that is Sydney proclaims it! And where else would you want your big day to happen if not in the most sexy, soulful and sophisticated city that is also the most happening, exciting city of the world? In Sydney, the options for a wedding reception venue are many. The wedding reception setting can be ooh-so quiet and romantic or just cool and casual or absolutely sophisticated and stylish! Again, the venues can be outdoors or indoors, on the waterfront or right on the Sydney Harbour! Whether it be a spring, summer, fall or winter wedding, in Sydney, there are options and ideas galore! As there is no setting more spectacular than the harbour in Sydney, the most popular locations lie around the Sydney Harbour. Sydney is a place well endowed by nature. **End Summary** Topics: Wedding reception venues Sydney]]> boat wedding Sydney]]> cruises]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Resources: Wedding Reception Venues Sydney Wedding Boats Sydney Harbour

Sydney Hens Party Cruises

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 03:03:47 -0400

Hen’s Party or Hen’s Night is the most awaited event for the bride and her women friends that precedes but surpasses the wedding in its excitement! One can make it extremely creative by adding as many scintillating and titillating trappings as one can. Girls go overboard in finding new ideas to make their hens parties different, unique and memorable. A lot of creativity can go into the invitations to a hen’s party – in the way they are designed, in the manner they are sent out, and in the suspense they create! The invitation can itself set the mood for the party if crafted and sent out right! The theme is one of the main factors that makes a hen’s night different. The theme can be fun, spicy, seductive, unusual, or all of these and more! The themes range from a simple colour code of the dress to an ostentatious fancy dress party with hundreds of options in between! The dresses should have a common idea that would create a sense of togetherness and camaraderie among the girls. The ideas can be contemporary, historical, romantic, sexy, adventurous, outlandish or downright crazy! **End Summary** Topics: Hens night cruise]]> bucks night cruises]]> bucks party cruises]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Sydney Hens Party Cruise Sydney Hens

Sydney Markets â A World Shopping Destination

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:41:07 -0500

Sydney, with its weekend markets and their immense shopping potential, is a paradise for shoppers, both international and local. Sydney’s famous weekend markets, where shoppers come flocking in multitudes, have an answer to every shopper’s need. The Rocks, Balmain, Surry Hills, Rozelle, Bondi, Paddington and Glebe have the most frequented market places in Sydney. The Rocks Market, which is open on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, is famous for its gift articles and souvenirs. If you are a visitor from outside Sydney and would like to take back home memories of Sydney, the Rocks Market is the ideal place for you. Here you can collect rare and attractive souvenirs that would keep your memories of your days in Sydney fresh for a whole lifetime. The Rocks is also famous for artworks, jewellery and leather goods. This is also a shoppers’ favourite for designer collections and lifestyle articles. If you have an unquenchable thirst for aesthetics, Balmain Markets is where you should head for, which is open every Saturday. The wares include original arts and handicrafts, antiques and jewellery, clothes and footwear, books and souvenirs, etc. Organic products and nursery are some of the specialty products of the Balmain Markets. **End Summary** Topics: Sydney shopping]]> Sydney market]]> Sydney opera house market]]> ]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Things To Do in Sydney Sydney Harbour

Eating out in Sydney

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:18:07 -0500

From snack bars to fast food joints to cafes to restaurants, Sydney presents a wide range of eating places. Whether one’s looking to grab a quick bite and rush off or spend some quality time with someone over a fine meal, Sydney has options for all! A neat joint and an affordable price or a great ambience with all the trappings – Sydney caters to all tastes and matches all wallets! Darling Harbour has several waterfront restaurants as also there is a great deal of shopping potential inside the ideally located Harbourside shopping complex. For a day of shopping and eating out, which anyway go hand in hand, Darling Harbour would be the right place. The Rocks also provides great opportunity for shopping and eating out. There are shops that offer unique gifts and souvenirs. There are several food stalls and cafes that provide decent meal at reasonable prices. With a great many pubs, The Rocks has an interesting nightlife too! Slightly notoriously famous for its nightlife and prostitution, Kings Cross also boasts of a number of stylish restaurants and swanky hotels. **End Summary** Topics: Sydney restaurants]]> food and drink]]> cruises]]> Sydney harbour]]> ]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Dinner Cruises Sydney Dinner and Shows

Sydney's Aboriginal art and culture

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:28:34 -0500

The rock paintings and engravings of Sydney reflect the artistic inclinations of the Aboriginal population before the Europeans came to settle in this historical city. Rock engravings and paintings show the close relation the Aborigines had with the sea. The engravings and paintings were mostly about creatures related to the sea such as whales and sharks and other fish. Gwion Gwion is a form of rock painting seen in caves, which is believed to belong to a culture that existed long before the Aboriginal culture as it is known today. In addition to rock painting, engraving, carving and sculpture, indigenous art also includes painting on leaves, carving on wood, sand painting and artworks on cloths. Body painting is an indigenous art which covers the body with intricate, exquisite patterns. The same art is seen in a varied form in bark painting. Paintings were done traditionally on bark walls and ceilings. Stone arrangements of large and small stones embedded into the soil are unique to Aboriginal Australian art as well as weaving, jewellery making and crafts made from various forms of fibres. Other forms of art such as dancing and singing were interlaced with the daily routines of Aboriginal life. **End Summary** Topics: aboriginal art]]> Sydney opera house]]> Sydney]]> Sydney harbour]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Things To Do in Sydney Sydney Shows

A Sydney Christmas

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:56:57 -0500

In Sydney, Christmas is a summer festival. Hence there is no snow or snowman, and the feast usually does not even include a roast turkey! Unlike other countries in the west, in Australia, Christmas festivities include a lot of summer activities and celebrations. As it is not a white Christmas, Santa Claus is not envisioned as coming riding with all his gifts on his sleigh. Just as the people, who love being outdoors to enjoy the warm weather, in Sydney, Santa is also seen wearing his designer sunglasses and enjoying the beaches and the harbour. There are pictures of Santa wearing dashing swimming trunks, sporting a hat and relaxing on the beach with a cool drink in his hand! He may relax under a colourful canopy or he may bask in the sunshine! He may, like the people of Sydney, enjoy the sea - windsurfing, waterskiing or riding a speedboat! Of course, it’s left to one’s imagination - Santa could be playing beach volleyball or beach soccer! And even if he were to come on a sleigh, it would be hopped by huge kangaroos (or boomers as Australians call them) across the sky! **End Summary** Topics: christmas party cruise]]> Christmas part cruises]]> xmas cruise]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Christmas Party Lunch Christmas party Sydney

New Year's Eve Holiday Destinations

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:38:16 -0500

New Year’s Eve is celebrated with great pomp and show universally. Different places have different ways of welcoming the New Year, each having a stamp of its own culture. The Strip in Las Vegas, the Niagara Falls in Canada, the Sydney Harbour in New South Wales, and Prague in the Czech Republic are famous for their New Year’s Eve celebrations. The Strip in Las Vegas or the Las Vegas Strip, as it is popularly known, is a part of the Las Vegas Boulevard South in Clark County, Nevada, and is about 6 km in length. Several of the world’s famous hotels, casinos, resorts, restaurants and other sky-scrapers are located on the Las Vegas Strip. The Strip with its lightings is a visual delight during the night. The New Year’s Eve festivities of the Strip are very famous for its events, parties and fireworks. Top celebrities of the world attend the celebrations as guests as well as hosts to usher in the New Year in style. The casinos and hotels organise special parties and events for which seats are sold out days or months before the real occasion. **End Summary** Topics: new years eve Sydney]]> new years eve sydney harbour]]> sydney]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> New Year's Eve Dinner Cruises

Harbour of Light Parade - Cruising into the New Year

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:43:24 -0400

New Year’s Eve is the one celebration that the whole of Sydney plans for, prepares for, and anticipates for a whole year. Soon after the celebrations of a New Year’s Eve conclude, the arrangements for the next year begin, and sometimes even before. Sydney New Year’s Eve events include aerial displays, Family Fireworks at 9 p.m., the Harbour of Light Parade and the Midnight Fireworks. The 9 p.m. Family Fireworks is a well planned and synchronized event with fireworks being launched from the barges on the Sydney Harbour, and the display seems almost magical with its pyrotechnic effects. A fleet of handsome, majestic-looking vessels, about 55 in number, will take part in the Harbour of Light Parade which has ropelight design as its chosen theme this year. The Midnight Fireworks is a spectacular show with synchronized fireworks set off from barges, from the rooftops of surrounding high-rise buildings and from umpteen strategic locations on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Almost all of the above events are best watched from aboard a cruise boat on the Sydney Harbour! **End Summary** Topics: harbour]]> light parade]]> new years eve]]> new years eve party]]> ]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> For more information, please visit Harbour of Light parade New Year's Eve

The Melbourne Cup

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:13:47 -0400

The Melbourne Cup, Australia’s major thoroughbred horse race held annually, is one of the most famous of its kind in the world. It is held on the Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, at 3:00 p.m. on the first Tuesday every November, and this is the most important and the most eagerly-awaited Tuesday for Australians both in their home country and outside. The Melbourne Cup Day is a public holiday for Melbourne and for a large part of the rest of Australia. The saying goes that the Melbourne Cup is the race that stops the whole nation, however actually in reality, most Australians the world over stop to follow the race. Those who are not used to heavy betting also try their hand at small wagers. The Melbourne Cup has several other fringe attractions also. From the days of its origin, the Cup is a place where the high society of Australia makes an appearance and they definitely make sure they are seen. **End Summary** Topics: melbourne cup]]> horse racing tips]]> australian racing]]> horse race]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Pre-Melbourne Cup Lunch Cruise Sydney Harbour

New Yearâs Eve

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:30:48 -0400

New Year’s Eve is a universal day of celebration. However, Sydney is one city in the whole world that plans, prepares for, anticipates and celebrates New Year’s Eve like no other. In Sydney, most of the excitement and activity concentrate around the Sydney Harbour. The activities begin early in the afternoon, and towards night, the exhilaration builds up and at around 9:00 p.m., there is the much-awaited - in fact eagerly awaited throughout the year since the last New Year’s Eve - Family Fireworks. The display of fireworks during the New Year’s Eve celebrations at the Sydney Harbour is a show of magic and light where one can see pyrotechny at its best with its array of special effects. Midnight Fireworks is a breathtaking ensemble of brilliant explosions from the barges, the rooves of the high-rise buildings and from different strategic points of the famous arch of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. After the Family Fireworks and before the Midnight Fireworks is the Harbour of Light Parade where several vessels of majestic style and design will participate in a parade with a specific theme. **End Summary** Topics: New year eve]]> Sydney]]> new years eve Sydney]]> Sydney harbour]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> New Year's Eve Sydney Harbour

Sydney Harbour Cruises

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:42:58 -0400

Australia, as travellers world over agree, is the most beautiful piece of land on earth (if you have not seen Australia, you have not seen the world!) and in Australia, Sydney is the most beautiful city. Again, as all those who give in to the travel lust would agree, if you have to choose one place to visit in Sydney, that should undoubtedly have to be the Sydney Harbour. Sydney Harbour is considered undeniably the most beautiful natural harbour in the world. The 240 kilometres of shoreline encloses around 54 square kilometres of water. The blue skies, the blue waters, the gliding ferries and the cruising boats â€“ the prettiest post card would be an apology! Sydney Harbour, though famous in itself as the most beautiful natural harbour in the world, is made all the more famous by two of Australiaâ€™s most well-known icons â€“ the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House. Standing tall over the setting of the harbour, the Sydney Harbour Bridge is one of the most attractive, recognizable, and well-known iconic images of Australia. It provides a majestic frame well suited for the beauty of the harbour. **End Summary** Topics: Sydney]]> Sydney harbour cruise]]> Sydney harbour bridge]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Sydney Showboats Magistic Cruises