SEE SPECTACULAR SYDNEY – THE FAMOUS SIGHTS AND HIDDEN LOCAL SECRETS on a Private Tour of Sydney and the Bondi Beach area.
The places we can visit are the Sydney Opera House the Sydney Harbour Bridge The Rocks Royal Botanic Garden Woolloomooloo Chinatown Darling Harbour Paddington Watsons Bay Rose Bay.
Visit the Sydney Harbour National Park for local wildlife stroll to Hornby Lighthouse at South Head or parts of the Bondi to Coogee Walk.
Try a weekend market art gallery city winery or micro brewery. Go gift shopping or try local produce at a beachside restaurant. There’s options aplenty.
We are a fun Australian business owned by Ben Barry – a tour guide of over 15 years.
Personalised Sydney Tours have flexible itineraries and it’s your choice whether you want a slower paced experience with a walk or two or one that quickly packs in every sight. Depending on where you have been and what you have seen we can customise each tour to your interested areas and activities.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: The Rocks Sydney New South Wales 2000 Australia
See hidden alleyways convict built hotels and churches Australia’s oldest bank pub and police station in the historic old town of Sydney. Take an interesting photo under the Sydney Harbour Bridge of the spanning arch. Get selfies with the Sydney Opera House in the background.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Millers Point Sydney New South Wales 2004 Australia
See the Sydney Observatory and the historic area from a great lookout overlooking Sydney.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Sydney Opera House Bennelong Point Easy walk from Circular Quay Train Station Sydney New South Wales 2000 Australia
See the Sydney Opera House up close for great pictures of its ‘sails’ and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Walk into the foyer area and up the entry steps. Inspiring architecture
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Sydney Harbour Bridge Sydney New South Wales 2060 Australia
See the Sydney Harbour Bridge from various parts of Sydney: Circular Quay The Royal Botanic Garden and from Sydney’s eastern suburbs of Vaucluse and Watsons Bay.
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: State Library of New South Wales Macquarie Street Sydney New South Wales 2000 Australia
Grand building with Roman columns
Pass By: Sydney Eye Hospital 8 Macquarie St Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
Famous sandstone building
Pass By: The Mint 10 Macquarie St Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
Georgian style architecture of where Australia’s first currency was coined
Pass By: Hyde Park Barracks Macquarie Street Queens Square Sydney New South Wales 2000 Australia
A UNESCO World Heritage site of where convicts were housed.
Pass By: Museum of Contemporary Art 140 George St The Rocks Sydney New South Wales 2000 Australia
Abstract art and Australian Aboriginal Art
Pass By: Hyde Park Elizabeth St Sydney New South Wales 2000 Australia
Beautiful gardens water fountains and views of the Sydney Tower
Pass By: St. Mary’s Cathedral 2 St Mary_s Road Sydney New South Wales 2000 Australia
Australia’s largest Roman Catholic Church
Pass By: The Domain Mrs Macquaries Road Sydney New South Wales 2000 Australia
Lovely park where public concerts are held surrounded by large fig trees
Stop At: Mrs Macquarie’s Chair 1D Mrs Macquaries Rd The Rocks Visitors Centre Sydney New South Wales 2000 Australia
Sit in the famous chair that Governor Lachlan Macquarie ordered convicts to cut into the rock for his wife.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Royal Botanic Garden Sydney Mrs Macquaries Rd Sydney New South Wales 2000 Australia
Drive into the Royal Botanic Garden to see various Australian trees and flowers and stop for the best picture of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House together.
Duration: 10 minutes
Pass By: Art Gallery of New South Wales Art Gallery Road The Domain Sydney New South Wales 2000 Australia
Houses international and indigenous art and hosts the Archibald Prize – Australia’s most popular portrait competition.
Pass By: Woolloomooloo Wharf 6 Cowper Wharf Rd Woolloomooloo Sydney New South Wales 2011 Australia
See the famous finger wharf and naval base
Stop At: Rose Bay to Nielsen Park Walk Start at the walking track at Bayview Hill Road Sydney New South Wales 2004 Australia
Take the Hermitage Foreshore walk through the Sydney Harbour National Park – one of Sydney’s prettiest walks alongside quiet coves with views over Sydney and Shark Island
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Shark Beach Promenade Rd Nielsen Park Vaucluse Sydney New South Wales 2030 Australia
Enjoy a tea or coffee at one of the nicest swimming beaches in Sydney Harbour
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Camp Cove Sydney New South Wales Australia
Famous spot at a pristine beach where the British raised the flag to claim Sydney
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: South Head Sydney New South Wales Australia
Walk to Hornby Lighthouse – Australia’s second oldest lighthouse for grand views of Sydney Manly and the Pacific Ocean
Duration: 45 minutes
Pass By: Watsons Bay Baths Marine Parade Watsons Bay Sydney New South Wales 2030 Australia
Watsons Bay is located right at the entrance of Sydney Harbour so has harbour and ocean views.
Stop At: The Gap Park Watsons Bay Sydney New South Wales Australia
Look for dolphins and whales at one of Sydney’s best lookouts
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Federation Cliff Walk Raleigh Reserve Dover Heights Watsons Bay Sydney New South Wales Australia
Majestic views of the Pacific Ocean and the cliff side condominiums and houses
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Macquarie Lighthouse Old South Head Road Vaucluse Sydney New South Wales Australia
Australia’s oldest lighthouse designed by a convict
Duration: 2 minutes
Stop At: Bondi Beach Queen Elizabeth Drive Sydney New South Wales 2026 Australia
Enjoy lunch on the water go for a walk on the promenade enjoy a swim watch the surfers and skaters go shopping for souvenirs or designer labels.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Bondi Iceberg Club 1 Notts Ave Bondi Beach Bondi New South Wales 2026 Australia
Have a drink at the famous Icebergs – a restuarant complex overlooking a rock pool at Bondi Beach
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Bondi to Coogee Walk Notts Avenue South Bondi Bondi New South Wales Australia
Take an optional walk from Bondi Beach to Tamarama Beach and Bronte Beach along a walkway on the cliffs and coves of Sydney’s eastern beaches
Duration: 45 minutes
Pass By: Tamarama Beach Bondi New South Wales 2026 Australia
Great picture stop overlooking the surfers shredding the waves
Stop At: Bronte Beach Bronte Road Bronte Waverley New South Wales NSW 2024 Australia
Admire the grand architecture overlooking azure blue water
Duration: 2 minutes
Stop At: Centennial Park Oxford St. and Parkes Drive Sydney New South Wales 2021 Australia
See black swans pelicans Eurasian coots ducks and swamphens or take a walk through a rose garden or through a flying fox colony
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: Paddington Markets 395 Oxford St Paddington Sydney New South Wales 2021 Australia
See the grand Victorian terrace townhouses in the village of Paddington drive down famous Oxford St and check out their markets.
Pass By: Chinatown George St Sydney New South Wales 2000 Australia
See the array of Asian shops restaurants and markets
Stop At: Darling Harbour Sydney New South Wales 2000 Australia
Walk along the board walk to King St Wharf and Barangaroo – one of Sydney’s busiest waterside location
Duration: 30 minutes
