Sydney Australia Information, Tourism, Extreme Sports

Sydney Australia, considered as Australia's jewel in her crown, boasting kilometer upon kilometer of fine white sandy beaches, warm winters and warm clear waters, a paradise within a paradise isle. The Royal Opera House is one of the worlds most famous tourist attractions and holds many concerts by world famous musicians. Sydney also is home to the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Royal Botanical Gardens, along with many other world famous tourist attractions, Sydney has become a centre for all occasions from weddings and vacations, to emigration for a new and more pleasant way of life.

Sydney's beach front boasts many different sports for the water enthusiasts, from beginner courses to the more advance courses, there is a water sport to suit every member of the family, such as water skiing, jet skis, speed boat rides, banana boat and rubber ring rides day trips can easily be organised for deep sea fishing, wreck diving for registered divers, scuba diving for beginners and snorkeling, or for a more tranquil way to spend your day, you can go whale watching, which is an unforgettable experience.

From the hundreds of different kinds of day trips that are available, you will always find new experiences for your self and your family. For the more adventurous, you could go on a parachute jump and view Sydney from a different angle, or take a jump off of a bridge with an organised bungee jump, or for the extreme sports fanatic, you could go and base jump from the local mountains.

In the year 1770, Captain James Cook landed in Botany Bay Australia and met with the aboriginal settlement of the Gweagal people. It was in the mountains above this bay, that the first settlement was meant to of been built, but the ground was found to be unsuitable for building the big stone buildings on, so they moved to the next sea inlet along the coast called Sydney Cove, which is where Sydney got its name. In 1788, the first ever British Penal Colony was established in Sydney. A smallpox outbreak killed approximately 1000 aboriginal people, causing violent conflicts between them and the British, which spread throughout the island wherever the British settled and took land. Sydney became the second biggest city after London in the entire British Empire, and this is the city where all the prisoners from England where sent.

Sydney became a city in 1842, and became the richest city in Australia during the first gold rush in 1852, and is the capital of New South Wales and is also the capital of Australia, and is situated on the Tasman Sea.

 To visit Sydney, is to engage yourself in a multicultural society of clean friendly people, whom live together in a paradise of clear warm waters and sandy beaches, heaven on Earth.