Local Knowledge

Sydney - Australia

Sydney Opera House

Welcome to an Internet page dedicated to the city of Sydney, Australia. This page has been created to assist all those people and travellers who are interested in getting more information about travelling to, within or from this fabulous city. The place must be pretty good since it's the home of the 2000 Olympics.

Before you go too much further please read our disclaimer.

Sydney skyline at night
Sydney skyline at night

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Blue light on the Opera House
Blue light on the Opera House

Sydney at a glance

Some basic information about Sydney :

  • Country : Australia
  • State : New South Wales
  • Discovered : 1770
  • First Settled : 1788
  • Population : approximately 4 million people
  • Area : covering about 12,500 sq Kilometres
  • Local Language : English
  • Driving : left hand side of the road
  • Currency : 5c, 10c, 20c, 50c, $1, $2 - coins $5, $10, $20, $50, $100 - notes
  • Emergency : 000 from any phone
  • Power : 240 Volts AC, 50 Hz
  • International dial access : + 612

Sydney Harbour Bridge
Sydney Harbour Bridge

Local Knowledge can help

In all my travels I have always found it more enjoyable when I have had the pleasure of a local showing me the sites and sounds of my destination. This whole site is currently an experiment to attempt to bring some old world hospitality back to the travelling experience.
In an attempt to promote an enhanced travelling experience to our wonderful city please feel free to contact us with any questions or queries about any part of your travels. Whether you need some suggestions, ideas or phone numbers please don't hesitate to email us.
For those who agree with me about the benefits of local knowledge I encourage you to contact us and we'll see what arrangements can be made to assist you with the Sydney experience. Through the wonders of the Internet, we're here to help. Hope you enjoy this site !

Help Local Knowledge

If you are a local Sydney-sider and enjoy the idea of meeting people and helping them get to know our fabulous city then please contact us.

Otherwise, if you know somewhere or something that I've left out that you feel is really worth a visit then don't hesitate to email us and let us know.

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