This is the Sydney & New South Wales chapter from Lonely Planet’s Australia guidebook.
Australia’s most populous state is home to its largest city: glitzy, vibrant, intoxicating Sydney, an unforgettable metropolis in a privileged natural setting. Bondi Beach and the harbour are justly famous, but in reality the whole NSW coast is simply magnificent.
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- live it up beachside and harbourside in the captivating, diverse city of Sydney
- gaze out over the sandstone cliffs of the Blue Mountains to the blue-tinged eucalypt forests below
- sip the semillon and enjoy the finer things in life in the boutique vineyards of Hunter Valley
Coverage includes: Sydney & around, Royal National Park, Blue Mountains, The Central Coast, Hunter Valley, Newcastle, Mid-North Coast, Port Stephens, Myall Lakes National Park, Port Macquarie, Crescent Head, Hat Head National Park, South West Rocks, Bellingen, Coffs Harbour, Sawtell, Byron Bay & the Far North Coast, Yamba & Angourie, Ballina, Lennox Head, Byron Bay, Brunswick Heads, North Coast Hinterland, Bangalow, Lismore, Nimbin, New England, Tamworth, Armidale, Tenterfield, Northern NSW, Coonabarabran, Moree, Lightning Ridge, Central NSW, Bathurst, Orange, Cowra, Dubbo, Mudgee, Outback NSW, Bourke, Broken Hill, Mungo National Park, Tibooburra & Corner Country, South Coast NSW, Wollongong, Kiama & around, Berry, Kangaroo Valley, Nowra, Jervis Bay, Ulladulla & Mollymook, Batemans Bay, Moruya, Narooma, Tilba Tilba & Central Tilba, Sapphire Coast, Southern Highlands, Mittagong & Bowral, Snowy Mountains, Cooma, Jindabyne, Kosciuszko National Park, Riverina, Gundagai, Albury, Wagga Wagga, Griffith, Deniliquin, Hay, When to Go.