Trips From Sydney

Want to hit the slopes while you’re in Australia?

Forewarned is forearmed – Australia is not one of the world’s best places to ski.

If you require evidence, just take note of the fact that Australia won its first ever Winter Olympics gold medal when everyone except Sydneysider Stephen Bradbury crashed in the 1000m short track speed skate final.

If you’re from Canada, the US, Europe or Japan, then you have better snow at home. If you’re from Egypt, we have better snow than you.

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Sydney is a great place to learn to surf.

You can learn to surf literally across the road from your hostel. Or you could have a surf tour pick you up from your hostel and take you over sand dunes to an uncrowded beach just out of Sydney.

Finally, you can even take a 5 day tour from Sydney to Byron Bay that stops at many beaches along the way.

All schools cater for first time surfers and will provide you with surfboards and wetsuits.

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Famous Australian Wines

Wine tours in the Hunter Valley (2.5 hours drive) are a great way to sample famous Australian wines in a truly beautiful part of the world.

You’ll get to sample legendary drops such as Lindemans, Hardy’s and McGuigan.

Day Trip From Sydney In A Luxury Mercedes Minivan

If you’ve got access to a car, you can drive to the Hunter and back in a day. If you’d rather join a tour, you can hook up with outfits such as Boutique Wine Tours. You’ll be picked up from your hotel and driven to the Hunter in a luxury Mercedes minivan. We’re talking TV, fridge and leather seats.

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World Heritage Nature Sanctuary

The Blue Mountains are not really mountains, nor are they blue. So why the name? I guess in Australian terms, these are mountains, although they would be dwarfed by a serious mountain range. And the “blue” label comes from the fact that you can see a bluish tinge when you are far away from the mountains (I never have).

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World’s Whitest Sand

According to the Guinness Book of Records, the whitest sand in the world is found just 2.5 hours south of Sydney at Hyams Beach, Jervis Bay.

But the really staggering thing about Jervis Bay is that you can easily find yourself without another soul in sight in the middle of some of the most beautiful scenery on earth. You’d think a place this beautiful would be absolutely jam packed with holiday makers and tourists.
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