The highest ranked of the cities I’ve been lucky enough to call home,
it’s safe to say I have an abiding love of the Harbour City. Many
travellers and Victorians will wax lyrical about Melbourne’s superior
arts, live music, or cafe scene – but for me, no city in Australia can
hold a candle to the beauty of Sydney Harbour, the bridge than spans it,
or the opera house that so perfectly represents Australia.
Sydney may not have the best beaches in Australia, but I’d argue it’s got some of the best any capital city in the country can boast. While its food scene may not be as diverse and its coffee selection not as pretentious as Melbourne’s, you’d be a hard person to please to not find a few favourites in Australia’s largest city.
When it comes to things to do, Sydney is close enough to the likes of the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast, and Newcastle to make it a great base from which to explore more of NSW. It has teams in all of Australia’s major sporting leagues, is a guaranteed stop on any tour schedule worth its salt, and enjoys infinitely superior weather to Melbourne. Brisbane and Perth may have Sydney beat on the sunny days scale, but they’re big country towns in comparison to Australia’s two biggest and brightest cities.
It’s not all about Melbourne v Sydney dick measuring, though. Hell, maybe I’ll love Melbourne when I finally deign to visit it.
Sydney, to me, will always symbolise travel. It is where I’ve left from on all of my great adventures and it’s through Sydney that I have returned after all of them. I’ve licked the wounds of heartbreak in the city, I’ve had my first full-time post college employment in that city, and it’s where my nearest and dearest friends (mostly) call home.
Sydney, AustraliaSydney, Australia
Sydney may not have the best beaches in Australia, but I’d argue it’s got some of the best any capital city in the country can boast. While its food scene may not be as diverse and its coffee selection not as pretentious as Melbourne’s, you’d be a hard person to please to not find a few favourites in Australia’s largest city.
When it comes to things to do, Sydney is close enough to the likes of the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast, and Newcastle to make it a great base from which to explore more of NSW. It has teams in all of Australia’s major sporting leagues, is a guaranteed stop on any tour schedule worth its salt, and enjoys infinitely superior weather to Melbourne. Brisbane and Perth may have Sydney beat on the sunny days scale, but they’re big country towns in comparison to Australia’s two biggest and brightest cities.
It’s not all about Melbourne v Sydney dick measuring, though. Hell, maybe I’ll love Melbourne when I finally deign to visit it.
Sydney, to me, will always symbolise travel. It is where I’ve left from on all of my great adventures and it’s through Sydney that I have returned after all of them. I’ve licked the wounds of heartbreak in the city, I’ve had my first full-time post college employment in that city, and it’s where my nearest and dearest friends (mostly) call home.
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