You could make a tour of the city past the beautiful, swanky houses which reflect the cosy snugness of English homes as well as the cool luxury of American villas. The sandstones used to build the houses vary in hues ranging from white, cream, yellow, pink, tan and brown to red! The suburban scenery is beautiful not just for the landscape but the impressive array of houses as well.

Not to speak of the cityscape with its streets boasting shops with brands of renown, the eateries serving recipes from around the world beckoning you all along as you go! Whether you are looking for a casual bite or a dinner in style – you have something that suits your palate just a few steps down the street…wherever you may be!

The whole history of Sydney starts from the harbour – the most beautiful natural harbour in the world – where docked the first ship from England bringing in the first group of settlers to Sydney. The harbour is famous for the world famous Sydney icons – Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge. Around the harbour is located the famous Sydney attractions Sydney Aquarium, Wildlife World and several others. Sydney Tower is just a walk away from the harbour. From the top of the Tower one can have the most breathtaking view in Sydney ever – a bird’s eye view of the whole of Sydney!

Get hold of a Sydney attractions package that takes you on a tour of the city and the icons and also offers a lunch or a dinner cruise. This would take care of your harbour and sightseeing experience at once! To make things simpler you may even go for a whole holiday package that includes your flight and hotel bookings as well as sightseeing with all the other activities that you would like included but are just flustered as to how to!

And have a great holiday!

So why not plan a New Years Eve dinner on the waterfront so that you can watch the fireworks and see the Harbour of Light Parade too! Or you can usher in the New Year with thumping music and dance away the Eve, into the wee hours of the coming year! And also get glimpses of the fireworks and the harbour views, whenever you take a breather that is!

The best idea yet would be to board Sydney Showboats – the luxury paddle wheelers that are participants of the Parade! Be part of the Parade and one of the privileged spectators to get the closest view of the fireworks and the harbour events when the harbour is at its sparkling best! What’s more, you can enjoy a luxury dinner with wine and a live cabaret show or dance through the Eve into a brighter New Year!

An exciting option is Magistic Cruises – the stylish catamarans that are Parade participants too. From their extensive decks you can see the spectacular fireworks and other harbour events real close – but only when you are not swinging, swaying, twisting and whirling to the pumping beats mixed by the DJ on board!

The time has come for employers to celebrate their successes for the year. It’s time for rewards, recognitions, gifts and finally dissolution of all differences at the year-end office Christmas parties! It’s time to decide on a new party idea, a new setting and a new venue!

There are venues galore in Sydney for Christmas parties – from stylish restaurants to dinner theatres in the city to casual eating places around Darling Harbour!

There are exciting outdoor venues in the parks and gardens and on the beaches and waterfront! Enjoy a fun-filled party in the Luna Park or just let your hair down on one of the islands around the harbour!

Relax on the sophisticated catamaran – Magistic Cruises! Enjoy the wonderful views around the harbour and the delightfully extensive buffet with seafood!

Cruise on the charming paddle wheeler – Sydney Showboats! Go gaga over the stunning dance, music and magic performances and the enticing a la carte!

The festival presents a range of events related to food – from hands on cooking classes by experts to cooking demos by internationally acclaimed chefs, from street food markets to food extravaganzas, from exciting recipes of the west to exotic fares of the east, from wine and spirits to coffee and tea, from kids’ kitchen explorations to chefs’ culinary expeditions….and so on and so forth!

However, Crave Sydney is not just about food but about a lot of fun and frolic too!  One could go island hopping and explore the wonders of Shark Island, Clark Island and Goat Island! If you are game, you could participate in a football-themed breakfast on Sydney Harbour Bridge! Or you could just gobble up oodles of fun in the Night Noodle Market!

For the ones who enjoy the finer things in life, Sydney Harbour is the place to head for! Enjoy a stylish lunch on Magistic Cruises and be fascinated by the amazing views of the harbour! Or board a sophisticated dinner cruise and fall under the spell of the glittering harbour lights! Give in to the seafood sensations that are special to Sydney!

Music and magic, food and fun – could you think of a more heady combination? You can enjoy all of this along with some scintillating live cabaret on Sydney Showboat while you cruise past the spectacular views of the harbour!

Enjoy the Crave while it lasts – and that’s throughout October!

The list for Father’s Day gift ideas has been always long and always the same or similar. Surely, Dad deserves something that’s not just the best but special too!

Spend some time with him to share your thoughts or just to reminisce your childhood days!

Have lunch with him in a special place – they say the way to a man’s heart is through his belly and that’s most true for Dads!

Take him for a day out! Make Father’s Day special and memorable for him! Show him how much you love and care for him!

Take him on a sophisticated lunch cruise around Sydney Harbour and make all of the above possible, what with the delightful buffet spread, the harbour views and an entertaining magician on board!

As we all know, finally, it is all about making him feel you have done him proud!

The term Diwali means “array of lights.” On Diwali day, the houses and the walls and the streets are decorated by “diyas,” the tear-shaped clay lamps decorated with ethnic Indian designs. The beauty and the positive energy created by these rows of lights attract one and all to the festivities!

Diwali is a festival of fun, food, and frolic! People are bedecked in the best of their finery and they exchange sweets in a show of love and brotherhood and camaraderie! And, of course, no Indian celebration is complete without firecrackers!

In Sydney, the harbour is lit up every night with an unending array of city lights, the lights on the magnificent Sydney icons and the famous landmarks, and the lights around Darling Harbour, Circular Quay and the various other hubs around the harbour! Undoubtedly, this is the ideal location for the experience of a Diwali in Sydney!

Ideally, board a Diwali Dinner Cruise that is decorated with candles and special lights and glide past the sparkling lights of the Sydney Harbour! Enjoy a truly Indian Diwali dinner! And dance to Bollywood music!

Celebrate a memorable Diwali away from home!

With an abundance of natural beauty and attractions that the place is endowed with, Sydney packages attractive experiences for the visitors to choose from so that they make the most of their visit to this amazing city!

The most famous, the most visited and the most loved location of Sydney is its harbour – the world’s most beautiful natural harbour! The only way to experience the harbour is on a harbour cruise!

Board a sophisticated catamaran with a GPS system that throws light on the origin, history and evolution of the harbour and its landmarks.

Relax in the luxury of an authentic paddle wheeler and enjoy the views of the spectacular harbour over a glass of wine or beer!

Add some adventure to your sightseeing with a high-speed ride on a Jet Cruiser! Enjoy the panoramic view of the harbour backed by GPS commentary!

Glide past the beautiful Sydney Opera House and the majestic Sydney Harbour Bridge! Learn about the notorious history of Fort Denison! See the bays and the beaches! View Mrs. Macquarie’s Chair where Lady Macquarie used to spend long hours enjoying the harbour views and watching the ships from England enter the harbour! Learn how the islands of the harbour got their names – Clark, Shark, Rodd, Goat and Cockatoo!

Sydney has pleasant climate throughout the year because of which its people are able to enjoy the outdoors during all seasons including winter! Whatever may be the weather, it is hard to keep a Sydneysider indoors, what with Sydney’s amazing landscapes, beaches and the harbour!

Sydney is richly endowed with the beauty of nature, with a long string of beaches and Sydney Harbour – the world’s most beautiful natural harbour! A lunch cruise around the harbour is an exciting package of sightseeing, cruising and lunch inclusive of yummy seafood of course!

Board a catamaran cruise around the spectacular harbour! Enjoy a generous buffet spread with the yummiest of yummy seafood delights prepared by expert chefs on board!

If you have an appetite for adventure too, board a tall ship and join the crew to unfurl the sails and steer the vessel! If that exhausts you, just bite into the delicious BBQ lunch including seafood! If that exhausts you, just bite into the delicious BBQ lunch including seafood!

Hire a boat or just a deck if you would wish to throw a party in the spectacular setting of the harbour – and party while you cruise!

Experience the real taste of Sydney!

At night, the harbour is a collage of lights – the sparkling lights of the city skyline, the subdued lights highlighting the curves of the Opera House, the twinkling row underscoring the deck of the Harbour Bridge, the glittering lights of the Luna Park, the beckoning light of Fort Denison and the floating lights of the cruise boats! Truly, Sydney Harbour is the most beautiful harbour in the world, especially at night!

There is no better way to enjoy the harbour and its spectacular views than on a cruise! There are several cruise operators that offer delightful dinner on board too in addition to a unique, exciting cruise around the harbour!

Enjoy a sophisticated and luxurious cruise on a state-of-the-art catamaran! Relish the delicious buffet spread! Enjoy choice seafood and select wine!

Relax in the luxurious interiors of a showboat cruise with live cabaret, music and magic shows! Enjoy the luxury of cruising with quality dining and live entertainment!

If adventure is the name of your game, enjoy a twilight cruise on a tall ship! Learn the ropes of sailing and lend a hand at turning the wheel! Enjoy the yummy barbecue dinner!

Throw a dinner party on Sydney Harbour! Hire a deck or the entire boat! Choose a theme, select the games and organise the setting, with the crew’s help of course! And get ready to have a ball!

Though we in Sydney are lucky that we can enjoy our beautiful outdoors almost throughout the year, I have always wondered what it would be like if we had a white Christmas! What it would be like to have the whole family sit around a table for a Christmas feast when it is chilling cold outside! What it would be like to share and enjoy a traditional turkey instead of the seafood (yummy as it is!).

And come to think of it, why not have the best of both – a Christmas that is outdoors as well as indoors – for, Sydney is equally beautiful both in winter and summer! The Sydney Harbour looks absolutely fresh and incredibly pretty! Maybe a Christmas feast with family on a Sydney Harbour cruise is not a bad idea! In fact, cool! Hire a deck on a luxurious cruise, or hire the whole boat if the entire family is game, and get a Christmas lunch or dinner organised! With all the works of a white Christmas! Will have to make do without the fireplace though, but that’s no worry as the cruise interiors are temperature controlled! Besides, this is the right time for some great photography, so shall freeze the beautiful memory forever!

Well… I think I can hear the jingling bells!