The showpiece of the innovative redevelopment of the southeastern corner of Darling Harbour in the late 1990s, this bar and restaurant precinct occupies the harbour’s cityside frontage as far as Pyrmont Bridge. Its sharp, contemporary angles are softened by the use of timber and whimsical sculptures – we particularly like the jaunty dancing brolgas.

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5. Harbourside

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6. Darling Walk

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7. Australian National Maritime Museum

0.25 MILES

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8. Sydney Town Hall

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Mansard roofs, sandstone turrets, wrought-iron trimmings and over-the-top balustrades: the French Second Empire wedding-cake exterior of the Town Hall …

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