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 Sydney for Kids
Wendy Preston used to be a high-school
teacher before becoming Sydney’s family
fun expert. She has visited all of the places
mentioned in this book, mostly with her kids.
Wendy has a website devoted to kids’ stuff
around Sydney: <www.sydneyforkids.com.au>

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 To all members of my family, near and far.
Thank you for not allowing time and distance
to come between us.

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 Fifth edition

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 A CHOICE book

Published by
University of New South Wales Press Ltd
University of New South Wales
Sydney NSW 2052
AUSTRALIA
www.unswpress.com.au

© Wendy Preston 2010

First published 1999
Second edition 2002
Third edition 2004
Fourth edition 2007
This edition 2010

This book is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose
of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the
Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without
written permission. Inquiries should be addressed to the publisher.

National Librar y of Australia

Cataloguing-in-Publication entr y

National Librar y of Australia

Cataloguing-in-Publication entr y
Author: Preston, Wendy.
Title: Sydney for kids: the Choice guide to over 400 fun activities
for children in and around Sydney/Wendy Preston.
Edition: 5th ed.
ISBN: 978 1 92070 558 9 (pbk.)
Subjects: Family recreation – New South Wales – Sydney –
Guidebooks.
          Children – Travel – New South Wales – Sydney –
Guidebooks.
          Leisure – New South Wales – Sydney – Guidebooks.
          Amusements – New South Wales – Sydney – Guidebooks.
          Sydney (N.S.W.) – Guidebooks.
Dewey Number: 919.441047

Design Josephine Pajor-Markus

Cover Josh Durham
Printer Ligare

This book is printed on paper using fibre supplied from plantation or

sustainably managed forests.

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 Contents

Introduction vi
Useful phone numbers and web ser vices ix
Key to icons xii
1 Three symbols of Sydney 1
2 Historic places 41
3 Outdoor Sydney 56
4 Cycling Sydney 87
5 Swimming spots 103
6 Across the water 117
7 Animals 123
8 Galleries, libraries, museums and scientific places 132
9 Trains, trams and buses 144
10 Other outings and enter tainment 154
11 Shopping 175
12 Annual events 195
13 Freebies and cheapies 219
Location index 227
Subject index 235

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 Introduction

This book is written for children, Greater North, South and Greater
from babies to 12 years old, and South, West and Greater West. The
their families and friends. My family entries within the chapters are grouped
has had great fun discovering new according to these localities. Then I
venues to include in this fifth edition tell you what each venue has to offer,
and revisiting old favourites. Sydney what you can do there, how much it
certainly has a lot to offer families! I will cost, how to get there, what there
hope this book helps you enjoy Sydney is to eat and where the toilets and
as much as we do. baby change facilities are located.
Increasingly, wheelchair-accessible
facilities at outdoor venues require a
In this book Master Locksmiths Association Key
Each chapter explores a different (MLAK); phone the Master Locksmiths
theme and offers detailed information Association of Australasia Ltd on
on a wide variety of attractions that 1800 810 698 or Spinal Cord Injuries
are great fun for kids and families. They Australia on 02 9661 8855 (1800 819
range from enjoying Sydney’s wonder ful 775 outside Sydney) or visit <www.
beaches to seeing per formances scia.org.au> for information on how to
especially for kids at the Sydney Opera obtain one.
House to looking at the stars through a I also include practical tips that I
telescope. picked up when my kids and I went
To make it easier to find the venues to each place. The age range for
near you, I have divided Sydney into most venues is given too, based on
five areas – City, East, North and staff recommendations and our own

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 experiences. Of course, children’s that allows you to create your own
interests vary considerably, and itinerary using public transport to get
you are the best judge of what is to a venue. Sydney Buses produces
appropriate for your child. Some of the four Region Guides of its services. Pick
information is summarised by icons them up at Transit shops or view them
under the venue names; please see the at <www.sydneybuses.info>. All Sydney
key on page xii. CBD buses are PrePay on weekdays,
7 am–7 pm, as are some suburban
routes/stops. Check the website
Public transport for more information. Sydney Ferries
around Sydney has a ‘Guide to Sydney’ brochure,
which includes a map of the ferry
Many of the venues can be reached by
services network and information
public transport, and I have listed the
about the attractions and walks at
most convenient bus, train and ferry
each destination. It is available at the
routes for each one. When travelling
wharves at Circular Quay and online at
with your family on any form of public
<www.sydneyferries.info>.
transport in Sydney, you only pay for
Some venues are serviced by
the first child – all the rest are free!
private tour companies, and include
Other deals are the DayTripper, which
transport in the admission cost. The
allows you to travel all day on Sydney
venues can give you the most up-
Ferries, Sydney Buses (not Explorer
to-date information about times and
Buses) and CityRail trains. It costs $17
prices.
for adults and $8.60 for the first child.
Every Sunday you can take advantage
of Family Funday Sunday, a flat fare Up to the minute
of $2.50 each (when at least one The information for each entry is up-
adult and one child related by family to-date as the book goes to press.
travel together) for unlimited travel However, like most things, it can
on Sydney’s buses, trains and ferries. change: venues can close, new ones
There is also a free shuttle bus around may have opened which won’t be
the CBD, from Circular Quay to Central included, and admission prices can
Station via George and Elizabeth rise. Wherever possible, telephone
Streets, which runs 9.30 am–3.30 pm numbers are given so that you can
on weekdays (until 9 pm on Thursdays) phone venues in advance to check the
and 9.30 am–6 pm on weekends. details. Web addresses have also been
For timetable and route selection included when available, allowing you
information, phone the Transport to check the websites for information
Infoline on 131 500 (6 am–10 pm) or about venues, attractions and festivals.
visit their website: <www.131500.com. If you are not connected to the
au>. The website has a trip planner Internet at home, many local libraries

Introduction vii

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 have computers for the public to use.
More specific information, like the
To find out more
school-holiday activities that different As well as the Sydney Visitor Centres
museums have on offer, can be found in The Rocks and at Darling Harbour
at my website <www.sydneyforkids. (see chapter 1), there are many other
com.au> in the ‘Family Fun this visitor information centres across
Fortnight’ pages. Greater Sydney. These are to be found
Sydney has so much to offer both in the suburbs, for example at
children that I haven’t been able to Manly (see chapter 1), and further
list everything, but generally this is afield, such as in the Hawkesbury
due to space constraints in the book Valley. They can provide information
and shouldn’t be taken as a reflection about attractions, accommodation,
on the venue or the attraction. If you restaurants and events. To find them
find a venue that isn’t in this book and and even more that Sydney offers, visit
you think it should be, or information the ‘Greater Sydney Tourism’ page at
that has changed, I would like to know <www.discovergreatersydney.com.au>.
about it for the next edition. Please
email me: <[email protected].
au>.

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 Useful phone numbers
and web services
Name Description Phone/web
Ambulance, (24 hours) In the case of a life- 000
Fire Brigade threatening emergency
or Police
Text call emergency (24 hours) Access to emergency 106
services for people who use a
teletypewriter (TTY) or a computer
with modem to access the
telecommunications network
Australian Provides information, telephone 1800 686 2686/
Breastfeeding counselling and referral to local 1800 mum2mum,
Association help line support groups (daily). Other <www.breastfeeding.
ABA services include a library asn.au>
and the sale or hire of a range of
breastfeeding products, including
breast pumps.
Chemist emergency For your nearest pharmacy open out 1300 882 294
prescription referral of business hours (but not many are
ser vice open 24 hours)
Child care and Provides comprehensive details 8594 4244,
family info line about all NSW children’s services; 1800 803 820 (country
information on early childhood areas)
development, health and childcare
quality issues, support groups and
resource organisations (9 am–5 pm
weekdays). A telephone interpreter
service is available.
Dial-a-mum A confidential telephone support 9477 6777
service for anyone who just needs to <www.dial-a-mum.org.au>
talk to a mum. Sometimes it helps to
talk things over. (8 am–11 pm daily)

ix

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 Name Description Phone/web
DOCS helpline To report suspected child abuse and 132 111
neglect from anywhere in NSW <www.community.nsw.gov.
(24 hours) au>
Doctors See ‘Doctors – Medical Practitioners’ in <www.yellowpages.com.au>
the Yellow Pages directory
Early childhood To access contact details about local 1300 65 68 65
inter vention info line early childhood intervention services
for children aged 0–6 years (9 am–5 pm
weekdays)
Emergency dental Operated by three private dentists who 9369 7050
after-hours ser vice are available after hours
Family care medical Offer an after-hours house call service 1300 883 698
ser vices for urgent illnesses in northern and <www.familycare.com.au>
western Sydney by subscribing GPs
(6 pm–8 am weekdays, 12 noon
Saturday–8 am Monday, 24 hours
public holidays)
Healthdirect Australia Registered nurses provide advice or 1800 022 222
information on health matters (24
hours).
Infoline For CityRail, Sydney Buses and Sydney 131 500
Ferries (6 am–10 pm) <www.131500.com.au>
Karitane care line Registered nurses with child and family 9794 2350,
health qualifications provide advice 1300 227 464
about children 0–5 years (24 hours (1300 caring)
Monday–Thursday, 9 am–9 pm Friday–
Sunday)
Kids Helpline Phone, email and web counselling 1800 55 1800
service for 5–25-years-olds by <www.kidshelpline.com.au>
professional counsellors (24 hours)
Lone Parent Family Free counselling by phone or in person 9251 5622
Support Ser vice for single parents with dependent
children (Tuesday–Friday 10.30 am–
4 pm). Other services include groups,
court support, dealing with government
agencies and outings.
Mensline Australia Telephone counselling support, 1300 78 99 78
information and referrals for men with
family and relationship issues. This
service is available 24/7 for the cost
of a local call.

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 Name Description Phone/web
The National Public This website allows you to find the <www.toiletmap.gov.au>
Toilet Map nearest toilet to any address or point
of interest. The trip planner finds toilet
stops along a journey.
NRMA Motoring 24-hour emergency breakdown 13 11 11
and Ser vices assistance for NRMA members; fees
apply for non-members. Each day, the
NRMA rescues more than four children
who have been accidentally locked
inside cars.
Parent Line Counselling, information and referral 1300 1300 52
service for parents of children aged
0–18 years, provided by professional
counsellors (24 hours)
Poisons Information 24 hours 13 11 26
Centre
Public Hospitals See ‘Public Hospitals & Locations’ in <www.whitepages.com.au>
the front of the White Pages directory
Tresillian 24-hour Registered child and family health 9787 0855,
parents help line nurses provide parenting advice to 1800 637 357
families with children aged up to 5 (outside Sydney
years. Metropolitan area)
Messenger Mums An online advice service from Tresillian <www.ninemsn.com.au/
using Messenger technology messengermums>

Other 24-hour emergency numbers and community services are listed in the
‘Numbers You Need’ section in the front of the White Pages directory.

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Key to icons
Animals

Bike path

Bushland/Garden/Park

Hands-on activities/Organised activities

Little walk for little legs

Playground

Display/Show/Presentation

Stroller-friendly walk

Cheapie

Free Freebie

Wheelchair-accessible venue

Venue is partly wheelchair-accessible

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 1
Three symbols of Sydney

Sydney Cove, Darling Harbour and exhibitions of the Australian National

Manly have lots to offer families, Maritime Museum and the Powerhouse
including many ‘cheapies’ and Museum. You can even venture under
‘freebies’. At Sydney Cove, you can the water to see aquatic life at the
visit the historic Rocks area and the Sydney Aquarium.
spectacular Sydney Opera House, At Manly, Aussie beach culture
where children can enjoy live theatre abounds at both sur f and sheltered
and music created especially for them. beaches, and there are terrific walks
The view of Port Jackson (Sydney and views.
Harbour), either from a ferry on the Visitors staying in the city will
water or from the Sydney Harbour be able to reach most of these
Bridge, is not to be missed. destinations by public transport or on
Darling Harbour has over 15 foot.
attractions, from street theatre to the

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 Sydney Cove
On the eastern shore of Sydney booklet produced by the SOH every two
Cove, situated on Bennelong Point, months. On most fine Sundays there is
is the Sydney Opera House. On the an arts and crafts market from 9 am to
western shore is The Rocks, the site 5 pm on the Forecourt.
of the earliest European settlement The SOH runs an annual Kids at
(established by Captain Arthur Phillip the House program for schools and
in 1788). And between these shores families. The family per formances
churn the waters of Sydney’s main are on weekdays and weekends, and
ferry port, Circular Quay. during school holidays. Included are
theatre, proms for babies and primary-
school-age kids, dance events and
Sydney Opera House
visual arts. A separate Kids at the
House brochure, which contains all this
information, is produced each year.
Bennelong Pt, Sydney
Tours can be booked at the Guided
<www.sydneyoperahouse.com>
Tours Desk in the Box Office Foyer,
information 9250 7111
or online. The Essential Tour takes
box office 9250 7777
about one hour and is conducted
guided tours 9250 7250
every 30 minutes from 9 am to 5 pm,
kids’ performances from $18 per
except on Good Friday and December
person
25. The tour includes audiovisual
essential tour adult $35,
presentations and you’ll visit at least
concession $24.50, family
one of the per formance venues. The
(2 adults/2 children) $90;
Backstage Tour is not suitable for
cheaper online and for the 9 am and
children under 13.
9.30 am tours
Some of the companies that
ages 2 and up for the kids’
per form at the SOH have family-friendly
per formances, 8 and up for the
events. Friends of the Australian Ballet
essential tour
(NSW) has educational per formances,
The Sydney Opera House (SOH) stages talks, a regular newsletter and
per formances of opera, ballet, music, discounted admission to dress
dance and theatre. The location offers rehearsals, phone 9252 7322 or
magnificent views of Sydney Harbour visit <www.fab.org.au>. The Sydney
by day and night. The building itself Symphony Saturday afternoon concert
is an architectural masterpiece. series may appeal to families with older
Information about the SOH and what is children; phone 8215 4600 or visit
playing can be found in What’s On, a <www.sydneysymphony.com>.

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 TUCKER There are four restaurants the flat rate fee is $15.
at the SOH. Two are appropriate for bus The nearest stop to the SOH
families. The Sidewalk Café on the is Circular Quay, 500 m away with
Lower Concourse serves sandwiches covered access, where many regular
and light meals and is open daily from bus routes stop. There is a courtesy
8 am until late. The Bistro Mozart, in shuttle bus from Circular Quay for
the box office foyer, opens two hours elderly and less mobile patrons. The
before a per formance in the concert SOH is stop 2 on the Sydney Explorer
hall or opera theatre (not for ‘Kids at bus route; Circular Quay is stop 1 on
the House’ events), except on Sundays the Bondi Explorer bus route.
and public holidays. The bistro is train at Circular Quay station
cafeteria style, with main meals from ferry at Circular Quay ferr y terminal
$18. In the theatre foyers you can buy taxi passengers are taken to the
sandwiches, snacks and drinks one Concourse, pick up at Macquarie St or
hour before an evening per formance Circular Quay
and during intervals.
TOILETS are in the foyers and on
the Lower Concourse. Wheelchair -K-
accessible toilets are on the Lower
Concourse, in the box office foyer and
Around Circular Quay
in the western foyers, all with baby
Cahill Walk
change facilities. Mothers can ask
a staff member to take them to the Free
occupational health and safety room to Cahill Expressway, The Rocks
nurse infants. ages All ages
getting there
car Gregor y’s map 2 C8 This 1 km walk is beside the Cahill
Sydway map 24 M12 Expressway, from the Harbour Bridge
UBD map 1 N8 stairs in Cumberland St to the Royal
parking Sydney Opera House Car Botanic Gardens. There is another set
Park is open 6.30 am–1 am daily; of stairs further south on Cumberland
enter from Macquarie St. A discount St and lift access near Whar f 2 at
parking rate of $14 for 3 hours applies Circular Quay. There is a terrific view
to ‘Kids at the House’ patrons; present across Circular Quay to the Harbour
your ticket stub at the parking station. Bridge and Sydney Opera House, and to
Night rates are $32 and weekday rates the city in the other direction.
are $9 per hour up to a maximum of
$45 (or $15 per day if you enter before
10 am and leave between 3 pm and
7 pm). During the day on weekends,

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 under glass so that you can walk over
Circular Quay
it. There is a changing TV/multimedia
Free wall and interpretive panels describe
the history of the building. The
Alfred St, Sydney
Customs House Library is open to the
ages All ages
public and has a section for children
The Quay is the hub of harbour traffic, on level 1, where activities for babies
with ferries and cruise boats docking and children up to 14 years of age are
at its wharves. A paved walkway skirts available on some weekdays and in
the water front for most of the 2 km some school holidays.
from the Opera House to the Harbour
TUCKER Café and restaurant on site, or
Bridge. Along this walk, children can
cross the road to Circular Quay
be entertained by buskers or run
TOILETS with wheelchair access and
around on the grass at First Fleet Park
baby change facilities
on the western side of Circular Quay.

TUCKER Many eateries, ranging

Justice and Police
from takeaway outlets and cafés to
Museum
restaurants
TOILETS at each end of the station
building (opposite whar ves 3 and 6).
Cnr Phillip and Albert Sts, Circular
There is a baby change table in the
Quay
female toilet on the western side
<www.hht.net.au>
(near whar f 6).
9252 1144
weekdays 10 am–5 pm in Januar y and
Customs House school holidays
weekends 10 am–5 pm
Free
closed Good Friday and December 25
31 Alfred St, Circular Quay admission adult $8, child/concession
<www.sydneycustomshouse.com.au> $4, family $17, also see the HHT
<www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/library> entr y in chapter 2
9242 8551 ages 5 and up
weekdays 8 am–7 pm
saturday 10 am–4 pm
Overlooking Circular Quay, the Justice
sunday 12 noon–4 pm
and Police Museum occupies a
ages All ages
complex of three buildings – the former
Water Police Station (1858), Police
A 1:500 scale model of the Sydney Court (1886) and Water Police Court
CBD is set below floor level in the (1856 – mostly used for functions).
central atrium of the ground floor, Exhibitions are about law, policing

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 and crime in New South Wales and Art Baby tours are for parents/carers
topics include bushrangers, forensic with babies, conducted monthly;
science and Tess, the first police dog, please contact MCA Education to join
who started duties in 1932. Charge the email list as these book out very
the kids in the recreated police quickly.
station, take them to court in the old
TUCKER The MCA Café overlooks
magistrate’s courtroom, complete with
Circular Quay; phone 9241 4253 to
dock, then ‘lock’ them in a real police
book. There are other eateries nearby
cell.
at Circular Quay and in The Rocks.
TUCKER at nearby Circular Quay TOILETS located on level 1; wheelchair
TOILETS near the temporar y exhibits access and a parents’ room
rooms; wheelchair access and baby
change facilities
Museum of Sydney

Museum of
Contemporary Art Cnr Bridge and Phillip Sts, Sydney
9251 5988
Free
<www.hht.net.au>
Circular Quay West, The Rocks daily 9.30 am–5 pm
9245 2484 M–F 9 am–5 pm closed Good Friday and December 25
<www.mca.com.au> admission adult $10, child/
daily 10 am–5 pm concession $5, family $20, also see
general admission free; some the HHT entry in chapter 2
exhibitions have a fee ages 5 and up
annual membership adult $75,
The Museum stands on the site of
concession $50; includes admission to
the first Government House, built by
all exhibitions and reduced prices for
Governor Phillip in 1788. Sections
activities
of the foundations are displayed, as
free tours twice daily
are some of the items unearthed by
ages 5 and up
archaeologists in the 1980s. The
On display are contemporary displays reflect Sydney from past to
international and Australian present and include exhibitions about
exhibitions, which change regularly. the traditional custodians of the land,
There are worksheets and other the Cadigal people, the colony of
resources, family programs, Sydney and Sydney as it is today. There
‘generationext’ for teens, and school are replicas of the First Fleet ships
holiday workshops for children aged 5 and the Visitor Centre has archives
and up, relating to current exhibitions. and other information on computer.

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 The Focus Gallery houses changing in Sydney, you only pay for the first
exhibitions and the AGL Theatre child – all the rest are free! Inner
shows short films continuously. Two harbour destinations include Watsons
photographic panoramas on level 3 Bay, Darling Harbour/Pyrmont,
allow you to directly compare Sydney’s Cremorne and Taronga Zoo. Combined
landscape in 1864 with that in 2008. tickets include:
• ZooPass: adult $48, pensioner/
TUCKER The MOS Café is open daily. senior/student $30.50, child
TOILETS on level 1; wheelchair $23.50, family (2 adults/2 children)
access and a parents’ room $134; includes admission to Taronga
Zoo
• Wild Australia Pass: adult $55, child
-K- $28, family (2 adults/2 children)
Ferries and cruises $128; includes return ferry from
Circular Quay plus admission to both
on Sydney Harbour Sydney Aquarium and Sydney Wildlife
All ages, shorter cruises suit World
younger children • Aquarium Pass: adult $33, child $17,
family (2 adults/2 children) $81
Cruises depart from wharves around As well as the regular ferry service to
Circular Quay, Darling Harbour and The Manly, the Manly Fast Ferry is privately
Rocks. They are presented together operated and costs $8.20 one way:
here to make comparing them easier. <www.manlyfastferry.com.au>.
With a DayTripper you can travel all
Sydney Ferries day on Sydney Ferries, Sydney Buses
Depart from Circular Quay (not Explorer Buses) and CityRail
transport infoline 131 500
trains. It costs $17 for adults and
<www.131500.info> $8.60 for the first child. Every Sunday,
<www.sydneyferries.info> you can take advantage of Family
one-way fares Inner harbour: adult
Funday Sunday, a flat fare of $2.50
$5.20, first child $2.60, each (when at least one adult and one
Manly: adult $6.40, first child $3.20 child related by family travel together)
ages All ages
for unlimited travel on Sydney’s buses,
trains and ferries.
Sydney Ferries offers nine routes. You The ‘Guide to Sydney Ferries’ map
can have fun just taking a ferry trip (also available online) has information
around the harbour, catching the ferry about all Sydney Ferries routes, and
to the city for a day out or taking a attractions and walks accessible by
ferry to an attraction. When travelling ferry.
with your family on any public transport

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 -K- Shark Island
Matilda Cruises’ ferry departs from
Trips to Sydney Pier 26, Aquarium Whar f, Darling
Harbour and Jetty 6, Circular Quay
Harbour islands <www.matilda.com.au>
9264 7377
Cockatoo Island
return fares adult/concession $17,
child $15
departure times Seven daily
Sydney Ferries depart from whar f 5,
departures between 9.30 am
Circular Quay and some from King St
and 4.15 pm
whar f, Darling Harbour
ages All ages
information 8969 2100
camping 8898 9774 Enjoy the magnificent views of the
<www.cockatooisland.gov.au> Harbour, laze in the shade or go for
return fares adult $10.40, child a paddle. There are picnic areas and
$5.20 toilets, no BBQs, BYO everything.
departure times From 8 am, roughly
one service per hour
Sydney Harbour National
island entry Free
Park Information Centre
ages All ages

Cockatoo Island has served as

a convict prison, a dockyard, an Cadman’s Cottage, 110 George Street,
industrial school for girls and a The Rocks
shipbuilding facility. There are <www.environment.nsw.gov.au/
reminders of many of these uses to NationalParks>
see. Explore the Lower Island, Plateau 9247 5033
and tunnels, including the soundscape weekdays 9.30 am–4.30 pm
set in 1942. You can go on a self- weekends/public hols
guided tour, do the kids’ treasure trail 10 am–4.30 pm
tour or take the audio tour ($5; takes ages 5 years and up (accompanied by
about 90 minutes). All are available at an adult)
the Muster Station Visitor Centre on
arrival. Camping is also available and The National Parks and Wildlife Service
you can hire a tent or BYO. (NPWS) run trips to the islands and
on the headlands in Sydney Harbour.
During school holidays, there are tours
especially for kids (bookings essential):

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 • In ‘Convicts, Cannons and Critters’ selected days
($15), get marooned on ‘Pinchgut’ fares $33 per person
Island (Fort Denison). The children ages 2–10
are transported back in time where
This is a two-and-a-half-hour cruise
they meet a thief who has stolen a
with entertainment for kids and
loaf of bread – and is now Bound for
party snacks. Parties and groups are
Botany Bay.
welcome.
• ‘Military Madness on Bare Island
Fort’ ($7.70) includes re-enacted
cannon firing and a blockbuster quiz. Family Pirate Cruise
• Discover ‘Bugs, Beetles and
Minibeasts’ ($8) in trees, streams
and under foot in venues including Departs from Campbells Cove,
Kamay/Botany Bay National Park, The Rocks
Dobroyd Head and Sydney Harbour <www.sydneytallships.com.au>
National Park. 1300 664 410
Other trips include daily tours of Fort wednesday 10.45 am (school holidays
Denison (adult $27, concession $22, only)
child $17) and tours of Middle Head on sunday 10.45 am
the fourth Sunday of the month (adult fares adult $79, child (5–15 years)
$13.20, concession $9.90, family $39, family (2 adults/2 children)
$36.30). $197
ages 5 and up would enjoy this the
most, but all ages are welcome
-K-
Explore the Harbour aboard the
Cruises especially beautiful wooden sailing ship Southern

for families Swan and get up to pirate shenanigans

along the way. The Pirate Captain will
get the young pirates hoisting the
Disco Extravaganza sails, drawing with chalk on the decks,
Cruise ‘frightening’ passing boats, searching
for treasure and scrubbing the decks.
The cruise starts at 11 am and runs for
Departs from Pyrmont Bay Whar f 2 hours, including a BBQ lunch. Pirate
(north of the Australian National attire is encouraged, including for
Maritime Museum), Darling Harbour adults. This cruise is great fun for kids
<www.rhythmboat.com.au> and a pleasure for adults.
9879 3942
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 -K- Magistic Cruises
Depart from Jetty 6, Circular Quay
Cruises suitable <www.magisticcruises.com.au>
8296 7222
for families 1-hour cruise adult $33, child $18,
family (2 adults/2 children) $80
Captain Cook Cruises ages All ages
Depart from Jetty 6, Circular Quay and
Pier 26, Darling Harbour Magistic have a one-hour sightseeing
<www.captaincook.com.au> cruise, with six departures daily on the
9206 1111 hour from 10 am–4 pm (not 2 pm; in
harbour highlights adult $29, winter, only 10.30 am, 3 pm and
concession $25, child $15, family 4 pm). Lunch and dinner cruises are
(2 adults/2 children) $59 also available.
harbour express adult $35,
concession $32, child $19, family Matilda Cruises
(2 adults/2 children) $75 Depart from Pier 26, Aquarium Whar f,
ages All ages Darling Harbour and Jetty 6, Circular
Quay
The Harbour Highlights Cruise departs
<www.matilda.com.au>
five times between 9.30 am and 4.30
9264 7377
pm. The cruise lasts 1 hour 15 minutes
harbour express (full loop) adult
and takes you past the Harbour’s major
$35, concession $32, child $19 and
attractions, accompanied by a full
family (2 adults/2 children) $75
commentary.
city loop (one-way) from $6 per adult,
The Harbour Express from Circular
$3 concession/child and $15 family
Quay visits Fort Denison, Shark Island,
(2 adults/2 children)
Watsons Bay, Taronga Zoo, Luna
ages All ages
Park and Darling Harbour. You may
disembark at each of these if you wish, The Matilda Harbour Express is a
but there are entry fees to pay when one-hour cruise to Darling Harbour,
you land at Fort Denison and Shark Circular Quay, Luna Park, Shark Island
Island. The round trip takes one hour (additional cost), Watson’s Bay and
and there are nine or more departures Taronga Zoo. The ticket is valid all day
between 9.30 am and 4.15 pm. and you can get off at each stop. There
BYO food or purchase it from the are departures every 45 minutes. You
fully licensed bar on board. Also on can purchase a combined ticket with
offer are coffee, lunch and dinner entry to Taronga Zoo, Sydney Aquarium
cruises; a Zoo Express service; and and Sydney Wildlife World.
whale watching in winter. For the Matilda Shark Island Ferry,

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 see ‘Trips to Sydney Harbour Islands’ adult $30, senior $20, child $20
above. luna park shuttle (one-way) adult
The City Loop Ferry is a quick $15, child $10
transfer between Darling Harbour, Luna On all trips, kids under 5 free
Park and Circular Quay. ages All ages
Matilda Cruises also has a Zoo
Express service and whale watching in Zip and bump along with the wind in
winter. your hair in boats that look like yellow
taxis. Trips start at 9.30 am and run
into the evening. The shuttles take
Vagabond Cruises about 10 minutes, while the Big Tour
goes for 50 minutes and takes you past
Fort Denison as far as Rushcutters
Depart from East Circular Quay
Bay. The Nightlights Cruise takes an
<www.vagabond.com.au>
hour and includes the city skyline.
9660 0388
Return shuttle trips are also available.
coffee cruise adult $30, concession
$25, child $20, family (2 adults/
2 children) $90 Yellow Water Taxis
ages All ages Depart from the eastern pontoon,
Circular Quay and King St Whar f,
The Cruise & Coffee goes for 90 Darling Harbour
minutes and departs three times daily.
<www.yellowwatertaxis.com>
Drinks and cake are included. There
1300 138 840
are also the Lunch Cruise (including
mini tour adult $15, senior $12.50,
seafood and carvery) and the BBQ
child $10; family $40
Cruise.
harbour highlights adult $40, senior
$30, child $20; family $100
Darling Harbour ages All ages
Water Taxis
Depart from Harbourside Jetty and These boats also look like yellow
Cockle Bay Whar f, Darling Harbour taxis and can pick up and drop off
<www.watertaxis.net.au> at any destination. You can also do a
9211 7730 15-minute Mini Tour between Darling
opera house shuttle (one-way) Harbour and the Sydney Opera House
adult $15, child $10 and a 45-minute Harbour Highlights
sydney harbour big tour adult $30, Tour with ‘Hop on–Hop off’ options
senior $20, child $20 at Darling Harbour or Sydney Opera
taronga zoo cruise adult $20, House. Combination tickets are
child $15 available for Luna Park, Sydney
nightlights cruise (summer only) Aquarium and Taronga Zoo.

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 Daily departures, not all adventures
-K- operate every day; bookings
Jet boating essential
jet blast adventure (35 minutes)
adult $65, child $45, family
(2 adults/2 children) $198
Jet boating is a thrilling experience
sydney harbour adventure
with exhilarating speed and sudden
(50 minutes) adult $80, child $55,
spins. Six different companies offer
family $243
jet boat trips on Sydney Harbour. Most
middle harbour adventure
have a minimum height requirement
(1 hour 20 mins) adult $95, child
of 130 cm (the average height of an
8-year-old) and all provide weatherproof (over 12 years) $70, family $297
ages Children under 12 must be
gear. Jet Cruiser takes kids from
2 years old and Thunder Jet has a accompanied by an adult
minimum height of 110cm. You’ll need
Combined tickets are available with
to sign a permission form, with a
other attractions such as Sydney
parent or guardian signing for children.
Aquarium and Sydney Tower.
Bookings are recommended – the boats
operate subject to demand.
Jet Cruiser
Depart from the eastern pontoon,
Down Under Jet
Circular Quay and Pier 26, Darling
Depart from Harbour Master Steps,
Harbour
western side of Circular Quay
<www.jetcruiser.com.au>
1300 JET RIDE (538 743)
9807 1999
<www.downunderjet.com.au>
bookings Essential as departure times
daily October 1–March 31, school and
vary
public holidays
fares adult $44, child $25, family $99
friday–sunday April 1–September 30
(2 adults/2 children)
need for speed (35 minutes) adult
ages 2 and up
$60, child $40, family (2 adults/
2 children) $170 This vessel is really big and takes
sydney harbour rush (20 minutes)
kids from as young as two. You start
adult $45, child $30
cruising east on the harbour at a
leisurely pace with commentary for 20
Harbour Jet Adventures minutes. Then journey to the Heads and
Depart from Convention Centre Jetty, back to Circular Quay at speed, with
Darling Harbour fast turns but not the tight spins of the
<www.harbourjet.com> other jet boats. Children younger than
1300 887 373 6 years will have trouble seeing over

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 the side of the vessel. Whale-watching extreme adrenalin rush
cruises are available in winter. (45 minutes) adult $79, child $55,
family $235

Oz Jet Boating Package deals with Luna Park, Taronga

Depart from eastern pontoon, Circular Zoo, Sydney Tower Sky Walk, Sydney
Quay Aquarium, Sydney Opera House and
<www.ozjetboating.com> Sydney Wildlife World available.
9808 3700
bookings essential
daily on the hour 11 am–sunset -K-
(10 am in summer; not December 25)
thrill ride (30 minutes) adult $60,
Bus tours
child $40, family (2 adults/ around Sydney
2 children) $170

Private charters are also available. City Sightseeing Bus

<www.city-sightseeing.com>
9567 8400
Sydney Jet
fares adult $35, child (5–15) $20,
Depart from Cockle Bay Whar f, Darling
student $30, senior $25, family
Harbour
(2 adults/4 children) $80; 48-hour
<www.sydneyjet.com.au>
ticket also available
9807 4333
ages All ages
daily from 11 am until sunset
(not December 25) This tour is in an open top double-
jet thrill (45 minutes) adult $75, decker bus. It takes 90 minutes
child $50, family (2 adults/ without stopping, departing from
2 children) $200 Central Station. Stops include The
Rocks and Kings Cross. You can also
go on a second tour to Bondi. There are
Thunder Jet
a total of 30 stops in both tours and
Depart from the eastern pontoon,
you can hop on and off wherever you
Circular Quay
please.
<www.thunderjetboat.com.au>
1300 138 840
bookings essential Explorer Buses
daily from 11.30 am (10.30 am in and Sydney Pass
summer)
thunder twist
(30 minutes) adult $60, child $40, <www.sydneypass.info>
family (2 adults/2 children) $165 131 500

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 fares adult $39, child $19, Both Explorer bus trips have a
family $97 commentary and take about two hours
2-day combined ticket adult $70, if you don’t get off; your ticket allows
child $35, family $175 you to also travel on the other colour
sydney pass (3 days) adult $115, Explorer bus and the blue-and-white
child $57, family $285 Sydney Buses within the area of your
ages All ages tour.
A Sydney Pass gives you unlimited
The red Sydney Explorer bus offers travel on both Explorer buses, plus
unlimited travel around its city route. Sydney Ferries, Sydney Buses, CityRail
You can get on and off at any one of 27 trains and the Airport Link. Three-, five-
stops, including Sydney Opera House, and seven-day passes are available, all
Mrs Macquarie’s Chair, Kings Cross, of which are valid over eight calendar
Woolloomooloo Bay, Queen Victoria days, with the Airport Link component
Building, Sydney Fish Market, Sydney valid for two months.
Aquarium and The Rocks. The bus
starts at Circular Quay at 8.40 am
and departs approximately every 20
Getting to
minutes, with the last departure at Circular Quay
around 5.20 pm. car Gregory’s map B D7
The blue Bondi Explorer bus is Sydway map 24 K14
wheelchair accessible and offers UBD map D J17
unlimited travel around the Eastern parking car parks at the Sydney
suburbs. You can get on and off at Opera House (see above) and The
any one of 19 stops, including Kings Rocks (see below), and ticketed street
Cross, Watsons Bay, Bondi Beach, parking
Bronte Beach, Entertainment Quarter bus Many ser vices stop at Circular
and Martin Place. The bus starts at Quay.
Circular Quay at 8.45 am and departs train at Circular Quay station
approximately every 30 minutes, with ferry terminus for Sydney Ferries and
the last departure at around 4.15 pm. private ferr y companies

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 The Rocks
The Rocks area is alive with history This visitor centre is one of the
and character. Cadman’s Cottage, places where you can buy the See
for example, built in 1816, is one of Sydney & Beyond Smartvisit Card.
Australia’s oldest surviving buildings. This card gives you free admission to
Others date from the 1820s through many of Sydney’s attractions, including
to recent times. The narrow lanes the Powerhouse Museum, Hyde Park
and passageways that criss-cross Barracks Museum, Sydney Aquarium,
The Rocks hint at its ramshackle Sydney Tower and OzTrek, Sydney Jet,
expansion as the port grew. But these Taronga Zoo and many more. There are
very features – steep paths and steps one-, two-, three- and seven-day cards
– make it hard going for littlies and available, with prices starting at adults
strollers. A good place to start is the $75, child (4–15 years) $55 for the
Sydney Visitor Centre. one-day card; seven-day card: adults
$225 (with transport $295), child (4–
15 years) $160 (with transport $199).
Sydney Visitor Centre
Visit <www.seesydneycard.com> for
Free more information.
Level 1, Cnr Argyle and Playfair
Streets, The Rocks
Cruises and island
<www.sydneyvisitorcentre.com>
tours departing from
<www.therocks.com>
The Rocks
9240 8788
see ‘Ferries and Cruises on Sydney
daily 9.30 am–5.30 pm
Harbour’, page 6
closed Good Friday and December 25

There is a wealth of tourist BridgeClimb Sydney

information to be found here. Pick
up free information brochures and
tourist guides, a map of Sydney 5 Cumberland St, The Rocks
city’s attractions or the free booklet 8274 7777
The Rocks Experience, produced <www.bridgeclimb.com>
seasonally. Also available are a number bookings essential
of self-guided historical walking tour daily from around 8 am (earlier for
brochures, including ‘Colony’, which exclusive dawn climbs on the first
tours The Rocks. You can also make Saturday of each month)
bookings for accommodation, day closed December 30–31
tours, cruises and more and there is a cost adult $179, child (10–16 years)
wide range of merchandise for sale. $109 for weekday night climbs. It

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 costs more for day climbs, weekend
Pylon Lookout, Sydney
climbs and twilight climbs; peak
Harbour Bridge
rates apply December 26–January 8.
ages 10 and up, minimum height
1.2 m (children 10–15 years must be
Pedestrian walkway on the east side of
accompanied by an adult)
the Sydney Harbour Bridge
This amazing experience takes three- <www.pylonlookout.com.au>
and-a-half hours, which includes your 9240 1100
preparation and the actual climb. daily 10 am–5 pm

Preparation is thorough and aims closed December 25

to teach participants how to use cost adult $9.50, senior $6.50, child

their equipment and help them feel (8–12 years) $4, under 8s free
comfortable on the climb. There are ages All ages for the walkway, 5 and
two climbs to choose from. On the up for the steps to the lookout
Bridge Climb, you walk on catwalks
Access from the Argyle Cut in Argyle
to the arch, climb ladders and then
St is via 67 steps up to Cumberland
walk on the upper span of the arch to
St and then 69 more steps up to the
the summit, 134 metres above Sydney
walkway. From the North Shore, access
Harbour. On the Discovery Climb, you
to the Bridge walkway is via steps near
traverse a similar distance but walk on
Milsons Point railway station. There
the inside of the bridge to the summit.
are a further 202 steps inside the
One complimentary group photograph
pylon, from the walkway to the lookout.
is included (additional photos cost
There is no wheelchair access.
extra). You need to wear enclosed
The walkway is 1 km in length,
rubber-soled shoes and will be given a
always open, and free. The view is
BridgeSuit, BridgeHarness, BridgeLamp
spectacular, but is even more so from
(at night) and communication
the Pylon Lookout, which is about
equipment to wear. You will be linked
87 m above sea level. Inside the Pylon
to a static line throughout the climb.
there are information presentations
All bags, cameras and loose articles
on three levels. The first is about the
must be left in a secure locker, except
construction of the Bridge, including
sunglasses and glasses, which are
an 8-minute video. The second is about
securely attached to you for the climb.
the effort that went into building the
The climb continues regardless of
Bridge, and the opening day, including
weather, except in electrical storms.
a replica of the scissors used to open
TUCKER Café near reception; no food the Bridge. On the lookout level there
allowed on the bridge are facts about the Bridge, such as
TOILETS near reception; none on the how many rivets were used to make it
bridge (6 million!). The lookout has step-ups

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 to help you see and a directional finder children. In some school holidays,
that points out landmarks. activities are organised by the Historic
Houses Trust (see chapter 2).
TUCKER BYO. There is a drinking
fountain between levels 1 and 2. TUCKER The shop sells lollies and old
TOILETS located on the second level; fashioned fare in keeping with the era.
no baby change table. TOILETS Your guide can direct you –
it’s down steps in a backyard.

Susannah Place Museum

Sydney Observatory
Free
58–64 Gloucester St, The Rocks
<www.hht.net.au> Watson Rd, Observatory Hill, The
9241 1893 Rocks
weekends 10 am–5 pm 9921 3485
daily Throughout January and in school <www.sydneyobservatory.com.au>
holidays daily 10 am–5 pm
closed December 25 and Good Friday closed December 25
admission adult $8, child/concession day admission free, but there is
$4, family $17, also see the HHT a cost for most school-holiday
entry in chapter 2 activities
tours depart on the hour, and half- 3-D show/telescope tour adult $7,
hourly when staffing allows; last child/concession $5, family $20
departure 4 pm night tour adult $15 ($13 for
ages 5 and up, but children 9 and over members), concession $12, children
will appreciate it most $10 ($8 for members), family $45
($34 for members). Tour is held
This is a working-class terrace built
regardless of the weather; starting
in 1844; it comprises a row of four
time varies throughout the year.
houses and a corner grocer’s shop. It
bookings essential for night tours,
survived the demolition associated with
workshops and some school-holiday
controlling the bubonic plague outbreak
activities
in 1900 and is now a house museum.
ages 5 and up
Rooms have been furnished as they
used to be, for example there is an This is Australia’s oldest existing
1840s parlour and bedroom, kitchens observatory, built in 1858. Exhibits
from the 1930s, 1950s and 1970s, and include ‘By the Light of the Southern
the shop dates from 1915. Admission Stars’, which is about Australian
is by tour only but the guides pitch astronomy past and present, and ‘Cadi
the tour at their audience and engage Eora Birrung: under the Sydney stars’,

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 which gives an Aboriginal perspective
The Rocks Discovery
on the southern sky.
Museum
Sydney’s most important timepiece
is found here – the historic time Free
ball, which drops every day at 1
2–8 Kendall Lane, The Rocks
pm. There is also a signal station
<www.rocksdiscoverymuseum.com>
with communication flags, plus
9240 8552
models of our solar system and
daily 10 am–5 pm
DVDs on astronomical topics and the
closed Good Friday and December 25
instruments used by past astronomers
ages All ages
and explorers. The 3-D Space Theatre
has shows daily, followed by a tour to The museum uses artifacts and
the telescopes and viewing (if weather interactive technology such as touch
permits). Night tours also visit the screens to present the history of The
3-D Space Theatre. In school holidays Rocks using the themes: Warrane
there are workshops and activities for (pre-1788), Colony (1788–1820), Port
children aged 4–16 and extra, earlier (1820–1900) and Transformations
night tours especially for children and (1900 to the present). Learn about
families (not in summer). the traditional owners, the early days
of European settlement, the thriving
TUCKER BYO
port years and the redevelopment and
TOILETS outside the Obser vator y;
consequent battle to save The Rocks in
wheelchair access and baby change
the 20th century.
table
In school holidays, moveable
GETTING THERE
exhibits from the Children’s Discovery
car Gregor y’s map A E5
Museum bring history to life with
Sydway map 23 H14
activities such as ‘Kids’ Dig’, a
UBD map C Q14
simulated archaeological dig, and ‘HMS
parking Limited ticketed parking in
Discovery’, a simulation of life aboard
Upper Fort St; the nearest parking
ship on the journey from Plymouth to
station is at Clock Tower Square (see
Sydney in 1792. These cost $11 per
page 19)
child.
bus Routes 339, 343 and 431–434
stop at Argyle Pl across from
Obser vator y Park. The closest Sydney
Explorer bus stop is at Sydney Visitor
Centre.
train Circular Quay station is 1 km
away. Wynyard station is 1.5 km away.
ferry Disembark at Circular Quay.

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 -K- Sticky – The Rocks
Candy Kitchen
Shopping in The Rocks Free
The Rocks has numerous clothing,
Shop 10, The Rocks Centre, The Rocks
souvenir and gift shops. Those that are
(you can also enter from Kendall
particularly interesting for children and
Lane)
families are described below.
<www.sticky.com.au>
9252 3337
The Puppet Shop daily 9.30 am–6 pm
at The Rocks ages All ages
77 George St, The Rocks
<www.thepuppetshop.com> Watch how traditional handcrafted
9247 9137 sweets of different colours are made
daily 10 am–5 pm – some even have pictures or writing
ages All ages inside. You can sample some too.
There is another Sticky shop at Bondi
You will find puppets, marionettes and Junction.
wooden toys for sale in this cave-like
shop. Some come from overseas and
some are made in the shop. There are
Toilet locations
also wooden objects and carvings such around The Rocks
as frames, animals, wind chimes and
• in The Rocks Centre, with wheelchair
babushka dolls.
access and baby change facilities
• in Clocktower Square, corner of
The Rocks Market Argyle and Harrington Sts, with
wheelchair access
Free
• down a passageway off Kendall Lane
Top end of George St near The Rocks Discovery Museum
weekends 10 am–5 pm • in the Well courtyard off the Suez
ages All ages Canal; the women’s toilet has
wheelchair access
Over 150 stalls supplying toys, arts
• at the top of George St under the
and crafts, homewares and jewellery.
Harbour Bridge approach
The markets also run on Friday
evenings in November to March and
there are free per formances during Getting to The Rocks
these ‘Markets by Moonlight’. car Gregory’s map A K2
Sydway map 24 J13
UBD map D E12

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 parking ticketed street parking; Place and Circular Quay. Millers Point
on Circular Quay West and at 5 buses, routes 339, 343 and 432–434,
Hickson Rd when there is no cruise travel through The Rocks. The Sydney
ship docked. Parking stations: the Explorer stops at Argyle Cut/Sydney
Clocktower Square (enter at 55 Visitor Centre, The Rocks and Circular
Harrington St); 121 Harrington St; at Quay, and the Bondi Explorer stops at
the corner of Harrington and Essex Circular Quay.
Sts; 155 George St trains/ferries at Circular Quay
bus Many routes stop at Argyle

Darling Harbour
Darling Harbour is 500 m from central attractions at Darling Harbour.
Sydney and has a terrific water front You can purchase the See Sydney
aspect. As it covers a large area, you & Beyond Smartvisit Card (for details
might like to orientate yourself with see the entry for Sydney Visitor Centre
a ride on the People Mover. Cockle in The Rocks, above). Another package
Bay is not fenced and there are water deal with discounted entry to Darling
features at ground level throughout Harbour and Sydney attractions is the
Darling Harbour, so extra care is Sydney Monorail Supervoucher Day
needed around these if you have Pass; see ‘Sydney Monorail’ below.
toddlers. Lost children are taken to the The centre also sells guide books,
Security Rangers; phone 9240 8601. postcards, souvenirs and postage
You can also get in touch with them stamps.
through the visitor centre.
TOILETS Next to the visitor centre, with

Sydney Visitor Centre parents’ room and wheelchair access

at Darling Harbour
First aid room

Palm Grove, under the freeway, near

the children’s playground Palm Grove, next to visitor centre
<www.sydneyvisitorcentre.com>
St John Ambulance volunteers provide
<www.darlingharbour.com>
first aid treatment. The room is open
9240 8788
on weekends, public and school
open 9.30 am–5.30 pm daily
holidays where possible (9 am–5 pm in
closed Good Friday, December 25
winter and 10 am–6 pm in summer). If
Here you can find out what’s on unattended, contact Security via the
and get information about the many intercom for assistance (24 hours).

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 the Pier is a small discovery space
Cruises and Ferry Trips
for children aged 4–7 years. Children
departing from Darling
also love going on board the vessels
Harbour
(limited wheelchair access): the navy
see ‘Ferries and Cruises on Sydney
destroyer HMAS Vampire, submarine
Harbour’, page 6
HMAS Onslow, and when docked,
HMB Endeavour and the James Craig.
Australian National An audio guide is included on HMAS
Maritime Museum Vampire and HMAS Onslow. Children
must be at least
Free
90 cm tall to board HMAS Onslow
2 Murray St, Darling Harbour (north of and HMB Endeavour. There is an
Harbourside) outdoor per formance platform for
<www.anmm.gov.au> concerts and shows, including events
9298 3777 for families.
daily 9.30 am–5 pm (6 pm in January) The museum runs a terrific program
closed December 25 for kids. ‘Kids on Deck’ runs hourly
general admission free; entry charge from 10 am to 4 pm in school holidays
for special exhibitions and 11 am–3 pm on Sundays; there
kids on deck/mini mariners $7 per are activities such as craft, puzzles,
child games and dress-ups, and (during
ship visits To see them all costs: adult school holidays) live per formances
$32, concession/child $17, family for families. Some activities incur a
(2 adults/4 children) $70 small fee. Mini Mariners, for 2–5-year-
annual membership households $85 olds and their parents/carers, runs
(other types available); benefits on Tuesday mornings during school
include free admission to ships, term. Activities include songs, stories,
members’ lounge, members’ events, games and craft, and there is a new
discounts theme each month.
museum tours free daily
TUCKER Yots Café is outside, next to
ages All ages
the per formance platform.
The exhibits encompass every facet TOILETS in the foyer and on the lower

of living on or with the sea and level, where there is a parents’ room;
include ships, boats, helicopters, both locations have wheelchair access
engines, and computer information
and games. The permanent
exhibitions include ‘Eora First
People’, ‘Navy’ and ‘Watermarks –
adventure, sport and play’. Under

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 3 children) $15
Children’s playground
ages 2 and up
and Darling Harbour
Carousel This beautiful, serene oasis covers
Free one hectare and includes a lake filled
with big koi fish, a water fall, pavilions,
South of Cockle Bay, near the Visitor pathways and lush greenery. Some
Centre parts of the garden are obscured
ages All ages
from view, which gives kids a surprise
The playground has a sandy base around every corner. You receive a
and is partly shaded. It has climbing map and kids can have fun navigating
equipment, large and small slides, around the winding paths. Between
swings, rockers and cubbies. It covers noon and 5.30 pm (when fine), at
a large area, so you can’t see the pavilion 9 on the map, adults ($10)
whole playground from any one spot. and children ($5) can dress in Chinese
It can also get very crowded. Under Imperial Costumes and have photos or
these conditions, you might need to videos taken with your own camera.
set limits as to where the children go, The gardens set off the elaborate
especially for littlies. costumes, which go over your own
Adjacent is a carousel, operating clothes. You can try on the costumes
10 am–5 pm (5.30 pm in summer) first for free.
on weekends and public and school
TUCKER The Tea House is open
holidays. Tickets cost $3.50 per ride,
10 am–4.30 pm daily. It ser ves
an adult with a child under 3 can stand
traditional Chinese tea, other
for free, or two tickets for $6.
refreshments and light meals at
lunchtime. There are special entr y
Chinese Garden of and Tea House packages available.
Friendship TOILETS next to the Tea House, with
wheelchair access and a parents’ room

Southern end of Darling Harbour, past

Cockle Bay Wharf
Tumbalong Park
<www.chinesegarden.com.au> Free
9240 8888 Eastern side of Cockle Bay
daily 9.30 am–5 pm (5.30 pm in
summer) This complex is mainly devoted to
closed Good Friday and eateries, including restaurants, cafés
December 25 and takeaway outlets. There is a
admission adult $6, child/concession shaded outdoor eating area overlooking
$3, under 5s free, family (2 adults/ the fountain and Cockle Bay, and

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 many of the restaurants also enjoy this short film adult $19.50, child (3–15
aspect. years) $14.50, concession $16.50,
family $56 (2 adults/2 children)
TOILETS In the complex; wheelchair
feature film (60+ minutes) adult
access and a parents’ room $27, child $19.50, concession $23,
family $77
Harbourside Shopping ages 6 and up

Centre
The screen is eight storeys high
Free and intense sound accompanies the
Western side of Cockle Bay films, making the experience lifelike
<www.harbourside.com.au> (and overwhelming for littlies). Some
8986 5339 movies are in 3D. Some people may be
affected by motion sickness, depending
daily 10 am–9 pm
on the content of the film. Strollers are
Harbourside has a wide variety of not permitted in the theatre and can be
shops, including a toyshop, a lolly left at the storage area.
shop, a fudge shop and shops selling
TUCKER cafés nearby and a candy bar
souvenirs, Australiana and children’s
on level 2
clothing. The Harbourside Information
TOILETS Wheelchair access is on level
Desk is on level 1, near the southern
1 (ground floor). Other toilets are on
entrance.
level 2, down steps; there is no baby
TUCKER A variety of food is sold at the change table.
Promenade Eater y and there are also
restaurants. Metro Light Rail
TOILETS on levels 1 and 2; parents’
rooms and wheelchair access adjacent
to the Promenade Eater y on level 1 Central railway station to Lilyfield
and also at the northern end of level 2, <www.metrolightrail.com.au>
near the Harbourside monorail station 8584 5288
daily Central to Star City: 24 hours

IMAX Theatre Central to Lilyfield: 6 am–11 pm

single fare adult $3.40–$4.40,
concession $2.20–$3.40, under 5s
free
Southern end of Cockle Bay, wheelchair
day pass Adult $9, concession $6.50,
access at entrance in Wheat Rd
family (2 adults/2 children or
<www.imax.com.au>
1 adult/3 children) $20
9281 3300
daily 10 am–late The Light Rail runs from Central Station

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 to Lilyfield, passing Darling Harbour. World and Oceanworld Manly: adult
This is an appealing trip for kids and a $85, child $55
great way to get to destinations such aquarium pass available from ferry
as Darling Harbour and the Sydney wharves, includes return ferry
Fish Market. See ‘Sydney Monorail’ from Circular Quay and Aquarium
below for information on combined admission: adult $33, child $17,
Supervoucher passes. family (2 adults/2 children) $81
wild australia pass available from
ferry wharves, includes return ferry
People Mover
from Circular Quay and admission to
Aquarium and Sydney Wildlife World:
0408 290 515 adult $55, child $28, family
weekdays 10 am–5 pm
(2 adults/2 children) $128
weekends 10 am–6 pm ages All ages

fares Adult $4.50, child $3.50

The Sydney Aquarium is home to
ages All ages
a variety of aquatic life, including
The People Mover ‘mini train’ does platypuses, tortoises, frogs, little
a circuit from Harbourside Shopping penguins, crocodiles and fish. The
Centre to the Sydney Aquarium, then exhibits are arranged in habitats, such
to the Chinese Garden and returns to as the ‘Murray–Darling River System’
Harbourside with intermediary stops. and ‘Fishes of the Far North’. There are
You can board at any stop. The round three oceanariums, all with underwater
trip takes about 30 minutes. viewing: ‘Mermaid Lagoon’ features
two dugongs; ‘The Open Ocean’
features very big sharks, turtles and
Sydney Aquarium rays; and there is also ‘The Great
Barrier Reef’. The touch pool contains
sea urchins, sea stars and coral.
Aquarium Pier, Darling Harbour
Apart from steps to view the saltwater
<www.sydneyaquarium.com.au>
crocodile from above, the Aquarium
9262 2300
is wheelchair and stroller friendly.
daily 9 am–10 pm (no entry after
Guidebooks cost $5 each.
9 pm), January 1/December 25
9 am–5 pm (enter by 4 pm) TUCKER There is a kiosk within the
admission adult $31.95, child (4–15 Aquarium and a café at the entrance
years) $17.95, concession $22.50, with kids’ meals.
family $85 (2 adults/2 children, TOILETS in the main foyer and inside the
other combinations available); Aquarium; the latter have wheelchair
cheaper online access and a baby change table
annual pass with Sydney Wildlife

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 access to the various Darling Harbour
Sydney Monorail
attractions.

TUCKER vending machines at monorail

Darling Harbour to the city centre stations
<www.metromonorail.com.au> TOILETS Most stations do not have
9267 6607 their own toilets, but facilities are
monday–thursday 7 am–10 pm
located within 5 minutes of each one.
friday/saturday 7 am–midnight
sunday 8 am–10 pm
closed December 25 Sydney Wildlife World
full or part circuit adults and
children over 6 $4.90, under 6s free,
seniors/pensioners $3.20 Aquarium Pier, Darling Harbour
<www.sydneywildlifeworld.com.au>
The monorail loops from Darling 9333 9288
Harbour to the city centre, making
daily 9 am–5.30 pm daily (7 pm during
stops along the way. Children love
daylight saving); last entry 1 hour
riding the ‘high-track train’. All stations before closing
have lift access to the platforms. admission adult $31.95, child
Sometimes there are activities with $17.95, concession $22.50, family
family appeal, such as the Sydney $85 (2 adults/2 children, other
Treasure Hunt. combinations available); cheaper
You can buy a Supervoucher Day online
Pass for $9.50 per person or $23 for annual pass with Sydney Aquarium
a family (2 adults/2 children or 1 and Oceanworld Manly: adult $85,
adult/3 children). A combined monorail child $55
and light rail Supervoucher Plus costs wild australia pass available from
$15 per person or $37.50 per family ferry wharves, includes return ferry
(or for 3 days $30/$50). This entitles from Circular Quay and admission to
you to unlimited monorail and light Sydney Aquarium and Sydney Wildlife
rail travel for the day, plus discounts World: adult $55, child $28, family (2
for Sydney Tower and OzTrek, Captain adults/2 children) $128
Cook Cruises, Sydney Aquarium, ages All ages
Sydney Wildlife World, IMAX and the
Powerhouse Museum. The ticket See nine different Australian
is valid for travel only on the day of ecosystems, including semi-arid
purchase, but all the other discounts grasslands, temperate forests
are valid for some time. and tropical rainforests – and 130
See ‘Getting to Darling Harbour’ on species of Aussie animals that call
page 29 for information on monorail these habitats home. Walk through

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 some of the exhibits and get close
to birds, butterflies and kangaroos. -K-
The invertebrates on display include
huge bull ants, the world’s biggest
Haymarket and near
cockroach and Sydney’s funnel-web Darling Harbour
spider. There are usually animals
you can touch, such as stick insects Chinatown
and reptiles. The darkened nocturnal
Free
creatures exhibit houses possums,
sugar gliders, bats and bilbies. You Around the Dixon St Mall, Haymarket
can have your photo taken with a open retail and restaurant hours
koala (extra cost). There is also an
The mall has Chinese archways and
interactive centre with information,
videos and games on touch screens. sculptured lions and is lined with Asian
specialty shops and restaurants. On
TUCKER There is a café in the foyer and Fridays, the Chinatown Night Markets
a snack bar at Rooftop Encounters. are held here (see chapter 10). During
TOILETS near the entr y and half-way Chinese New Year, there are events
through, with wheelchair access and such as dragon boat racing, a parade,
baby change facilities and entertainment here or at nearby
locations (see chapter 12 for details).

Tumbalong Park TUCKER numerous restaurants, some

Free offering $15 lunches and yum cha. In

the Sussex Shopping Centre and the
Located between the children’s Harbour Plaza, there are food courts
playground and the Chinese Garden with a variety of Asian cuisines.
open at all times TOILETS at both food courts, with
ages All ages wheelchair access

This large park is one of the venues

for Darling Harbour’s concerts, food Market City
fairs, sports activities and parades,
which are often held on weekends and
sometimes in school holidays. When it Corner Hay and Thomas Sts
is not in use for these activities it is a 9288 8900
good area for children to play in. paddy’s infoline 1300 361 589
<www.marketcity.com.au>
<www.paddysmarkets.com.au>
paddy’s markets 9 am–5 pm
Thursday–Sunday and public holidays

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 retail shops 10 am–7 pm daily, may incur an additional charge
8 pm Thursday annual membership $105 for a
ages All ages household (other memberships
available). Benefits include free
At Paddy’s Markets, on the ground
admission, guest passes, members’
floor, stallholders sell clothing, toys,
lounge and discounts, and night tours
shoes, music, Australiana, fruit and
of Sydney Observatory.
vegetables and seafood. The shops on
free tours daily
levels 2 and 3 include factory outlets
ages All ages
for children’s wear and casual clothing,
and a supermarket. On level 3 there This museum has over 25 permanent
are cinemas and the Galaxy World and temporary exhibitions covering
games arcade. science, technology, decorative
arts, design and Australian social
TUCKER Paddy’s Markets has
history and there are more than 250
takeaway food outlets. On level 1,
interactive displays. Various types of
there are coffee shops and eat-in or
transport and steam machinery are
takeaway food bars. The food court is
on display: trains, planes, cars and a
on level 3.
space exhibit that includes a simulated
TOILETS on all four levels, with
Zero Gravity Space Lab. Kids can
wheelchair access on level 1 and a
explore the science behind familiar
parents’ room on level 3
things with exhibits that demonstrate
chemistry, temperature, pressure,
Powerhouse Museum magnetism, light, gravity and motion.
For children under 8, there are two
Kids’ Interactive Discovery Spaces.
500 Harris St, Ultimo These are very engaging; one explores
<www.powerhousemuseum.com> life at home, the other music. Activities
9217 0111 include matching pairs, touch screen
infoline 9217 0444 tasks and making music.
daily 10 am–5 pm (9.30 am in school Zoe’s House is unfinished and kids
holidays) aged 3 to 6 years can help build it,
closed December 25 including laying bricks and moving
general admission adult $10, materials with wheelbarrows, a crane,
concession $6, child (4–15 years) a conveyor belt and a rail network.
$5, under 4s/NSW senior/pensioner The Magic Garden: MBF Foundation
free, family (2 adults/2 children or 1 Healthy Kids Unit for 2–8-year-olds has
adult/3 children) $25; 20% discount healthy food and activity messages
to holders of Sydney Monorail with interactive digital displays such
Supervoucher; special exhibitions as a pond full of fish the kids can

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 ‘splash’ through. Cog’s Playground near Door 11. There are no baby
for 4–15-year-olds is shaded and in change tables, although some event
the courtyard next to the café. Extra organisers set up baby changing areas
workshops and activities are offered for their events.
on weekends and in school holidays,
including some for older kids and
teenagers. Strollers and wheelchairs
Tucker at
may be borrowed for free at the Darling Harbour
cloaking desk. There is an enormous range and
number of eateries at Darling Harbour.
TUCKER Tea Room and courtyard café
Some venues have their own kiosk
TOILETS on ever y level except level
or restaurant, described above.
3, all with wheelchair access. Some
Apart from these, you will find many
of the wheelchair accessible and
food choices at Cockle Bay Whar f,
women’s toilets have baby change
Harbourside and King Street Whar f.
tables. There is a parents’ room and
a young child’s toilet on level 2.
Toilet locations around
Sydney Entertainment Darling Harbour
Centre Many venues have their own toilets,
as described above. In addition, toilets
can be found:
35 Harbour St, Haymarket • next to the visitor centre, with
9320 4200 wheelchair access and a parents’
ticketmaster bookings room
1300 883 622 • at both ends of the Pyrmont Bridge,
<www.sydentcent.com.au> at ground level, with wheelchair
Sporting events, shows and concerts access and baby change tables
(including children’s shows) are staged • at Cockle Bay Whar f, with wheel-
here. There is access and seating chair access and a parents’ room
for people with disabilities. During • at Harbourside, adjacent to the
children’s events a stroller storage Promenade Eatery and at the
area is available, as strollers are not northern end of level 2, near the
permitted into the auditorium. Harbourside monorail station; these
have wheelchair access and parents’
TUCKER candy bar in the foyer, fast rooms
food on the street. Chinatown and • near the south-west corner of
Market City are nearby. the children’s playground, with
TOILETS There are many in the building; wheelchair access and a baby
wheelchair accessible facilities are change table

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Closest transport for Darling Harbour attractions
Attraction Car park Light Rail stop Monorail station
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Chinese Garden Exhibition/Entertainment Paddy’s Markets Chinatown

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Cockle Bay Whar f Darling Park Convention Darling Park
Cruises – Aquarium Whar f Darling Park Convention/Pyrmont Bay Darling Park
Cruises – Harbourside Harbourside/Harris St Convention Harbourside/Convention
Harbourside Harbourside/Harris St Convention/Pyrmont Bay Harbourside/Convention
IMAX Theatre Exhibition/Darling Park Convention Convention/Darling Park
Maritime Museum Harbourside/Harris St Pyrmont Bay Harbourside
Market City Market City/Entertainment Paddy’s Markets Paddy’s Markets
Powerhouse Museum Entertainment/Harris St Paddy’s Markets Paddy’s Markets
Sydney Aquarium Darling Park/Harbourside Convention/Pyrmont Bay Darling Park
Sydney Convention & Exhibition Exhibition Exhibition/Convention Convention
Centre
Sydney Entertainment Centre Entertainment/Market City Paddy’s Markets Paddy’s Markets
Sydney Visitor Centre Exhibition/Harbourside Convention Convention
Sydney Wildlife World Darling Park/Harbourside Convention/Pyrmont Bay Darling Park
Tumbalong Park Exhibition Convention/Exhibition Convention/Chinatown

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 • near the Chinese Garden of first hour $7, maximum $27, early-
Friendship, under the overpass, bird $10
with wheelchair access and a baby • Exhibition Centre Car Park, Darling
change table Dr, Darling Harbour, phone 9282
5000; first hour $8, maximum $30
• Harbourside Car Park, 100 Murray
Getting to Darling St, Darling Harbour, phone 1800 727
Harbour 5464; first hour $7, maximum $27,
walking There are footbridges with early-bird $10
ramps or lifts on all the streets that • Harris St Car Park, 320 Harris St,
approach Darling Harbour from the Pyrmont, phone 9660 7068; first
city, from King St to Liverpool St. hour $8, maximum $27, early-bird
There is also a footbridge from Harbour $10
Plaza in Chinatown to the Sydney • Market City Car Park, 2 Quay St,
Entertainment Centre. Haymarket, phone 1800 727 5464;
car Gregor y’s map 3 first hour $5, maximum $26, early-
Sydway maps 25 & 27 bird $12–$15 (on different days)
UBD maps E & G bus Route 443 loops from Circular
parking There are seven car parks Quay and the City past Darling Harbour
in the immediate vicinity of Darling to Star City.
Harbour; see the table above to monorail Sydney Monorail has five
find out which are closest to the stations around Darling Harbour:
attractions you plan to visit. Charges Darling Park, Harbourside, Convention,
var y significantly, so to help you Paddy’s Markets and Chinatown. See
make your choice, I have summarised above for prices and information and
some details below: the cost for the see the table for the station closest to
first hour, the maximum charge for each Darling Harbour attraction.
the day (some reach this in the third light rail Four stops ser vice Darling
hour) and any deals. Please check this Harbour: Paddy’s Markets, Exhibition,
information, as it is subject to change. Convention and Pyrmont Bay. See
• Cinema Centre Car Park, 521–524 above for prices and information and
Kent St, Sydney, phone 1800 727 see the table for the stop closest
5464; first hour $11, maximum $39, to each Darling Harbour attraction.
early-bird $12, weekend flat rate $10 Tickets can be purchased from the
• Darling Park Car Park, 201 Sussex ticket booth at Central Station or from
St, Sydney, phone 1800 727 5464; staff on board.
first hour $15, maximum $53, early- train Town Hall station is 500 m
bird $20, weekend flat rate $9 away. Central Station is 1 km away but
• Entertainment Car Park, Darling Dr, is connected by the Metro Light Rail
Haymarket, phone 1800 727 5464; (see above).

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 ferry Sydney Ferries depart from Bay whar f, north of the Australian
whar f 5 at Circular Quay for the King National Maritime Museum. Many
St Whar f, Darling Harbour whar f (near other cruise and ferr y companies also
the Sydney Aquarium) and Pyrmont visit Darling Harbour; see pages 6–12.

Manly
‘Seven miles from Sydney, a thousand website has a Calendar of Events.
miles from care’ has long been Manly’s In chapter 12, find out more about
catchcry and it still applies today. Manly’s various festivals: Manly Food
Manly is a great place to enjoy the and Wine Festival in June, Manly Arts
outdoors, with sur f and sheltered Festival in September, Manly Jazz
beaches, coastal walks and other Festival in October, Manly Ocean Care
outdoor activities. See chapter 5 for Day Festival in December, and New
information about storm-water pollution Year’s Eve at Manly.
at the beaches and how to be sun
smart.
The Corso

Manly Visitor Free

Information Centre Between Manly Whar f (Harbour Beach)
and Manly (Sur f) Beach
open all day, until late
The Forecourt, Manly Whar f
ages All ages
<www.manlytourism.com>
9976 1430 This pedestrian plaza links the
weekdays 9 am–5 pm whar f with the sur f beach and is the
weekends/public hols 10 am–5 pm commercial heart of Manly. There are
(4 pm in winter) all manner of shops and food outlets,
closed December 25–26 seating, water features, a shaded
playground and a small stage for
The free ‘Manly Guide’ has maps
per formances. Filtered water stations
of the Manly CBD and the Manly
allow you to refill your water bottles for
Council Area, showing activities and
free. You can buy lunch in The Corso
attractions, including the East/West
and walk across to the picnic tables
Cycleway and the 10-km Manly Scenic
in Steyne Park, overlooking the sur f
Walk (both described below). The
beach.
centre also has many other brochures
and information on attractions, TOILETS at either end at the whar f and
activities and accommodation. The at the beach; also at Rialto Square

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 near the Peninsula Car Park, which has
Little Manly Cove
wheelchair access and a baby change
and Point
room. Other toilets are at the Whistler
St Parking Station. Free
Stuart St, Manly
East/West Cycleway ages All ages
and Manly Lagoon Little Manly Cove is a sheltered sandy
Free beach with a swimming enclosure. The
beach faces west, so it is hot in the
ages 3 and up at Manly Lagoon, afternoon, with little shade. Adjacent
5 and up on the path, 10 and up on to the beach is Little Manly Point. A
the road path with 49 steps connects the two.
The point has a grassed area, stroller-
This path starts at South Steyne and
friendly paths and a shaded playground.
continues on a separate cyclepath or
At the edges, the point extends out
designated pavement on the road to
into the sea and is unfenced.
Seaforth, a distance of about 9 km.
The path follows the ocean beach TUCKER Little Manly Beach Kiosk is
for 1.3 km from Manly to Queenscliff open daily 9 am–5 pm (around
before heading inland. Here it follows 3 pm in winter) and for booked dinners
Manly Lagoon, where there is a large Wednesday to Saturday (in winter,
playground and a free BBQ. The section only Friday and Saturday; phone 9977
past Burnt Bridge Creek is very 7104). There is a drinking fountain
pleasant. The path is mostly flat until at the beach. At the point, there are
the on-road section at the end up to sheltered picnic tables and free BBQs.
Seaforth Oval. The route is shown on These are near unfenced sea walls, so
the free ‘Manly Guide’ available from watch young children.
the Manly Visitor Information Centre. TOILETS at the cove. The facilities
include a shower, a child-sized toilet
TOILETS located within the first 2 km and a change area. There are also
of The Corso – at Manly Beach, North outdoor showers.
Steyne Beach, Queenscliff Beach, GETTING THERE
Manly Lagoon and Keirle Park – and at on foot the walk from Manly Whar f
the end at Seaforth Oval. is 1.2 km
parking There is a car park at the
cove, and street parking.
bus Serviced by the free ‘Hop, Skip
and Jump’ bus, and route 135 from
Manly Whar f to North Head stops one
block away.

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 TOILETS next to the Manly SLSC,
Manly Beach
with showers and wheelchair access;
Free and opposite The Corso, where the
wheelchair accessible toilets have
South Steyne, Manly
baby change tables. There are outdoor
patrolled daily 7 am–8 am to 5 pm–
showers along Steyne Park and on the
7 pm, depending on the season
beach.
ages All ages

Manly Beach is an ocean beach Manly Boat

with dangerous sur f and rips. It is and Kayak Hire
imperative to swim between the
lifesavers’ flags, which designate the
area being patrolled. There is a wide
Manly Whar f (East Esplanade side)
strip of sand that becomes shaded in
1300 529 257 (1300 kayaks)
the afternoon by the Nor folk Island
0412 622 662
pines growing along Steyne Park. This
<www.manlyboathire.com.au>
park has a sea wall and a pathway
October–April 10 am–6 pm daily
used by pedestrians, cyclists and in-
May–September weekends; weekdays
line skaters that extends from near
by prior arrangement (weather
The Corso to the Manly Sur f Lifesaving
permitting)
Club (SLSC). North of The Corso, the
boat hire from $75 for 1 hour
path divides into a pedestrian path
kayak hire from $20 for a single, $40
and a separate cycle and skate path.
for a double and $60 for a triple for
They run 1.5 km to Queenscliff SLSC.
1 hour
Steyne Park also has beach shelters
family special: kids paddle for half
and picnic tables. A playground is
price in a double kayak with an adult
located 400 m north of The Corso.
ages 5 and up
Manly Beach Hire (0402 841 338)
has body boards, sur fboards, chairs, Families can try boating and kayaking
beach umbrellas, towels and wetsuits in the calm waters around Manly
for hire. They open 7 days, weather and visit nearby beaches. In the
permitting (September–June). Lockers kayaks, children under 16 must be
are available on weekends throughout accompanied by someone 16 years or
the summer period, and daily in the older, and only adults can hire a boat.
summer school holidays. Dry storage bags and safety equipment
are provided, including life jackets for
TUCKER café at Manly SLSC; drinking
infants. Kids parties and special group
fountains in Steyne Park and eateries
functions available.
along North and South Steyne and in
The Corso

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 Manly Environment Manly Parasail
Centre
Free
Manly Whar f (East Esplanade side)
41 Belgrave Street, Manly 9977 6781
9976 2842 <www.parasail.net>
<www.mec.org.au> daily October–April
weekdays 9 am–5 pm flights single $89, tandem $139,
ages All ages group $60 per person (minimum of 8)
boat passengers adult $20, child $10
Discover more about conserving
ages 10 and up
Manly’s fascinating environment and
its Little Penguins, bandicoots and Soar 150 m above the harbour and
marine life. Giveaways include wildlife stay dry or get dropped into the
posters, stickers, activity sheets and water. Flights go for 8–10 minutes
other goodies. The centre has one of but you’ll be out in the boat for an
the largest collections of resources hour. Children aged 10–14 years fly
for community education. You can in tandem with another person over
pick up brochures on local bushwalks, 14 years.
snorkelling and critters, pamphlets
on green tips for your home such as
Manly Scenic Walk
worm farms and composting, as well
as folders full of information to help Free
with school project topics such as
From West Esplanade, Manly to Spit
the reef in our backyard (Cabbage
Bridge, Clontar f
Tree Bay), wetlands, climate change
and other global issues. The centre The entire walk covers 10 km of
runs numerous events throughout the coastline and part of it traverses
year to celebrate the environment on Sydney Harbour National Park. It takes
days such as World Environment Day, 4 hours one way at a steady pace
National Tree Day, National Threatened (see the free ‘Manly Guide’ available
Species Day and Ocean Care Day (in from the Manly Visitor Information
December, see chapter 12 for more Centre). However, it can be broken into
information). smaller sections and the first section
to Fairlight Beach is stroller friendly,
wheelchair accessible and suitable
for little legs, although young children
might not be able to walk the whole
way. It is a smooth 1.6 km path.

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Another Random Scribd Document
with Unrelated Content
 Miksi minä sinua pelkäisin?

TAITURI

Minä en ajattele aina hyviä ajatuksia.

KASVATTISISAR

Sinä kuvittelet, että sinulla on pahoja ajatuksia.

TAITURI

Elämä on niin karsassilmäinen, se vaanii aina pahaa kaikessa.

Maksa verosi, vie jyväsäkkisi myllylle ja ole tyytyväinen! Ei mitään
sen enempää. Käy koreasti pääportista kirkkoon, vie sinne viikon
viheliäisyydet ja päästä taas yöllä takaportista kaikki pienet pyyteet
sisälle. Olisipa ne edes kielletyn puun hedelmävarkaita. Mutta ne
eivät uskalla elää! Siksi minä maalaan heille heidän paholaisensa.
Kavahtakoot!

KASVATTISISAR

Minä pelkään sinun tähtesi. Miksi sinä aina maalaat maahisia,

houruttaria ja rumia peikonpäitä? Sinun "tanssivia paholaisiasi"
sanotaan epäsiveellisiksi.

ENSIMMÄINEN YÖVAHTI

Mistä he puhuvat?

TOINEN YÖVAHTI
 Kutsuvat pahoja henkiä. Minä piirrän ristin portinpieleen, hys, hys!

Nakkaa pienellä kivellä.

TAITURI

Mikä rasahti? Pensas? — Siksikö, että ne ovat alastomia?

Ajatteletko sinäkin samoin?

KASVATTISISAR

Minä ajattelen sinusta vain hyvää, sanokoot ihmiset täällä mitä

hyvänsä, sulkekoot vaan porttinsa sinulta.

TAITURI

Minä en koputa heidän pääporttiinsa enkä hiivi takaportistakaan.

Minä kuljen omia teitäni.

ENSIMMÄINEN YÖVAHTI

Näitkö sinä tänään sen omituisen naisen kadulla?

TOINEN YÖVAHTI

Jolla oli harmaa puku? Kulki kadulla paljain päin ilman hattua,
kaikki kaupungin naiset käänsivät päätään. Ajatteles, kulkea kadulla
ilman hattua!

ENSIMMÄINEN YÖVAHTI
 Se on sekin sitä yömaalarin seuraa. Toisinaan tulee tänne muita
pirunpiirtäjiä, hummaavat, panevat toimeen soihtutansseja, soittavat
ja laulavat niin, ettei kunnon porvarit saa nukkua.

KASVATTISISAR

Mutta täällä on niin rauhallista, rakennukset kuin vanhoja hiljaisia

vaareja silkkihatuissaan, ja pihoilla ja käyrillä kujilla salaperäinen
hämärä.

TAITURI

Niin todella, rakennukset elävät vanhoja muistojaan, mutta ihmiset

ovat kuolleita, ne torkkuvat syrjäsilmällä tarkastellen naapurin
vaimon hapuilevia askeleita aidan takana. — Ne eivät uskalla mennä
yhteiseen saunaan. Katsos ne ovat sellaisia salamaalaajia.

KASVATTISISAR

Mitä tarkoitat?

TAITURI

Ne maalaavat minun tauluihini jotain lisää oman köyhän

mielikuvituksensa värivaroilla, mutta vyöttävät samalla ruumiinsa
paksuun siveellisyyden verhoon.

KASVATTISISAR

Ne tarkastelevat niin sunnuntai-arvokkaina.

TAITURI
 Tarkastavat ja tirkistävät salaa liian läheltä. Minun täytyy katsella
kaukaa jos mieli maalata. Oikein minua iljettää. Mutta miksi minä
puhun näistä sinulle ja katkeroitan sinunkin mielesi? Ehkä minä
uskallan liian paljon sinun tähtesi. Sinä olet niin hento ja herkkä.

KASVATTISISAR

Minä tahdon kuunnella sinun ääntäsi, kun sinä maalaat tähtiä!

TAITURI

Mutta jollen minä näin syökse sinua perikatoon.

KASVATTISISAR

Yö on niin ihana, täynnä tuhansia tähtisatuja.

TAITURI

Ihmiset kurkistavat meidän hiljaiseen tähtiparatiisiimme.

KASVATTISISAR

Siksi etteivät itse voi nähdä…

TAITURI

Puhtaasti.

KASVATTISISAR
 Mikä puhdas tuoksu tarhassa, tällaisena yönä varmaan ruusut
puhkeavat suven maassa.

TAITURI

Valkea sisko! Minä kutsun sinua nyt ja aina valkeaksi siskoksi.

KASVATTISISAR kuiskaa.

Valkea sisko.

TAITURI

Mutta minä en ole puhdas. Maailman pikarista olen juonut hienoa

mesimyrkkyä, se kiertää suonissa, en tiedä, koska se kapinaan
nousee veressäni.

KASVATTISISAR haaveillen.

Tämä yö on niin korkea ja kaunis.

TAITURI

Meidän täytyy jättää nämä yöhetket, nämä tähtirikkaat illat.

KASVATTISISAR

Minä tahtoisin, ettei aamu koskaan valkenisi.

TAITURI

Onneton toive! Kuules kuinka viiri vinkuu ikäänkuin pieni piru. Se

juoruaa jo koko maailmalle, ja kavala maailma tahraa sinun
maineesi.

KASVATTISISAR

En välitä ihmisten puheista, tämä hetki on ikuisuus.

TAITURI

Ne ajavat meidät pois paratiisista. Mutta sinä et sitä kestä.

KASVATTISISAR

Minä koitan kestää. Jos ne ajaisivat sinut pois, niin minä etsisin
sinua lyhty kädessä läpi maailman.

TAITURI

Sinä olet muovailtu hienon hienoista, pehmeistä elämänsoluista,

täytyy olla väkevätä suolaa selkärangassa, jos mieli pystyssä pysyä.
— Ah, minä en voi nyt maalata.

KASVATTISISAR

Minä ikävystytän sinua.

TAITURI

So, so, silkkihiiri.

KASVATTISISAR
 Minä en voi sinua innostaa, en nostaa sinua lentoon
hengenheimolaisuuden korkeille kukkuloille.

TAITURI

Synkkien syvyyksien pohjaan et minua koskaan saa.

KASVATTISISAR

Minä liihottelen siltä väliltä. Kerran sinä kuitenkin sanoit: jollette

tule kuin lapset, ette pääse taiteen valtakuntaan.

TAITURI

Niin silloin… Sinä olet onnellisempi sen ulkopuolella.

KASVATTISISAR

Mutta hän? Hän on sinun hengettäresi. — Kuule, minä näin hänet

eilen.

TAITURI

Käveli kadulla avopäin ratsupiiska kädessä kummallinen harmaa

puku yllään. Niinkö?

KASVATTISISAR

Minä ihan vapisin, sillä minä pelkäsin…

TAITURI
 Niin, hän on niin häikäilemätön ja huimaava. Veriruskea soihtu,
valaisee elämän helvetit ja taivaat. Ja sinä olet sellainen pieni
kotilyhty.

KASVATTISISAR liikutettuna.

Et sinä enään tule tähtiä katsomaan. Hän tulee tänne.

TAITURI voittaen itsensä.

Silkkihiiri! Minä muuraan kiinni portin. Hahhaa, olenhan minä

muka vapaamuurari. Ja asetan kaikki paholaiseni vahtiin.

KASVATTISISAR

Kun hän on mennyt, muuraudut sinä huoneeseesi. Sitte matkustat

sinä pois ja täällä tuntuu niin yksinäiseltä.

TAITURI

Mikä melu portilla? Kuulin ihan kuin kivi olisi ohitseni suhahtanut.
Tähdet ylhäällä, alhaalla kivet lentävät.

ENSIMMÄINEN YÖVAHTI kolkuttaa porttiin.

Kuka kunnoton vielä yösellä liikkuu, kunnialliset ihmiset jo

nukkuvat!

TOINEN YÖVAHTI

Kiinni pahan manaaja! Yönaikkonen!

TAITURI
 Hyvä, ettei sattunut sinuun. Tuntui kuin kivi olisi itkenyt ilmassa.

KASVATTISISAR

Ne tulevat, ne tahtovat tehdä sinulle pahaa, pakene!

TAITURI

Rauhoitu! Kuinka sinun pieni sydämmesi sykkii kuin pienen

kyyhkysen, nojaudu rintaani vasten, minä suojelen, kas noin, onko
nyt hyvä olla.

KASVATTISISAR

Ah, kuinka tähdet nyt ovat kauniita, ne häilyvät kultakehässä ihan

pääni päällä. Nyt lensi, lensi kauvas äärettömyyteen, lentää eikä
koskaan pääse päämääräänsä.

TAITURI

Entää ja etsii.

Portille ilmestyy harmaapukuinen nainen.

KASVATTISISAR kirkaisee.

Hän, hän! Katso, hän seisoo tuolla!

TAITURI

Kuka?

KASVATTISISAR
 Harmaapukuinen.

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN

Sinä kirjoitit minulle: tule, näe ja voita! Tässä minä olen!

Kasvattisisar vaipuu maahan, yövahdit nauravat portilla.

KOLMAS KUVAELMA

Teatterin pukuhuone, perällä ovi, josta näkyy osa näyttämöä.

TAITURI

Neiti ei ole vielä täällä?

OVENVARTIJA leveä hopeoitu vyö rinnalla.

Näyttämöllä. Siellä on kenraaliharjoitus. Täällä kävi se shaaliin

puettu nainen, mutta minä sanoin, että te viimeistelette
näyttämötaustan seinämää.

Näyttämöltä kuuluu laulua ja kätten taputuksia.

TAITURI

Hyvä. Tuolla tuo taas kävelee näyttämön sivulla.

OVENVARTIJA

Muukalainen kuvanveistäjä, hän on nykyään usein neidin seurassa.

Muuten täällä käy niin paljon herroja, vapaaherroja, kirjailijoita,
arvostelijoita. Ensimmäisestä rakastajasta parturipoikaan saakka,
kaikki ovat häneen hullaantuneita.

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN seurassaan Muukalainen.

Siis huomenna näytännön jälkeen!

Ovenvartija poistuu kumartaen.

MUUKALAINEN

Oo, kuinka te olette kiehtova ja hurmaava! olette ihan erään

laulajattaren näköinen.

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN

Rakastajattarenne? Teillä on niitä varmaan ollut paljon, minä näen

sen teidän pistävän lumoavasta katseestanne. Päättikö hän
päivänsä?

MUUKALAINEN

Hän kadotti äänensä. Miksi hämmennytte? Hän ei heti voinut

unohtaa taidettansa.

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN

Ja sitä te ette voineet antaa hänelle anteeksi?

MUUKALAINEN

Kohotitte hiukan elämäni esirippua. Tahdotteko nähdä enemmän?

Kaikkeani en minä kenellekään näytä, täytyy säästää jotain
itselleenkin, kun ei muilta saa mitään.

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN

Minä tunnen, että te voisitte kasvattaa, teissä on jotakin… Teillä on

niin kylmän tutkiva katse ikäänkuin olisitte poroksi polttaneet kaikki
sillat takananne.

MUUKALAINEN

Unelmien sillat. Voittaakseni kylmän todellisuuden. Teissä on jotain

minusta. Jäätynyt viileys, kuinka sen selittäisin, kohmettunut tunteen
laava.

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN

Olen nähnyt vain kumartavia narreja. Minä luulen, että te voitte

nostaa naisen kiihkojen korkeuteen… repiä ja rakentaa hänet
uudestaan. Tietääkääs, minun tekisi mieli — lyödä teitä.

Kohottaa viuhkaansa.

Leikkiä, ymmärrättehän. Miten kävi laulajattarenne, unohtiko hän

taiteensa?

TAITURI

Ja itsensä —?

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN

Sinä…
 Esittää.

Ystäväni, auttajani…

MUUKALAINEN

Hän kadotti lauluäänensä.

Taiturille.

Ihanteellinen, onnellinen mies…

Harmaapukuiselle naiselle.

Laakerienne kantaja.

TAITURI nauraa hermostuneesti.

Te tietysti kuristitte häntä kaulasta.

MUUKALAINEN

Mikä päähänpisto! Olette varmaankin lukenut yöllä

kummitusjuttuja.
Sulkeudun suosioonne.

Menee.

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN

Kuinka sinä sillä tavalla saatoit sanoa?

TAITURI nauraa.
 Hassunkurinen ajatus. Pälkähti päähäni, en voinut olla sitä
sanomatta, hahhaa.

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN

Sinä loukkasit häntä. Näitkö, miten hän puristi huulensa yhteen ja

kalpeni? Hän on vaarallinen mies Hän voi vielä pistää…

TAITURI

Ja sen sanot sinä, joka voit pistää — kuin käärme. Mutta ihana
sinä olet. Ah, rakkaani, tässä minä tahdon olla, elävä lähde sinä olet,
elämä itse, vedä minut luoksesi kuin väkevä virta!

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN

Minä pelastin sinut elämälle, minä vein sinut pienien pyyteiden

sopesta, joka ei voinut hedelmöittää sieluasi.

TAITURI

Minä olin kuin unissakävijä, minä heräsin sinun käsiesi

sähköittävään sivelyyn. Ja minä lähdin kanssasi elämän iloiseen
karkeloon, kohosin päätäni korkeammalle, uskoin taas itseeni ja
sinuun!

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN

Unohdit pienen lemmentarinasi, enkelipalveluksesi.

TAITURI
 Niin, hän, hänen elämänsä minä tallasin kuin hennon taimen, hän
antautui minulle kokonaan, sinä annat palan palalta.

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN

Kullakin ihmisellä on jotain, jota ei voi antaa pois.

TAITURI

Sen sinä olet oppinut muukalaiselta, eikä hän ole ainoa, kerran
kuitenkin minä olin ainoa.

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN

Monen kautta yhdelle.

TAITURI

Viimeiselle. Sanoisit, yhden kautta monelle.

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN

Sinä olet lemmenkade, minä tahdon olla vapaa, niinhän sovimme.

TAITURI

Niin, mutta älä kiihoita minua, sinä olet nainen…!

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN

Siten tiedän minä rakkautesi kasvavan.

TAITURI
 Kasvaa yli laitojen, puhkaisee patonsa. Ah, rakkaani, tahdotko,
uskallatko antaa kaikkesi, ymmärrätkö, me yhdessä valloitamme
tähän pieneen maailmaan uuden maailman.

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN

Tulta ja terästä, sitä minä odotin sinulta. — Mutta jollei ole hyvä
meille molemmille, että minä annan kaikkeni, sinä peljästyisit,
pelkäsit jo lapsena pimeää.

TAITURI

Mutta sitte minä piirsin peikkoni paperille ja nauroin niille.

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN

Niin, elämän sydänpäivän paisteessa. Mutta kun tulee elämän yö,

kammo ja kadotuksen pelko, ja me tuijotamme harmaaseen
tyhjyyteen. Ei, minä en tahdo rikkoa ajatustasi minusta.

TAITURI

Sinä et usko itseäsi minulle, sinä puhut tänään niin vieraalla

äänellä, siinä on jotain tuon muukalaisen salaperäisestä
äänensoinnusta. Sinä peität minulta jotakin.

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN

Minä etsin aina uusia sointuja.

TAITURI
 Jotka hedelmöittävät sieluasi? Hahhaa! Sinä olet aina ollut
varovainen ruumiisi suhteen.

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN

Maailman tähden? Minä en pelkää maailmaa.

TAITURI

Ei, vaan itsesi tähden. Minä luulen, että sinä kuulut niiden naisten
joukkoon, jotka eivät tahdo tulla äidiksi. Se estäisi sinun niin
kutsuttua vapauttasi.

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN

Niin, siinä on jotain rumaa ja koomillista. Madonna, lapsi ja

kumartavat, tuhmat paimenet!

TAITURI

Mutta hän antoi minulle kaikki, ja minä hylkäsin hänet siksi, etten
löytänyt enään enempää. Lapsi ja äiti samalla kertaa. Hän uhrasi
itsensä, ja minä uhrasin hänet sinun tähtesi. Sinun täytyy täyttää
aukko.

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN

Omantunnontuskia? Raukka! Minä en kadu koskaan mitään.

TAITURI
 Niin, raukka, kumartava narri! Minä olen vain sinun riemuvaunujesi
vetäjä, mutta minun taiteeni kulkee kerjäläisenä jälessä.

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN

Kovin runollisia vertauksia!

TAITURI

Joku on sanonut, että naiset kiihoittavat meitä mestaritöihin,

mutta estävät meitä niitä valmistamasta loppuun. — Huomenna on
sinun iltasi, tuli-iltasi.

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN

Niin, huomenilta on minun tähti-iltani. Minä näen hämärästä

tuhannen tuikkivaa silmää, lohikäärmeyleisön. Minä laulan sen
omaan valtaani, kuuletko, minä nousen sen niskalle ja lyön sitä
piiskallani.

TAITURI

Ja sen jälkeen? Matelee se kintereilläsi. Ja muukalainen? Minä

kuulin kaikki, sinä olet päättänyt kohdata hänet näytännön jälkeen.

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN

Niin, minä olen päättänyt kukistaa hänen varmuutensa.

TAITURI
 Sinä leikit vaarallista peliä. Sinä petät minut. Ah, jollen minä
koskaan olisi nähnyt sinua! Sinulla on aavistamattomia
mahdollisuuksia hyvään ja…

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN

Pahaan? Minä tiesin sen sanan olevan huulillasi.

TAITURI

Niin, sinä menet hänen luoksensa. Sitäkö varten sinä pelastit

minut elämälle? Onko tämä elämää! Ja sinä! Minä luulen, että sinä
vihaat elämää. Miksi sinä heität minut toiveista epävarmuuteen,
huumeesta epätoivoon, kiihoitat ja väsytät, viet yhä syvemmälle, ja
minun täytyy seurata sinua, sinun oikkujasi, veristä vallattomuuttasi,
nähdä, miten sinä keimailet, näyttelet, hymyilet ja taas hylkäät? Minä
en jaksa enempää. Sinä olet naaras! Naaras, jonka ympärillä kiima
kiertelee.

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN

Sinussa on tempperamenttia. Jatka, jatka!

TAITURI

Jos sinä olisit elänyt vanhan Kreikan aikaan, niin sinä olisit ollut
hieno huvitanssijatar, jonka mieliksi kaikki Alciibiadeet olisivat
leikanneet koiriltaan hännät poikki ja kaataneet kaikki jumalien kuvat
kumoon.

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN
 Puheistasi huomaa, ettet viime aikoina ole itseltäsi mitään
kieltänyt.
Kasvattisiskosi odottaa sinua.

TAITURI

Hänessä on vieläkin neitseellinen tuoksu. Mutta sinulla on hetairan

sielu, ero on siinä, että sinä tyydyt miesten sieluihin.

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN tempaa ruusun ja polkee sen

jalkojensa alle.

Sinä uskallat sen sanoa, sinä! Nyt sinä saat tyytyä ensimmäiseen,
joka kadulla vastaasi tulee. Minä menen nyt.

Menee kiivaasti.

TAITURI

Hänen luoksensa? Ah, rakas, älä mene, minä rukoilen polvillani,

tule takaisin!

Poimii ruusun maasta.

Minun ruusuni? Mitä minä tein!

Rientää ulos.

OVENVARTIJA sitten kasvattisisar.

Ketä te lyhdyllä etsitte?

KASVATTISISAR
 Minä valaisen tietä lyhdylläni ja odotan häntä, joka maalasi tähtiä.
Tähdet odottavat.

OVENVARTIJA

Kyllä tähdillä on aikaa.

KASVATTISISAR

Mutta minä en löydä häntä. Kummallista, kun minä suljen silmäni,

niin minä en tunne häntä, sillä hänen kasvonsa muuttuvat silloin
niiksi kuviksi, joita hän maalasi maailmalle, nyt minä tahtoisin nähdä
hänet, niin että minä voisin muistella häntä sellaisena kuin hän oli
eräänä tähtiyönä.

OVENVARTIJA

Mutta teillä, vaimokulta, on kovin pieni kynttilä, se sammuu.

KASVATTISISAR

Minun täytyy rientää ja pyytää häneltä uutta, hänellä oli niin kirkas
kynttilä, mutta hän piiloitti sen vakan alle.

OVENVARTIJA

Tarkoitatteko paholaisen piirtäjää, hän läksi juuri uuden

"tähtemme" seurassa.

KASVATTISISAR

Putosiko se tähti taivaasta?

 OVENVARTIJA nauraen.

Sitä en juuri usko, sillä on hiukan epäilyttävä loisto.

KASVATTISISAR

Sitten se oli vain aarnivalkea, joka eksyttää.

OVENVARTIJA

Eksyttää, se sana sattui kuin naulaan.

KASVATTISISAR menee.

Minun täytyy näyttää hänelle tietä, ettei hän eksyisi.

OVENVARTIJA

Kyllä tämä elämä on sukkela näytelmä. Kun näyttämöllä

nauretaan, niin kulissien takana itketään ja päinvastoin. Ja isä
Jumala hoitaa koneistoa. Minä menen laskemaan alas esiripun.
NELJÄS KUVAELMA

Ravintolan katuedusta, pieniä pöytiä ja tuoleja, keskellä käytävä,

vasemmalla hotellin pääty, johon on kirjoitettu "Ikuinen lamppu".
Oikealla isompi pöytä sillä iso malja ja kauha. Taituri istuu skitsikirja
kädessä, hänen ympärillänsä istuu kaksi seikkailijaa. Äärimmäisen
pöydän ääressä istuu nainen hiukset silmillä. Ravintolan ovella
perällä seisoo viinuri punaisine esiliinoineen; joskus näkyy poliisi,
joka kulkee hotellin ohi.

TAITURI turistipuvussa, polvihousuissa.

Kun minä ennen join tätä viiniä, tuntui kuin olisin juonut tämän
maan ihanien maisemien värin ja mehun sieluuni. Nyt minä näen
pikarin pinnalla kaksi naisen kuvaa, jotka läikkyvät toisiaan vastaan.
Toinen nainen oli väkevä, väärennetty viini. — Ääretön äitelyys
täyttää nyt mieleni. Ettekö tunne liiman ja homeen hajua?

ENSIMMÄINEN SEIKKAILIJA

Päinvastoin.

TAITURI
 Päinvastoin? Kaikki sanovat päinvastoin. Minusta tuntuu ikäänkuin
minun täytyisi, ikäänkuin minun aina olisi täytynyt tehdä päinvastoin
kuin mitä ajattelen. Ennen hallitsin minä ainettani, nyt hallitsee se
minua.

TOINEN SEIKKAILIJA

Mielikuvat tekevät kepposiaan. Rivoja kuperkeikkoja?!

ENSIMMÄINEN SEIKKAILIJA

Tunteenne ovat turmeltuneet, olette runollisen ränstynyt.

TOINEN SEIKKAILUA ivaten.

Jumalan armosta.

TAITURI

Tässä turmeluksen tuoksussa on jotain hurmaavaa ja huumaavaa.

ENSIMMÄINEN SEIKKAILIJA

Lähettäkää uusia mielikuvia niitä vastaan!

TOINEN SEIKKAILIJA

Taivaallinen sotajoukko.

TAITURI

Minä kuljen toreja ja katuja kuin kummitus. Leipäni, minkä ostan,

on katkera, vesi on saastutettu, asuntoni varkaiden luola, jota en voi
lukita. Ja yöllä? Minä valvon ja kuuntelen pimeässä honkkien
honotusta ja särkyneen kitaran kiljuntaa likaisista huoneista, joissa
mässätään. Ja minut tempaa hullu halu itse mässätä ja ryvettää.

TOINEN SEIKKAILIJA

Se puhdistaa. Käykää sellaiseen mutakylpyyn, niin inhonne katoaa!

TAITURI

Se kasvaa sydämmessäni kuin myrkkysieni. Minä olen sen niin

selvästi huomannut, että ympärilläni liikkuu salaisia, vihaisia voimia.
Toisinaan tunnen kuin raskaan käden hartioillani. Uskotteko pahaan?

ENSIMMÄINEN SEIKKAILIJA

Ei enään uskota hyvään eikä pahaan. Paholainen on joutunut

rappiolle sen jälkeen kuin enkelit tekivät vararikon. Paholainen hyötyi
enkelien rinnalla. Nyt kulkee hän kirjatonna maailman markkinoilla.

TOINEN SEIKKAILIJA

Te suitsutitte hänelle ennen, teidän taulunne…

TAITURI

Minä poltin monta taulua.

ENSIMMÄINEN SEIKKAILIJA

Mutta ne kummittelevat vielä aivoissanne.

TAITURI

Nainen minut kiihoitti, minä tahdoin uhmata jumalia, minua on

rangaistu, minä kuljen nyt kuin henkipatto. Minä viihdyn vain
heittiöiden ja kuvanväärentäjien seurassa. Nyt minä juon teidän
kanssanne.

ENSIMMÄINEN SEIKKAILIJA

Armaanne malja!

TAITURI

Hän karkasi erään seikkailijan kanssa. Hänellä oli jo lapsena

taipumuksia näpistelemiseen, vanhempana varasti hän voimani enkä
minä enään löydä itseäni, ehkä löytäisin sen jostakin kotiseutuni
komerosta, niin ainakin luulen. — Minä luulin nähneeni hänet eilen,
hän katosi "Ikuisen lampun" ovesta. Ehkä se oli harhakuva, mutta
kuin kehässä palaan minä aina tämän ravintolan edustalle. Minä
tahdon näyttää hänelle, että minä olen unohtanut hänet, etten minä
enään tunne häntä. Kas tuolta hän tulee.

TOINEN SEIKKAILIJA

Unohtanut? Miksi siis häntä vielä etsitte?

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN ja muukalainen istautuvat

vasemmalle.

Ei häneltä, ei häneltä, sinä vaadit minulta liikoja, tätä älä vaadi,

hän oli kerran osa onnestani!
MUUKALAINEN

Sinun täytyy. Meidän täytyy saada hänet tekemään hullutuksia.

Silloin hän on vallassamme.

Vaihtaa seikkailijoiden kanssa salaisia merkkejä.

Kuuluisa taideniekka, olen kuullut teistä puhuttavan, hauskaa

uudistaa tuttavuutta mestarin kanssa.

TAITURI

Muistan. Tapasin teidät kadulla, opastitte minut pankkiin. Olkaa

tervetullut, tuokaa seuranaisennekin! Cameriere, kaksi lasia! Mestari
vain elämän viinitarhassa. Tuntematon kaunotar, istukaa tähän,
siirtäkää kateellinen, harmaa harso silmiltänne! Uskokaa, minä olen
nähnyt teistä kerran unta, räikeä todellisuus ei ole sitä himmentänyt.
Kummallista, että todellisuudessa voi kohdata unikuvansa.

Muukalainen menee perälle ravintolaan.

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN

Te näette kohteliaita unia. Elämä on täynnä yllätyksiä.

TAITURI

Missä on piiskanne?

HARMAAPUKUINEN NAINEN

Minä annoin sen saattajalleni.

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