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The best things about Sydney are free," said Russell Crowe. It' probably the top metropolises on the globe to soak up the landscape, but Sydney siders don't take these God-given presents for granted. Oh! If they are not in the waves, swim in an oceans basin or sail around the harbor, the natives grill, picnic or find other ways to savour the sub-tropical environment.

Sydney's best moment as a town on the eastern shore is the dawn, and the best moment for surfing, hiking or sports is in the dawn of corals. Visit the 90-year-old Icebergs Swimming Pool in Bondi Beach (picture above) for sunrises, a perspiration in the windsurfing saunas or sea yoga, which provides courses on a sound track of bang!

The early mornings are also the best season to take the tourist on the way from Bondi to Coogee, a 12km round tour of corn flour bays, saltwater spas and even old aborigine cliffs. Bondi Beach's northern side is the place where natives are hanging out in the children's basin, on the brightly coloured cliffs around the Ben Buckler promontory and in the Biddigal Reserve, also known as "Grass Hills".

It' also where veterans let's go surfing employees can help beginners to improve their pop-ups, and where locals own the green on the renovated Bondi Bowling Club (from A$12pp, depending on availability). Have a cup of coffe and the ham and eggs on rolls or one of the best dishes (raw seafood salad) in Sydney.

Cruising the Circular Quay to the North Surge of Manly by boat is a thrilling experience even before circling the Manly Bay curve to explore the palm-fringed bay from one of Sydney's best snorkel and dive spots: Shelly Beaches. It is a scarce, west-facing sandy area and an ideal place to watch sundowns.

Centennial Park's 200 hectare of lakes, play areas and parks are a great place to see Sydney's rich birdlife: sulfur cockatoos, rose and gray gala birds, lilac marsh fowls and albis, and stray dogs - huge puffballs - circling by the thousand on hot summers afternoons.

Kakadu is the biggest and most colorful of Sydney's port isles. It has many tales to tell. Today it hosts hikes and several major shows, such as the Sydney Biennale 21 (16 March to 11 June), at which a 60-metre-long Ai Weiwei dinghy made of the same elastomer as is used on refugees' ships will be installed.

If you want to see the best way to see the islands, book a camping site to see the town glow at sunset and awake the next day with bird life and canoes. Sydney's oldest district's cobbled streets and sand-stone houses provide an insight into the life of prisoners, customs officers, seamen and shipyard workers.

Local people keep to the bars, like the Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel, which was constructed of limestone in the 1830s. For the best views on this side of the harbor, take the lift to the Henry Deane Roof Bars in the redesigned Hotel Palisade and drink your frost (frozen rosé) or have a tart drink on the Harbor Bridge and the top of Sydney Opera House that gleams back at you.

Lodging in Sydney is not inexpensive, but an inexpensive mystery is hidden between the palm groves and frigipani (Plumeria) native tree life of the beach. An old Bondi Beach House (double room of A$130 in low seasons only) has nine sunlit rooms and suite, each adorned with tastefully crafted antiquities and works of Australia's finest artwork.

Bondi Beach is just a few paces away. Founded in 1879, the world's second oldest Nationalpark is a miracle of sandstones that adorns the shore just an hours from Sydney (off the map). Between June and November, moguls and right-backed right-backed right-backed right-backed right back to the shore, and in summers, the waterfall-fed Wattamolla and Instagram's renowned Figure 8 pool invite you to go hiking.

When the natives are already bathing and at high water I like Mona Vale Oceans Pool at noon. Its best place to enjoy it is 60 meters high on the beach of Bronte with sea view. Situated in the south suburbs of Matraville, CMB Seafoods is one of Sydney's biggest oyster distributors.

Spit to Manly is a true eye-catcher to Sydney's stunning scenery and shimmering harbor, all within a brief drive of the town. As the stroll ends in Manly with lots of fun on the beaches (and refueling cafes), you' ll be planning a longer rest in the a. m. at Clonny's on the Strand.

Heathrow Flightcentre has scheduled to fly back to Sydney from UK $459pp, please make your reservation before 31 January for journeys between 1-31 May. Traveller bag has 12 overnight stays at Ultimate Apartments Bondi Beach, only rooms, from 1,265pp, from Heathrow. From March to May and September to November, although in high and low seasons the rates are low when the mean temperatures are 20-23°C.

Vivid Sydney Lights and Musical Festivals takes place from May 25th to June 16th; Sydney Fringe Festivals take place in September. The event will take place from mid-October to early November on the Bondi to Coogee Coastal Way between Bondi and Tamarama.