Sydney

Feast on perhaps the world's best Asian fusion cuisine, revel in the city's multitude of outdoor art, swing by its speakeasy bars and discover its hidden beaches. Our Secret Seven tips for exploring Sydney.

Travel writer Richard Tulloch has been to his fair share of great cities, but none have tempted him to cut his ties with his native Sydney. In our Long Weekend guide he shares his local travel tips for first-time visitors… Australians who don’t live in Sydney are jealous. Melbourne people in particular…

Art needn’t be exclusive, as Richard Tulloch discovers when, along with half a million others, he passes judgement over 2011’s crop of creations at Sydney’s open-air exhibition by the sea. Why do hundreds of thousands of people, many of whom would never visit an art gallery, spend a few hours…