Explore Sutherland Shire Just 20 Minutes From Sydney CBD

Explore Sutherland Shire Just 20 Minutes From Sydney CBD

Shopping, superb eateries, entertainment and endless possibilities for those who seek adventure has made Sutherland Shire a popular holiday hot spot. Whether you want to spend just a day, weekend or several days, the Sutherland Shire area offers you an exciting time.

The best known coastal resort in the area is Cronulla, a waterfront township with classy hotels and numerous holiday accommodation where you can stay and enjoy the beach, swim, surf, kayak, go fishing as well as enjoy some of the best alfresco dining precinct Sydney has to offer. Just circa 25 kilometres south of Sydney city, even the locals plan it a relaxing day out in the Shire area when they want to getaway from the busy city surroundings.

You will find Cronulla hotels, motels, Bundeena bed and breakfast in Sutherland Shire when you are looking for a place to book for your seaside vacation south of Sydney city.

We have itemized below some of the things you can get up to during your holidays in Sutherland Shire.

Enjoy beautiful Cronulla beach - swim, surf, kayaking, wind surfing, diving and wine and dine at the alfresco restaurants and cafes at the waterfront. The township also offer you plenty of great shopping opportunities to those who love some retail therapy while on holiday.

You could catch a ferry across Port Hacking to Bundeena.

You can visit the Lucas Heights Nuclear facility. Make sure you make an appointment before you visit.

Head to the Royal National Park in southern end of Port Hacking where you will discover the surf beaches, amazing walking tracks and cycle tracks. While you are here hire a boat or a canoe and explore the waterways. 

This heritage listed national park offers you picnic areas to enjoy a leisurely day out with family and friends.

Visit the art galleries, theatres and museums in the Shire. Art galleries in Bundeena and Maianbar are generally open to the public on the first Sunday of each month. You will love following the art trail in these to townships.

Head to Kurnell known to be Captain Cook’s landing site in 1770.

If you head to Sutherland Shire during the migration season, you will be able watch migrating whales from the cliff tops of Botany Bay National Park.

When you are planning to visit Sutherland Shire and if planning to stay a few days, there are Cronulla hotels, motels and Bundeena bed and breakfast accommodation in Sutherland Shire available for you to book.

Since it is so close to Sydney city you will also be able to book a city accommodation and continue your Sutherland Shire explorations (select state New South Wales and region Sydney when you are searching).

Celebrate Australia Day: Richie Benaud Becomes ‘Lambassador’ for Australia Day Lamb Campaign

Richie Benaud is spruiking lamb for Australia Day this year. Picture: Damian Shaw

HE’S been the recognisable dry, voice of Australian cricket for decades, now Richie Benaud will be lending his vocal talents to the Aussie lamb industry.

The national treasure is joining Sam Kekovich as a ‘lambassador’ for this year’s Australia Day lamb campaign.

Benaud has been missing from the Channel 9 commentary team this summer as he battles skin cancer, but he’s found time to implore Aussies to celebrate Australia Day with some chops and cutlets.

“To me, Australia Day is the perfect excuse to get together with friends and family over a BBQ and tuck into some delicious lamb chops,” Benaud said.




Sam Kekovich will have some competition at his lamb barbecues now. Picture: Stuart Quinn

Kekovich has become synonymous with the lamb campaign, while this is the first campaign involving Benaud.

“Just like cricket, the annual lamb campaign is synonymous with Australia Day and I’m thrilled to be part of it in 2015,” Benaud said.

Meat & Livestock Australia spokesman Michael Edmonds said Kekovich and Benaud would form a brilliant team.

“We are very proud of how previous campaigns have captured the nation’s attention over the past 10 years,’’ Edmonds.

“For 2015 we wanted to evolve the campaign and it was only fitting to have one of Australia’s most treasured icons, Richie Benaud join Sam on his annual crusade to get Aussies together over lamb on Australia Day.”

Australia Day 2015 | Darling Harbour Sydney

Darling Harbour is home (and host) to the nation’s biggest harbourside party every year on 26 January.

The Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority is proud to once again bring Darling Harbour to life for you on Australia Day, as part of our commitment to supporting the NSW visitor economy.

There are so many ways to be Australian; celebrate them all at Darling Harbour with our program of family fun, festivities and fireworks!

We’re all about free entertainment! The kids will love the colourful Circus Playground at Palm Grove, where they can learn to juggle, hula hoop and stilt-walk.

Enjoy live world music as artists from the Culture Beats program return to the stage, showcasing sounds from traditional Cretan music to West African rhythms.

Watch out for musical lifeguards and kangaroos on stilts around the bay, and look out for a Bollywood flash mob, lawn-bowling swing-dancers and contemporary Indigenous performers busting out their best moves at Pier 26.

Witness a heart-warming twilight concert from The Voice’s Darren Percival, enjoy the official NSW Australia Day ceremony, catch international superstar DJ Havana Brown performing live at Darling Quarter, then be wowed by spectacular fireworks and music shows lighting up Cockle Bay and NEW location, Tumbalong Park.

With all this and more on offer and so many bars and restaurants to choose from, Darling Harbour is the only place to celebrate our nation’s day with your family and friends.

Event Accessibility:

An accessible viewing area is available at Palm Grove located at the southern end of Cockle Bay, opposite IMAX.

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David Byrne’s Musical About Imelda Marcos to Debut at Barangaroo

David Byrne was in Sydney to promote his musical Here Lies Love for the 2015 Vivid festival.Source: News Corp Australia

Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne announced in Sydney today that his musical Here Lies Love, about the life of former first lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos, will make its Australian debut at a purpose-built venue in the city’s Barangaroo development next May.

Byrne, who is in Australia for casting of the production, first performed the songs from the musical in Adelaide in 2006, but since then the show has developed into an interactive stage production and is currently showing in London and New York.

“I would never have started on this project if I’d known how long it was going to take,” said Byrne, who co-wrote the musical with English artist Fatboy Slim. The show is set in a disco/nightclub environment, to tell the Marcos story in song.

Byrne was inspired by the idea that the first lady frequented dance venues and had a nightclub in her New York apartment and at her palace in the Philippines. “I’m old enough to remember that she was a larger than life figure,” he said.

“I’m very excited about the show being here and I think Australians are going to enjoy it.”

The show, which will be staged inside a construction made from freight containers called the Millennium, is part of next year’s Vivid Festival in Sydney.

Octonauts Live! Operation Reef Sheild

Developed from a special new episode of the worldwide hit children’s animation series The OCTONAUTS (ABC For Kids), OCTONAUTS LIVE! OPERATION REEF SHIELD is a live adventure musical touring Australia’s premier theatres.

The OCTONAUTS are an eight person team of quirky and courageous undersea adventurers who are always ready to dive into action! It is their mission to explore new underwater worlds, rescue amazing sea creatures and protect the ocean. 

They are led by valiant polar bear Captain Barnacles, Lieutenant Kwazii the daring cat, and Medic Peso the big-hearted penguin. The beloved animated characters have been reimagined for the live stage and transformed into impressive lifelike walkaround costumes of the pedigree that has made Life Like Touring Australia’s leading producer of family theatre.

Entirely created and produced in Australia, OCTONAUTS LIVE! OPERATION REEF SHIELD! is written and directed by Life Like Touring’s Theresa Borg, who wrote and directed acclaimed internationally touring productions Scooby-Doo Live! Musical Mysteries, which toured to Australia, North America, Middle East and Europe, and Sesame Street Presents Elmo’s World Tour which toured Australia and Asia.

In OCTONAUTS LIVE! OPERATION REEF SHIELD, Captain Barnacles and his trusty crew join forces with a host of colourful Australian reef dwellers on a mission to save the Great Barrier Reef! When the Octonauts deploy a new undersea medical station designed to keep the reef clean and healthy, they discover a problem that threatens the reef dwellers and their home. 

An outbreak of spiky and very hungry Crown of Thorns Starfish are on their way to eat the reef! It will take all the Octonauts, their Gups, and a rag-tag crew of sea creatures to ward off the advancing starfish and save the Great Barrier Reef! Don’t miss this all new musical adventure live on stage for the first time in 2015.

Running Time: Approximately 75 minutes total (including 15 minute interval)
Performance Dates: Friday 6th & Saturday 7th March

Event Location: Capitol Theatre Sydney

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