Darling Harbour
A harbour inlet on the western edge of the city centre, rebuilt for the bicentenary in 1988 as a pedestrian waterfront. Around its promenades sit the aquarium, the maritime museum, restaurants and the convention centre.
- Where
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- -33.8722, 151.1992
Get the Darling Harbour stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Darling Harbour. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your New South Wales volume with your photos and a note.
Near Darling Harbour
Australian National Maritime Museum 0.3 km
The national museum of the sea, under a wave-shaped roof designed by Philip Cox on the Darling Harbour waterfront. Moored outside are real vessels you can board, including a navy destroyer, a submarine and a replica of Cook's Endeavour.
Sea Life Sydney Aquarium 0.4 km
An aquarium on the eastern shore of Darling Harbour, opened in 1988, devoted to the creatures of Australia's own waters. It holds more than 700 species, and its glass tunnels take you under sharks, rays and a reef tank.
Queen Victoria Building 0.7 km
A Romanesque Revival market hall that fills a whole city block on George Street, built between 1893 and 1898 to designs by George McRae. Under its copper domes and stained glass it is now a shopping arcade, 190 metres long.
Sydney Tower 0.9 km
A slim mast topped by a golden turret, the tallest structure in Sydney and one of the tallest observation towers in the Southern Hemisphere. From the observation deck the view runs from the harbour to the Blue Mountains on a clear day.
Hyde Park 1.1 km
The oldest public parkland in Australia, 16 hectares on the eastern edge of the city centre. An avenue of fig trees runs between the Archibald Fountain at the north end and the Art Deco Anzac Memorial at the south.
Hyde Park Barracks 1.3 km
A brick compound on Macquarie Street built in 1817 to 1819 to house convict men and boys, designed by the convict architect Francis Greenway. It later served as an asylum and courts, and is now a museum of the convict era and part of a World Heritage listing.
Australian Museum 1.3 km
The oldest museum in Australia, founded in the 1820s as the Colonial Museum and housed in a sandstone building facing Hyde Park. Its natural history and First Nations collections run from dinosaurs and minerals to Pacific cultures.
St Mary's Cathedral 1.3 km
The seat of Sydney's Catholic archbishop, a Gothic Revival church in honey-coloured sandstone facing Hyde Park. It is a minor basilica dedicated to Our Lady, Help of Christians, patroness of Australia.
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Questions
Where is Darling Harbour?
Darling Harbour is in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Australian National Maritime Museum (0.3 km), Sea Life Sydney Aquarium (0.4 km), Queen Victoria Building (0.7 km).
How do I get the Darling Harbour stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Darling Harbour and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your New South Wales volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Darling Harbour before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your New South Wales volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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