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The main shopping street of Surry Hills is Crown Street, and it is here you will find inventive homeware stores. Some of Sydney's best restaurants are here as well.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2912 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2796
Up until recently the area was given a lot of bad press, but people have become to realise that the food and shopping (fabrics, ethnic supermarkets, electrical goods) make Cabramatta a different Sydney experience.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2796 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2915
It was housed in the new Sydney Theatre, which is in a sort of theatre district in the wharves of Walsh Bay. The theatre itself was a mixture of industrial meets contemporary chic, and I remember there were a couple of good restaurants nearby.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2915 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2795
The Trust manage some of Sydney's more fascinating colonial buildings, and will give you an insight into the difficulties posed to the early colony. There are two harbourside mansions in their 'collection' – Elizabeth Bay House, a fine regency villa, and Vaucluse House, that began life as a cottage in 1803. Both have educational displays and antiques on site, and in particular Vaucluse House is set within beautiful grounds.

They also manage the Museum of Sydney, which is in the city. This museum looks at the interesting history of Sydney from convict times through to the present. A short detour from the Museum of Sydney would be the Hyde Park Barracks, which shows life as a convict in the early 19th century.

Most venues have a book/gift shop, and some have cafes.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2795