Darlinghurst is immediately east of the CBD and Hyde Park. An area of restaurants and and the heart of the gay community famous for the annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras which happens each March.
The main street is Oxford Street which becomes Victoria Street and has many cafés, restaurants and take-away food stores.
Darlinghurst has lots of pubs and nightclubs most on Oxford Street and now Sydney's primary "nightclub strip" and competes with Kings Cross.
In Darlinghurst is the Australian Museum and the Sydney Jewish Museum.
Darlinghurst Gaol in the middle of Darlinghurst was built between 1836 and 1840.
On Oxford Street you will find every food type with many Thai restaurants, Indian and all other forms of Asian dining.
Reaching Darlinghurst is easy as Oxford Street is a main bus route for Sydney buses.