Sydney Day Trips

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Around Sydney are a number of places that are easily visited as day trip. These are often best done as part of an organised tour and we do advise booking out of Sydney trips prior to arrival to ensure your chose trip will run. Click on the headings below to learn more:

Blue Mountains and Katoomba
A scenic mountainous area inland form Sydney.

Cockatoo Run
The Cockatoo Run is a railway journey run by an organisation known as 3801 Limited.

Canberra
The capital of Australia is an inland city that can be visited as a long day trip

Hunter Valley
90 minutes drive north of Sydney is the Hunter Region, famous for its world class wines.

Newcastle
A city to the north of Sydney at the entrance to the Hunter Valley

Zig-Zag Railway
The Zig Zag Railway runs on the original course of the Western Main Railway leading westwards from Sydney to Lithgow and beyond.