Kings Cross
Kings Cross is one of the most densely populated are in Australia. This place rocks with adult entertainment, nightclubs, live music, and more than two hundred of the city’s finest restaurants, bars and cafes. Kings Cross is one of the few places that continue to sparkle and throb throughout the night.
Here, along the narrow strip that is Darlinghurst Rd and which becomes Macleay St at Fitzroy Gardens, souvenir shops, McDonalds, pubs, ice cream stands and strip joints stand cheek by jowl in a part of Sydney that never sleeps. Kings Cross is also home to one of Sydneys oldest areas, Wooloomooloo. Here, opposite the Artspace Gallery, you will find Harry’s Cafe de Wheels, open for 18 hours a day, started in 1945. It is a must visit on the way home after a night out.
Caution
Dont prefer to go alone. The visitor who hopes to experience life at Kings Cross is best advised not to go alone. Since there are also all sorts of low life that one may encounter in the shadows.
How to Reach – Take Eastern Suburbs railway line from just about anywhere in the CBD – Get in a bus from Central and you’ll be there in no time
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Potts Point
Potts Point is one of the classier suburbs of inner Sydney, with a host of shops and restaurants for those special nights out. Potts Point is accessible to all things - the city, Harbour, Harbour Bridge, Botanical Gardens and many bars, nightclubs and cafes.
It's a great central location to start and finish your night. While your there, check out the surrounding suburbs of Woolloomooloo Bay, Elizabeth Bay and Rushcutters Bay.
Potts Point is at the tranquil lower end of Kings Cross, offers some fine examples of colonial and art deco architecture such as Elizabeth Bay House and Tusculum House.
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