Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
DIRECTORY
Blue Mountains
Adventure Company
84a Bathurst Rd, Katoomba.
Tel
4782 1271.
www
.bmac.com.au
BridgeClimb
5 Cumberland St,
The Rocks, Sydney.
Tel
8274 7777.
www
.bridgeclimb.com.
Centennial Park Cycles
50 Clovelly Rd, Randwick.
Tel
9398 5027.
www
.cyclehire.com.au
Centennial Parklands
Equestrian Centre
Cnr Lang & Cook Rds, Moore
Park.
Map
5 D5.
Tel
9332 2809.
www
.cqequestrian.com.au
Cooper Park Tennis
Courts
Off Suttie Rd, Double Bay.
Tel
9389 3100.
www
.cptennis.com.au
Megalong Australian
Heritage Centre
Megalong Valley Rd, Megalong
Valley.
Tel
4787 8188.
www
.megalongcc.com.au
Moore Park Golf Club
Cnr Cleveland St & Anzac Parade,
Moore Park.
Map
5 B5.
Tel
9663 1064.
www
.mooreparkgolf.com.au
Parkland Sports
Cnr Anzac Parade & Lang Rd,
Moore Park.
Tel
9662 7033.
Rollerblading.com.au
Tel
0411 872 022.
St Michael's Golf Club
Jennifer St, Little Bay.
Tel
9311 0688.
www
.stmichaelsgolf.com.au
Samarai Park
Riding School
90 Booralie Rd, Terrey Hills.
Tel
9450 1745.
www
.samaraipark.com
Ticketek
Tel
132849.
www
.ticketek.com.au
Warringah Golf Club
397 Condamine St, North Manly.
Tel
9905 4028.
Aerial view of the Aussie Stadium at Moore Park
Centre, Haymarket, have
much of the pizzazz, colour
and excitement of American
basketball. Tickets can be
purchased from Ticketek, on
the phone or on the internet.
HORSE RIDING
For a leisurely ride, head to
Centennial Park or contact the
Centennial Parklands
Equestrian Centre
. They will
give you details of the four rid-
ing schools that operate in the
park.
Samarai Park Riding
School
conducts trail rides
through Ku-ring-gai Chase
National Park
(see pp154-5)
.
Further afield, you can enjoy
the magnificent scenery of the
Blue Mountains
(see pp160-61)
on horseback. The
Megalong
Australian Heritage Centre
has rides lasting from one hour
to an overnight ride. All levels
of experience are catered for.
CYCLING AND INLINE
SKATING
Sydney boasts excellent, safe
locations for the whole family
to go cycling. One of the
most frequented is Centennial
Park
(see p127)
. You can hire
bicycles and safety helmets
from
Centennial Park Cycles
.
Another increasingly
popular pastime in summer is
in-line skating, and skaters
can often be seen on the
paths of the city's parks as
well as on the streets.
Rollerblading.com.au
runs
tours starting at Milsons Point
to all parts of Sydney. If
you're unsteady, they also do
group and private lessons.
For those who like to keep
both feet firmly on the ground,
you can watch skateboarders
and inline skaters practising
their moves at the ramps at
Bondi Beach
(see p137)
.
Horse riding in one of the parks
surrounding the city centre
ADVENTURE SPORTS
You can participate in guided
bushwalking, mountain
biking, canyoning, rock
climbing and abseiling expe-
ditions in the nearby Blue
Mountains National Park. The
Blue Mountains Adventure
Company
runs one-day or
multi-day courses and trips
for all standards of adventurer.
In the centre of Sydney,
BridgeClimb
Offers a 3½-hour
guided climb to the summit of
Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Inline skaters enjoying a summer
evening on the city's streets
