Travel Reference
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LUNA PARK
( 9922 6644;
www.lunaparksydney.com
; 1 Olympic Dr; single-ride tickets $10, ride pass $20-40; 11am-10pm
Fri & Sat, 10am-6pm Sun, 11am-4pm Mon; Milsons Point/Luna Park)
Across the Sydney Harbour
Bridge from The Rocks is this famous 1935 amusement park with its sinister chip-toothed
clown entry. The park has been periodically closed by noise police in recent decades - get
in now before it closes again! The Ferris Wheel, the Rotor and the Flying Saucer offer
varying degrees of nerve-rack and nausea. You can pay as you go, or buy a height-based
unlimited ride pass. Extended hours during school and public holidays.
AMUSEMENT PARK
KIRRIBILLI POINT
( Kirribilli)
The Sydney residences of Australia's governor-general and prime minister are
located on Kirribilli Point, east of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. When they're in town, the
PM gets some shut-eye in the Gothic Revival-style
Kirribilli House
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, built in 1846, which is nearer the bridge and is the one everyone dreams of living in
(if it came without the job).
POINT
Both houses are better spotted from the water than by peering through the lightly forti-
fied gates (they ain't the White House).
Squeezed between the Harbour Bridge and the politicians, the diminutive
Dr Mary
Milsons Point)
offers great
views of the Opera House and the city skyline.
MARY MACKILLOP PLACE
MUSEUM, CHURCH
North Sydney)
This hushed museum tells the life story of St Mary of the Cross (aka Mary
MacKillop), Australia's only Catholic saint, a dedicated and outspoken educator and pion-
eer who prevailed over conservative hierarchical ideals despite being excommunicated for
six months. You'll find St Mary's tomb inside the chapel.
The museum has interesting interactive displays and a kookily whimsical
Nuns on the
Run
automaton, proving that the Josephites (the order that MacKillop founded) have a
sense of humour.
CREMORNE POINT
POINT
