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My Sydney Detour – 3 Hour Detour – 39km / 24 Miles

September 30, 2013 by MySydneyDetour

By MySydneyDetour • Updated May 16, 2024

9:30amSuggested start time You can customise the start time when you book.

Hotel Pick Up

9:45am

Discover the inner-city suburb of Redfern. An area rich in culture and history to gain an insight into local politics, modern day Indigenous issues and inner-city living

10:00am

Get a sense of the local community full of diverse inhabitants: from academic professionals and students, poets and artists, alongside original post war European immigrants

10:15am

Tour ‘The Block’, the first piece of land given back to the Indigenous peoples in 1975, a place of great historical importance

10:30am

Cruise along the southern edge of Centennial Park – the second largest urban green space in the world after New York City’s Central Park

10:45am

Stroll through one of the world’s most spectacularly sited cemeteries to explore a section of our breathtaking rugged coastline and find out the real reason why Captain Cook sailed to Australia in 1770

11:00am

Explore the most magnificent stretch of coastline that Sydney has to offer whilst learning about Captain Cook’s journey to Australia

11:15am

Smell the salt air and see the locals out for a surf as you soak in what life is like living on the coast of Sydney

11:30am

This unique vantage point captures the inlet into Sydney harbour with views over South and North Head, with Quarantine Bay in the distance

11:45am

Travel through the ‘Bel Air’ of Sydney, down Richard’s favourite street which has it all: secluded beach, historic houses, thick bush, serious architecture

12:00pm

This hidden gem guarantees you a unique vantage point to take in all the elements that define Sydney; the city, the beach and the bush in one breathtaking location

12:15pm

Return to the city and take in the exquisite modern residential architecture of the most expensive suburb in the Southern Hemisphere, Point Piper

12:30pm

Hotel Drop off

See Related: Take a Detour down memory lane

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