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The Biggest W Hotel in the World has Opened on Sydney’s Harbourfront with a Spectacular Wave Design

The Biggest W Hotel in the World has Opened on Sydney’s Harbourfront with a Spectacular Wave Design

They like to make a splash Down Under. So it’s no surprise the long-anticipated opening of the new W Sydney hotel overlooking Darling Harbour is “making waves.” Its eye-catching, curving architecture adds wave-inspired drama to the harbourfront in Australia’s capital. And it’s the biggest W hotel among the 5 dozen W’s around the world, including two others in Australia, in Melbourne and Brisbane.  The hot, new, 588-room destination in Sydney has already become a new architectural icon for Australia, towering over...


Upgrades and Celebrations Mark the 50th Anniversary of Australia’s Architectural Icon: the Sydney Opera House

Upgrades and Celebrations Mark the 50th Anniversary of Australia’s Architectural Icon: the Sydney Opera House

In 2023, the iconic Sydney Opera House celebrates a half-century of symbolizing not just a city, but a country and even a continent. It may even be the most famous building in the southern hemisphere.  This icon of modern design evoking giant stylized, sail-shaped shells occupies Bennelong point projecting out into Sydney Harbour. It dominates the skyline and has gripped the world’s imagination ever since its debut in 1973. Completely unprecedented when it won the contest for a design for a performing...

Upgrades and Celebrations Mark the 50th Anniversary of Australia’s Architectural Icon: the Sydney Opera House


Only two hours from Sydney, Lucky’s tiny house lets you live among the wildlife of Kangaroo Valley

Only two hours from Sydney, Lucky’s tiny house lets you live among the wildlife of Kangaroo Valley

Only two hours from Sydney, Lucky’s tiny house lets you live among the wildlife of Kangaroo Valley. Ramble your 140 acres and you might spot not only kangaroos but also wombats, echidnas (spiny anteaters), and lots of kookaburras. If you feel like a longer hike, head next door to Cambewarra Range Nature Reserve, where you can take the Red Rock trail up to an old surveying station with a spectacular view. Photo: @cloudbreakerfalls

Only two hours from Sydney, Lucky’s tiny house lets you live among the wildlife of Kangaroo Valley