Australia - New South Wales

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Capital: Sydney.

Population: 6.5 million.

The locals: Although they are a very welcoming bunch, Sydneysiders are not as friendly as people in most other parts of Australia, but that is more a 'big city' issue then anything sinister. You will meet all types here, from surfies to sophisticates to bohemians to bankers, so you will feel at home no matter who you like to hang out with.

Tourists come here because: Sydney is simply the prettiest city in the world.

Inside info: the Harbor Bridge (the 'Coat hanger') is 134 meters high, 502 meters long, contains something like six million rivets, carries approximately 150.000 vehicles every day and its arch may rise or fall up to 18 centimeters depending on the temperature.

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the Sydney Harbour Bridge Top 3 'things to do'

1. Catch a Sydney ferry: do what the locals do and jump on a ferry, heading over to Manly or Watson's Bay: you get million-dollar views for a fiver.

2. Walk from Bondi to Coogee: take the cliff-top walk between two of Sydney's most iconic eastern beaches.

3. Go south or head for the weird, wild west: wildlife-tasty Pebbly Beach and the enormous Nan Tien Buddhist Temple are two of the surprises of the lesser-known south coast and in the same state as the harbour city you will find also red-dirt, outback-tasty Broken Hill.