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Tours for Photographers
— diverse
locations — help and advice
Designed for visitors
to Sydney and
locals
alike, our photographic tours are flexible and
without structured
instruction. But your guide is available for queries and
advice
on the big photographic questions. All levels of experience. Make a
group and enjoy the learning experience together.
Arriving in a new city and only having a brief period to explore, it is easy to miss some of the best visual interest it has to offer. Equally, long-term residents can be unaware and surprised at new and different angles and subjects hidden away. Book one of our tours to make the most of Sydney's pictorial potential. |
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The
Rocks &
Observatory Hill
Custom tour (2 hours) Call to book, date, time. 1 person A$120 2 people A$180 3 people A$200 4 or more people A$220 Historic
first area of settlement in Sydney. The Rocks, dominated and
in the shadow of the Harbour Bridge is one of those classic tourist
areas and is often the host to a range of entertainments including
music, art and markets. But away from the milling crowds, a maze of
secret lanes, stairways and narrow streets offers a feast of
photographic opportunities. The backdrop includes some of the oldest
architecture in the country. Moving up to the park at Observatory Hill,
capture some of the best views in Sydney – but now with the
Bridge
below. The garden and grounds of the observatory are open, spreading
giant fig trees are some of the best of nature’s sculptures
in Sydney.
Back down the hill, endless picturesque streets and return to
Circular Quay.
Car parking difficult but meter parking on Kent Street. Pay car park at Clock Tower Square, Harrington Street. Buses & ferries: To Circular Quay. Rail: To Circular Quay Station. Time 2 hours. Book on Tel: (02) 9264 6185 or Email Greg |
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Opera House &
Circular Quay Custom tour (2 hours) Call to book, date, time. 1 person A$120 2 people A$180 3 people A$200 4 or more people A$220 The city's architectural wonder and no wonder – shoot it from every angle. And from the facing cruise ship/ferry terminals. Buzzing with visitors and city desk pilots taking a break. View from the Botanical Gardens. Infinite visual potential. This building is the symbol of Australia's post-colonial aria to the world. Through it we seek cultural identity. The radical design was inspired by sailing ships but for photographers, the building makes many visual statements. Car parking: off Roundabout at harbour end of Macquarie Street. Buses, ferries and rail: To Circular Quay. Time: 2 hours. Book on Tel: (02) 9264 6185 or Email Greg |
| Glebe & Sydney
University Custom tour (2 hours) Call to book, date, time. 1 person A$120 2 people A$180 3 people A$200 4 or more people A$220 A walk around Australia's oldest university, quiet cloisters to busy student union. Then to adjacent suburb of Glebe and row by row of restored Victorian terraces. Down through village to harbour foreshore and vistas of the big bridge and views of ship terminal, Chinese temple, convent school, cricket oval and viaducts. Buses to Broadway (University). Meter car parking in Glebe. Time: 2 hours Book on Tel: (02) 9264 6185 or Email Greg |
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City Lanes Custom tour (2 hours) Call to book, date, time. 1 person A$120 2 people A$180 3 people A$200 4 or more people A$220 Dark caverns, canyons between the skyscrapers; hidden secret passages of the old city beckon photographers seeking a real challenge. Light is sparse; the inhabitants move on quickly. But there are endless surprising vistas to frame great pictures. Buses and trains to the city. Car parking plentiful in city (but expensive). Time: 2 hours. Book on Tel: (02) 9264 6185 or Email Greg |
| Botanical Gardens
& Mrs Macquarie's Chair Custom tour (2 hours) Call to book, date, time. 1 person A$120 2 people A$180 3 people A$200 4 or more people A$220 Sowing creative seeds in city centre shrine to plant and animal world. Second home to the famed Wollemi Pine, the fossil that wood survive. Bottle trees against the skyscrapers, Harbour and Opera House from an entirely different standpoint. People too, at picnic, lovers in hidden corners, formal garden fit for a palace and tropical pyramid glasshouse. Birds everywhere: ibis, ducks, kookaburra, sulphur-crested cockatoos. Bats and possums compete for space in the trees. Car parking near park gates on Mrs Macquaries Road (meter, expensive). Buses and ferries to Circular Quay and walk. Rail: Circular Quay or St James Station. Time: 2 hours. Book on Tel: (02) 9264 6185 or Email Greg |
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| Newtown &
Camperdown Custom tour (2 hours) Call to book, date, time. 1 person A$120 2 people A$180 3 people A$200 4 or more people A$220 Sydney's alternative lifestyles hangout, weird shops, wall murals and grafitti. Narrow streets lined with terraced houses. Camperdown Cemetery with early settlement graves with history and a 1000 vistas and angles. Car parking in side streets. Buses from City and trains to Newtown. Time: 2 hours. Book on Tel: (02) 9264 6185 or Email Greg |
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Callan Park, Rozelle
Custom tour (2 hours) Call to book, date, time. 1 person A$120 2 people A$180 3 people A$200 4 or more people A$220 You don't have to be crazy to be a photographer . . . but it helps. And what better place to test your head for making great pictures than exploring the extensive parkland and grounds of the former mental institution at Callan Park? Includes heritage buildings now housing Sydney College of Art, landscape gardens and harbour foreshore. Buses: 440 and 445 + 433 to Darling Street Balmain; L39 and L40 and 470 and 502. Car parking on Balmain Road and inside the park itself. Time: 2 hours. Book on Tel: (02) 9264 6185 or Email Greg |
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