Melbourne's rival, Sydney, located to the north, is the capital of New South Wales. A vibrant booming city of 4.5 million, Sydney is the oldest and most sophisticated. Sailing into her enormous harbor, one is greeted by steel and glass skyscrapers, a dramatic Scandinavian designed opera house (whose critics describe as a "mollusk crawling out of the sea") and her famous "coat-hanger" bridge.

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