When tourists talk about Sydney, Australia, you will not be surprised to hear their amazement when they visited the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. These are the staple destinations whenever tourists visit the city. However, there are other Instagram-worthy landmarks in Sydney that most walking tourists do not get to visit. The reason for this is that these places are only accessible by boats.
There are ferries that you can ride to take you to these places. However, riding public ferries may be too time-consuming, especially if your stay in Sydney is just a brief one. Fortunately for you, you can opt for boat hire in Sydney harbour to give you a private tour of Sydney on its waters. It is best to take your friends along for the ride to lessen the cost you have to pay per person.
Here is a list of Instagram-worthy places in Sydney only accessible by boat.
- Shark Island
Shark Island has a land area of 1.5 hectares. When you are at the tip of the island, you can have a 360-degree view of Sydney’s cityscape. Shark Island is also a popular venue for weddings, music festivals, and parties.
- Cockatoo Island
Cockatoo Island is considered a UNESCO World Heritage Sanctuary because of its rich history of shipbuilding. Most tourists stay in Cockatoo Island for more than an hour, long enough to know the island’s history. The island is large enough to accommodate tourists who want to take pictures without having other people in the field.
- The Royal Botanical Garden
While the Royal Botanical Garden is accessible by land transportation, it is easier to access it by boat, especially if you rent the boat for the entire day. The Royal Botanical Garden is filled with different plants and colourful flowers that will create an amazing backdrop for your photographs. Likewise, you can find a position where you can have the luscious greenery in your foreground while having the Sydney cityscape in your background.
- The Harbour Bridge
Of course, a Sydney trip will not be complete without an Instagram photo of you with the Harbour Bridge as your background. However, why not take it up to a higher level by taking a photo from the deck of a boat that is as close to the bridge as possible. You can angle your photo so that the bridge’s beams will create symmetric or asymmetric background lines depending on your taste in photography.
- The Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is probably the most photographed landmark in Sydney and is recognized all over the world. No matter how many times this landmark has been photographed, using it as a background never gets old. However, only a few people will have a chance to get a vantage point of being on Sydney’s waters on a boat deck with the Opera House as close to you as possible. It would be a bonus if you can position yourself to get both the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge as your background at dusk where their lights are turned on, amidst the sunset sky.
Even without the landmarks listed above, taking a photo lying on a yacht deck is already Instagram-worthy by itself. No need to worry where to get a boat, you can always opt for boat hire in Sydney harbour. Never the less, how many of your friends can boast that they visited all these famous Sydney landmarks on a boat.
