CBD
The Sydney city is also called the Central Business District (CBD). You will hear this term often and it refers to the areas surrounding Wynyard, Town Hall, and Central.

The CBD is where all the money is earned and spent, and where all the sophisticated socialites dine and drink. By day, streets full of Armani suits and Gucci sunglasses stroll importantly attending to their daily businesses while by night, the CBD lights up with well-dressed party goers and the loud music coming somewhere from the basement.

Inner West
Just on the fringe of the city outskirts is an area commonly known for its alternative lifestyle and social life. The Inner West is funky and full of quirk compared to the slick and upmarket city centre and its residents are proud of it. Less so polished yet more cultural, this is where students, artists, writers, poets and individualists hang out.

The inner west consist more commonly of suburbs such as Glebe, Camperdown, Newtown, Enmore, Annandale, Leichhardt, Rozelle and Balmain.

Eastern Suburbs
Fashionable but not mainstream; individual but not quirky. The Eastern Suburbs consist of the former red-light district of Kings Cross all the way to Watsons Bay, and is full of beautiful restored mansions, rows and rows of expensive cars and street after street of expensive boutique shops.

Some of Sydney’s most expensive real estate reside along the inner harbour shores of the eastern suburbs.

North Shore
Sydneysiders call anything beyond north of the Harbour Bridge ‘North Shore’. Commonly associated with suburban residences and beaches, it also has some of Sydney bigger shopping malls if shopping is what you seek. The lower north shore consist of suburbs from North Sydney to Chatswood, and then along the beaches from Manly to Palm Beach are upper north shore.

The Beaches
Sydney is renowned for its beautiful beaches in and out of the harbour. Most famous are Bondi, Manly and Coogee having the largest backpacker community in the region. However smaller and lesser known beaches are just as beautiful and places like Tamarama, Bronte, Clovelly, Dee Why and Palm Beach are just as beautiful as their more famous neighbours.

Caution:
When planning a day at the beach, it is important to put on some 30+ sun screen to fend off the harsh Australian sun. Also remember to swim between the red and yellow life saver flags and to observe any rules that may apply to that particular beach, especially the restriction on alcohol consumption and glass bottle on the beaches.

Greater Sydney
Beyond the 10km radius from the centre of Sydney are regions classified as greater Sydney. Due to the location the greater Sydney areas are not as widely visited by overseas travellers as the city centre and the beaches however, for those with special interest in museums, theatres and a more historical and natural experience of Sydney, the greater Sydney regions has choices from the historical town of Windsor to visiting the cuddly koalas in Koala Park to amuse the visitors.