Sydney & Surrounds Brochure 2016

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Events & Shows Sydney is a vibrant, accessible city, world renowned for its superb events calendar. Whatever the season the city is buzzing with events that draw guests from across Australia and around the globe. From exhilarating car racing to cricket to jazz, food and wine events, comedy shows, musicals, art exhibitions, flower and garden displays, and with over 40 shows a week at the Sydney Opera House – Sydney really does cover all the bases. House of Travel specialises in packages for some of the main events and shows. Ask your House of Travel consultant for information on an event package or accommodation that best suits your needs.

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Cricket Tests

My Fair Lady

The Sound of Music

See Australia take on India for the Victoria Bitter One Day International Series or the KFC T20 International Series in January. Whilst you’re in town you may as well check out Australia take on the West Indies for the Commonwealth Bank Test Series as well. With so much cricket in one month, you’ll be spoilt for choice.

Celebrating the beloved original, Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady comes to the Sydney Opera House under the direction of Julie Andrews. In the show’s 60th anniversary year, Opera Australia and John Frost join forces to honour the past and bring the beloved story of Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins to a new generation of theatre audiences.

The Sound of Music is heading to the Capitol Theatre in 2016. Watch as it touches the hearts of all ages and brims over with some of the most memorable songs ever performed on the musical stage including My Favourite Things, Do-ReMi, The Lonely Goatherd and Sixteen Going on Seventeen. It’s a perfect family treat!

Limited ticket & accommodation packages are available to book. Please ask your House of Travel consultant for details.

Limited ticket & accommodation packages are available to book. Please ask your House of Travel consultant for details.

Limited ticket & accommodation packages are available to book. Please ask your House of Travel consultant for details.

Sydney 7s

Sydney Mardi Gras

Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour - Turandot

Fun, thrilling and fast-paced! World-class Rugby is coming to Sydney when the HSBC Rugby 7s World Series hits the Harbour City. 16 teams, from Australia to New Zealand, England to Fiji and South Africa to the USA will head Down Under to put on a show in front of thousands of fans at Allianz Stadium. Don’t miss this action packed weekend.

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is one of Australia’s most famous events, bringing thousands of visitors to Sydney to join in the celebrations. Taking over the city for weeks on end, finishing with the world-famous Parade: a colourful and dazzling night of pride, celebration and self-expression.

The undisputed cultural event of the year and the best of Sydney in a single evening: singing, sunsets, spectacle and sparkling wine in a magnificent open air opera house. Watch as ‘Nessun dorma’, rings out across Sydney Harbour, and fireworks light up the night sky, as Turandot’s story of true love and sacrifice is told on the astonishing floating stage.

Limited ticket & accommodation packages are available to book. Please ask your House of Travel consultant for details.

Accommodation is available to book. Please ask your House of Travel consultant for details.

Limited ticket & accommodation packages are available to book. Please ask your House of Travel consultant for details. This is a selection of events in Sydney for 2016


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