Forget the bush, the desert or the fatal shores, The Sydneysider has adapted to one of the planet's harshest environments: the city itself.
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George Street, the city's primary "spine" will be reborn and linked by three city squares at Circular Quay, Town Hall and Central Station.
Under audacious new plans drawn up by City of Sydney council in consultation with town planners and modern architects from around the world, George Street will be transformed
Although Sydney has many world-class cultural hotspots, the ceremonial grounds of the first Sydneysiders are buried under our feet.
Sydney's city centre, so teeming and choked on weekdays, empties at night and on weekends due to a dearth of unique, intimate venues
Of all the capital cities in Australia, Sydney has the highest proportion speaking non-English languages
In the last five years the CBD's energy demand jumped almost 20 per cent.
Redfern, the heartland of the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Sydney rugby league's oldest and most successful club, is undergoing a red and green rebirth
Once akin to Willy Wonka's factory for Sydney's beer drinkers, the old CUB brewery site has stood dormant on Broadway since the last amber drop ran dry in 2005.
Work has begun on Sydney's first eco-village, Green Square - a 278-hectare sitebetween the CBD and Airport