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Surry Hills & Darlinghurst


A mixed crowd of Surry Hillbillies gets down to serious beer business in this art-deco pub that time forgot. The octogenarian owner, Doris Goddard, is a local legend and former actress and singer; check out the memorabilia and chat to the lady herself if she is there.


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Nearby Surry Hills & Darlinghurst attractions

1. Australian Centre for Photography

0.26 MILES

The nonprofit ACP exhibits photographic gems from renowned Sydney and international photographers. It’s particularly passionate about photomedia, video…

2. Anzac Memorial

0.26 MILES

This dignified art deco memorial commemorates WWI soldiers of the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzacs). The interior dome is studded with 120,000…

3. Central Station

0.31 MILES

Sydney’s main railway station was built in 1906 on top of an old convent and cemetery (watch out for ghosts). The 75m Gothic clock tower was added 15…

4. Golden Water Mouth

0.32 MILES

On Chinatown's Hay St, the surreal Golden Water Mouth sculpture drips with gilt and water. Formed from a eucalyptus trunk from Condobolin, the destination…

5. APY Gallery

0.35 MILES

Owned and governed by Anangu elders of the APY Art Centre Collective, this gallery is a fantastic place to check out the cutting edge of contemporary…

6. Hyde Park

0.37 MILES

Formal but much-loved Hyde Park has manicured gardens and a tree-formed tunnel running down its spine, which looks particularly pretty at night,…

7. Rainbow Crossing

0.37 MILES

Unveiled just in time to celebrate 2019's Mardi Gras, Sydney’s proud arching rainbow crossing is the result of a six-year global campaign to reinstate the…

8. Christ Church St Laurence

0.38 MILES

Step off Sydney’s main drag into this calming 1845 sandstone church. The rather charming neo-Gothic interior is atmospheric, with dark wooden fittings and…