Sydney Cricket Ground
A British Army garrison pitch from February 1854, now one oval shared by two sporting codes.
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What started as sandhills, swamp, and a rubbish dump in the 1850s became a garrison cricket ground leveled by the 11th North Devonshire Regiment. Today the SCG hosts the Sydney Swans (AFL), the Sydney Sixers (Big Bash), and the NSW Sheffield Shield team — plus the Australian national side — all on the same turf in Moore Park.
What to look for
- Moreton Bay fig trees lining Moore Park — planted by Mayor Charles Moore in the late 1860s, they predate the modern stadium and are still standing
- The compact oval itself, which switches between cricket wicket and AFL markings across seasons
- The Moore Park setting, part of the Sydney Common established by Governor Lachlan Macquarie in 1811
Managed by Venues NSW in the suburb of Moore Park — check their schedule, as AFL, cricket, and BBL seasons rotate through the same ground across the year.
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More to see in Sydney
- Sydney Opera HouseJørn Utzon won the design competition in 1957, directed construction, then resigned before it ever opened — Queen Elizabeth II cut the ribbon on 20 October 1973.
- Sydney Harbour BridgeWalk the arch of the world's tallest steel bridge — nicknamed "the Coathanger" — with Sydney Harbour spread out below you and the arch top rising 134 m above the water.
- Accor StadiumBuilt in 1999 for A$690 million, this was the largest Olympic stadium ever constructed — originally squeezing in 115,000 people.
- Sydney Tower EyeAt 309 m above the CBD, this is the highest observation deck in the Southern Hemisphere by deck elevation — clearing Auckland's Sky Tower by nearly 30 m.
- Australian MuseumThe world's fifth oldest natural history museum has been in Sydney since 1827 — older than the colony could really afford it.
- Taronga ZooFive thousand animals on the Mosman shore — and the Sydney skyline watches from across the water.