Sydney Eastern Suburbs, New South Wales

The eastern suburbs lie between Sydney’s city centre and the coast, and include some of Sydney’s best beaches and hippest neighbourhoods.

Oxford Street, Paddington’s high street, is Sydney’s fashion artery, a 1-km boulevard of boutiques and cafés , surrounded by pretty Victorian terrace houses.

Nearby Centennial Park is 220 hectares of palm-lined avenues, fig-tree groves and paperbark-fringed lakes with a chic café and cycling and horse- riding tracks.

Kings Cross is Sydney’s premier nightclub district that’s sedate by day and a riot of neon and noise by night. It’s a 15-minute walk east of the city.

Only 10 kilometres’ (six miles) from the city, Bondi is Australia’s most celebrated beach, where people-watching is as much fun as surfing and sunbathing.

Find out more about Coogee and Double Bay.