Excerpt from Cassell's Picturesque Australasia, Vol. 1 The Approaches to the City - The Heads - The Harbour - The Gardens - Public Buildings - Hyde Park - Captain Cook's Statue - The Streets - Steam Trams - Pitt and George Streets - New Post Omoe - Chinese Quarter - Circular Quay - History of Sydney Cove - The Tank Stream - The Town Hall - George Street Markets. There are two principal approaches to Sydney, the one by sea, the other by land. The express from Melbourne runs through, by way of Albury, in less than twenty hours, and for those who suffer from sea-sickness the railway journey has its advantages. The entrance into Sydney by rail is, however. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.