"I'll sit outside with a cold beer, prawns and oysters" - John Torode's Sydney

Harbour Bridge and Opera House are iconic; they are the very essence of the city. The best way to see them is from the ferry between Circular Quay and Manly. People sometimes forget that Sydney is a port and the ferries are what make it unique. Sydneysiders use them to get to work, to the restaurant (where they actually order mashed avocado on toast for breakfast) and to Manly, where you walk 10 minutes through the spit to at sea, ready to surf. To take a ferry in very good weather, leave between September and November.