page_title: Darling Harbour
section_title: Attractions
hierarchical_section_title: Darling Harbour / Attractions
caption_attribution_description: Darling Harbour, New South Wales
context_page_description: Darling Harbour is a harbour adjacent to the city centre of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia that is made up of a large recreational and pedestrian precinct that is situated on western outskirts of the Sydney central business district.
  Originally named Long Cove, the locality extends northwards from Chinatown, along both sides of Cockle Bay to King Street Wharf 3 on the east, and to the suburb of Pyrmont on the west. Cockle Bay is just one of the waterways that makes up Darling Harbour, which opens north into the much larger Port Jackson.
  The precinct and its immediate surroundings are administered independently of the local government area of the City of Sydney, by Property NSW.
context_section_description: The Darling Harbour precinct is home to a number of major public facilities and attractions, including:
  Harbourside Shopping Centre, which includes Kingpin Bowling Alley (the only bowling alley in Darling Harbour), M9 Laser Skirmish, as well as Australia's first retail Jet flight simulator.
  Cockle Bay Wharf
  Paddy's Markets
  Chinese Garden of Friendship
  Tumbalong Park
  Darling Quarter Playground
  Australian National Maritime Museum (featuring museum ships including HMAS Vampire)
  The Star Casino & Entertainment Complex
  The Darling Hotel & Spa
  Powerhouse Museum
  Sydney Aquarium
  Madame Tussauds
  Sydney Wildlife World
  Aboriginal Centre
  Sega World Sydney (closed in 2000)
  International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney), opened in December 2016.
caption: Darling Harbour from the National Maritime Museum, looking towards King Street Wharf 3
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