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Hyde Park Barracks vs Featherdale Sydney Wildlife Park
Both Hyde Park Barracks Museum and Featherdale Wildlife Park are rated very highly by those who travel for a living. On balance, Hyde Park Barracks Museum ranks significantly better than Featherdale Wildlife Park. Hyde Park Barracks Museum ranks #7 in Sydney with recommendations from 6 reviews including Afar Magazine, Fodor's and Frommer's.
Hyde Park Barracks
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Hyde Park Elizabeth Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
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Fodor's
"Macquarie was determined to establish law and order, and in 1819 he commissioned convict-architect Francis Greenway to design this restrained, classically Georgian-style building."
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Lonely Planet
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"Convict architect Francis Greenway designed this squarish, decorously Georgian structure (1819) as convict quarters."
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Afar Magazine
"The barracks now operate as a museum as part of the city's Historic Houses Trust."
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Travel + Leisure
"Australia’s bleak history as a penal colony comes to vivid life inside this historic site, where convict men and boys were housed once they arrived in the city."
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Fodor's
"On a sunny day the courtyard tables of the Hyde Park Barracks Café provide one of the city's finest places to enjoy an outdoor lunch or morning or afternoon tea."
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Featherdale Sydney Wildlife Park
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217 - 229 Kildare Rd, Doonside, Blacktown, New South Wales 2767
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Fodor's
"This is the place to see kangaroos, dingoes, wallabies, and echidnas (and even feed some of them) in native bush settings 40 km (25 miles) west of Sydney."
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Lonely Planet
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"There are several wildlife parks on Sydney’s fringes that give kids the chance to get close to Australia’s iconic wildlife like the Featherdale Wildlife Park."
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Time Out
"Featherdale now has one of Australia's largest private collections of native animals and birds."
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Frommer's
"The selection of Australian animals is excellent, and, most importantly, the animals are very well cared for...you’ll have the chance to hand-feed friendly kangaroos and wallabies."
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