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City Attractors Get to know the real Parramatta, a place to work and play.Parramatta boasts quirky street-stalls, the convenience of Westfield, multicultural fine-dining, a vibrant night-life, year-round arts festivals, beautiful parks, sporting complexes and easy access.
Artists, writers, actors, musicians, dancers and historians are supported and celebrated in Parramatta, and the river and city centre are home to cultural festivals throughout the year. Theatre Festivals Creative Arts Parramatta River is host to a number of creative festivals each year. The Riverbeats festival is held beside the river, as is the Loy Krathong festival, a creative celebration of the life-enhancing role of the river. In October, Good Living hosts the Festival of the Olive, featuring cooking demonstrations, product tastings, music and dance. During the Chinese New Year in February, the streets come alive with street performers, stalls and displays, and on each Foundation Day, the landing of Arthur Phillip in 1788 is re-enacted. The city is also a focal point during national celebrations on Australia Day, New Years Eve and Christmas.
Parramatta truly wakes up after dark. Head out on any given night to join the locals at the city’s many traditional pubs, cocktail bars, nightclubs, theatres, live gigs and major sporting events. The latest additions to Parramatta’s night scene are The Corporate, The Bank and the Bavarian Beer Café, popular for mid-week after-work drinks, and the racing crowd when the horses are in. At the river end of Church Street, stage and music-lovers head to the Riverside Theatres for a live performance or to one of the two comedy clubs in the city, while food lovers take their time at Eat Street. At the other end of town, the Greater Union Cinema complex offers 11 screens, three Gold Class cinemas and a G-Max auditorium. The Roxy Hotel was once described by the Sydney Morning Herald as the best-looking nightclub in Sydney, and brings the big names to Parramatta (on the night of the Herald review, Pete Murray was playing). Meanwhile, major events, rock concerts and international sporting meets are a 10-minute taxi-ride away at ANZ Stadium, and for footy-lovers, the regular Parramatta Eels home game stadium is just five minutes’ walk from Church Street. - The Corporate
Parramatta is a multicultural city, and this is reflected in its exceptional food. The region boasts fine dining cuisine from across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and North America. Eat Street Asian Precinct Inner City The Suburbs
Parramatta’s open layout, river and 62-hectare park draw people outdoors most of the year. It also boasts state-of-art training facilities, sporting complexes and swimming pools. Parramatta is a sports lover’s paradise. It caters for most sporting interests, including tennis, football, rugby, athletics, swimming and golf. The CBD supports a number of big gyms and training rooms, alongside yoga, pilates, tai chi and body-building facilities. Spectator sports parramattastadium.com.au The 62-hectare Parramatta Park is moments from the CBD, and offers city-based cyclists and joggers uninterrupted pathways through scenic parklands and river foreshore. The cycleway connects to Homebush, Ryde, Liverpool and Auburn. Golf Cycling and Jogging
Car Parking Cycles The Parramatta Valley Cycleway starts at Morrisan Bay Park in Ryde, via quiet streets and river foreshore, to the Parramatta CBD or Sydney Olympic Park via the Silverwater Bridge The two Transit-ways to the north-west and Liverpool include shared pedestrian and cycle paths to Liverpool via Wetherall Park and to Rouse Hill adjacent Old Windsor Road Road The Parramatta-to-Liverpool Rail Trail runs parallel to the railway line through Merrylands, Yennora and Fairfield to Liverpool Trains Buses Ferries Sustainable transport Transport and Parking Road RTA Travel time information
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Cycling to Parramatta! Alternative Transport Options Go Get Car Scheme
Parramatta’s city streets are full of surprising specialty stores, quirky finds and unexpected bargains, while the Westfield shopping centre puts variety and convenience at your fingertips. A stroll through Parramatta’s street-shopping precinct can reveal any number of discoveries. From hobby shops to music stores, boutique art supplies to scuba warehouses and audio equipment to bridal emporiums, the Parramatta CBD is a colourful, eclectic place to take in with good friends, comfortable shoes and a sense of adventure. But if you know what you want and just need the easiest, most convenient way to get it, Westfield at the southern end of Church Street has everything you need. The shopping centre boasts 500 retail stores set over six levels, stocking everything from leather goods to furniture, jewellery, eyewear, surf goods, sporting goods, electrical products, fashion and books. Flagship stores in Westfield include David Jones, Myer, Target, K-Mart, Coles, Woolworths, Freedom, Toys R Us, Kookai, Oroton, Marcs, Country Road, Witchery, General Pants and Cue. And of course, Parramatta is famous as the home of ‘Auto Alley’, the five kilometre strip of the Great Western Highway that is a Mecca for car-buyers. Dealerships along Auto Alley include Trivett’s, Saab, Volkswagen and Holden. Westfield Parramatta, visit westfield.com/parramatta or phone 02 8892 5200 |
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