Maritime Museum

Sydney’s National Maritime Museum, located in Darling Harbour, is a great FREE museum to visit. It gave us a good understanding of Australia’s nautical history and convict roots. On site there are also a number of decommissioned ships, we opted to tour the destroyer HMAS Vampire (the last large destroyer built in Australia) and submarine HMAS Onslow. We made our way through all the rooms and corridors below the main deck and even got to sit in the captain’s chair. The tour was really informative as it was given by a retired naval officer. The submarine tour was also a lot of fun; it is amazing how much stuff (torpedos, navigation instruments, etc.) is crammed into such a small space.

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