Parramatta Park is World Heritage-listed for its various convict-built cottages and other buildings and importance to early Australian settlement history. Old Government House, county home of the first 10 governors of NSW, is Australia's oldest remaining public building and houses a top collection of colonial furniture.
3. … and Australia's oldest intact European building
Elizabeth Farm in Rosehill was built in 1793 and is now surrounded by a recreated 1830s garden. John and Elizabeth Macarthur's home played a key role in the early development of NSW. You can wander around the homestead at will, as no velvet ropes constrain your curiosity.
4. You can still hit the waves