Haven't we all at some point in time fantasized about stepping through a cinema/TV screen and into the world of our favourite movies and television shows? I certainly have!

With its modern, urban setting and stunning harbour, it is easy to see why Sydney leads the way as an ideal and versatile shooting destination. Movies shot here have been set in New York (Godzilla: Final Wars, Kangaroo Jack), Chicago (The Matrix and sequels), London (Birthday Girl), Seville (Mission Impossible 2), Bombay (Holy Smoke), Darwin (Australia), Myanmar (Stealth), Mars (Red Planet) and the fictitious city of Metropolis (Superman Returns, Babe: Pig in the City).

Whether popular landmarks or off the beaten track locations that are often hard to find, you can now explore Sydney in a fun and unique way with the SYDNEY ON SCREEN walking guides. Catering to Sydneysiders as much as visitors, the guides have something to offer everyone, from history, architecture and movie buffs to nature lovers.

See where productions such as Superman Returns, The Matrix and sequels, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Candy, Mission Impossible 2, Mao's Last Dancer, Babe: Pig in the City, Kangaroo Jack, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Muriel's Wedding, The Bold and the Beautiful, Oprah's Ultimate Australian Adventure and many more were filmed.

Maps and up-to-date information on Sydney's attractions are provided to help you plan your walk. Pick and choose from the suggested itinerary to see as little or as much of the city as you like.

So, come and discover the landscapes and locations that draw filmmakers to magical Sydney, and walk in the footsteps of the stars!

A GREAT ALTERNATIVE TO EXPENSIVE TOURS, YOU CAN NOW ENJOY EXPLORING SYDNEY FOR UNDER $10 WITH THE SYDNEY ON SCREEN WALKING GUIDES. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT US AT SYDNEYONSCREEN@HOTMAIL.COM

Subscribe to the blog and keep up with all the latest Aussie film and entertainment news. Read about what the stars are up to, who's in town, what movies are currently filming or being promoted. Locate us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sydneyonscreen and "like" our page!

Sydney on Screen walking guides now on sale!

Click on the picture above to see a preview of all four walking guides and on the picture below to see larger stills of Sydney movie and television locations featured in the slideshow!

Copyright © 2011 by Luke Brighty / Unless otherwise specified, all photographs on this blog copyright © 2011 by Luke Brighty


Sydney on Screen guides are now available for purchase at the following outlets:

Travel Concierge, Sydney International Airport, Terminal 1 Arrivals Hall (between gates A/B and C/D), Mascot - Ph: 1300 40 20 60

The Museum of Sydney shop, corner of Bridge & Phillip Streets, Sydney - Ph: (02) 9251 4678

The Justice & Police Museum shop, corner of Albert & Phillip Streets, Sydney - Ph: (02) 9252 1144

The Mint shop, 10 Macquarie Street, Sydney - Ph: (02) 8239 2416

Hyde Park Barracks shop, Queen Square, Sydney - Ph: (02) 8239 2311

Travel Up! (travel counter) c/o Wake Up Sydney Central, 509 Pitt Street, Sydney - Ph (02) 9288 7888

The Shangri-La Hotel (concierge desk), 176 Cumberland Street, The Rocks, Sydney - Ph: (02) 9250 6018

The Sebel Pier One (concierge desk), 11 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay, Sydney - Ph: (02) 8298 9901

The Radisson Plaza Hotel Sydney (concierge desk), 27 O'Connell Street, Sydney - Ph: (02) 8214 0000

The Sydney Marriott Circular Quay (concierge desk), 30 Pitt Street, Sydney - Ph: (02) 9259 7000

Boobook on Owen, 1/68 Owen Street, Huskisson - Ph: (02) 4441 8585


NSW, interstate and international customers can order copies of Sydney on Screen using PayPal. Contact us at sydneyonscreen@hotmail.com to inquire about cost and shipping fees.


All four volumes of Sydney on Screen are available to download onto your PC or Kindle at:
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Love conquers Alex O'Loughlin's fear

Alex O'Loughlin
Lucky in love ... Alex O'Loughlin and his girlfriend, professional surfer Malia Jones. Source: The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph reports

A NEAR-death experience in the water as a child has kept him high and dry, but Alex O'Loughlin's blooming romance with professional surfer Malia Jones will soon send him into the waves once more. 

The Hawaii Five-0 hottie showed off the new love of his life at Tuesday’s GQ awards, saying they are madly in love.

"I have fallen for a beautiful Hawaiian woman," he told Confidential.

"I'm a very lucky guy and very happy at the moment. She's amazing."

Glamazon Jones - once named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" - said she is on the brink of giving O'Loughlin his first surf lesson in Honolulu, where they are both based.

Jones is a divorcee. In 2007 she married fellow pro surfer Aussie Luke Stedman, with whom she has a son, two-year-old Spike.

O'Loughlin, who used to date Holly Valance, also has a son, Saxon, 15.

IN a thinly veiled speech, Rachael Taylor took aim at her abusive ex-boyfriend Matthew Newton while accepting her award for GQ Woman of the Year.

One day after Newton's teary TV tell-all - in which he admitted that he almost killed himself after assaulting his then-fiancee in Rome last year - Taylor used the GQ gongs as a platform to fire a retaliatory shot at the fallen actor.

"I am a huge supporter of good men," she said at the podium, her "Matthew" tattoo still visible on her right wrist.

"Men that know how to honour a woman and how to applaud her and celebrate her. And I think that is the very gesture that GQ magazine is doing tonight. I'm so humbled. Truly this is not lost on me at all."

Meanwhile, the Red Dog star, in a chic Dion Lee dress, inadvertently gave away some of her diet tips.

While boyfriend Josh Lawson tucked into the three-course meal, Taylor ate nothing but a bread roll all night washed down with soda water.

Who would turn down a meal prepared by Dave Evans, really?

Not Lawson, who ate his own and his girlfriend's. Yesterday the busy couple flew to Melbourne for commitments there.

ALSO from the skinny minnie department, Sharni Vinson went where no woman had gone before.

The Step Up 3D starlet poured herself into a super-tight dress by Alex Perry, who said she was the only one to ever fit into the frock.

"Apparently it's been sitting there and no one has been small enough to wear it," Vinson shrugged.

Clearly Perry - who often courts controversy due to his constant fat-bashing - has a new muse.

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