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Seaplanes make dramatic landings right in front of this restaurant, a modern glass-and-steel space on the eastern harbor foreshore in Rose Bay. (Rose Bay was the original site of Australia's first international airport, where Qantas's PBY Catalina-class flying boats landed during the 1930's.) Order the fresh-shucked Sydney rock oysters and the seared tuna loin with chorizo, soft fried quail's egg, baby beans, and salsa verde.

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From Travel + Leisure , NOV 2008

A look at the Top End outback, a landscape that's remote and mysterious even for most natives, and the setting for Baz Luhrmann's upcoming epic, Australia....MORE>>

– Shane Mitchell Investigating Australia’s Top End Outback

Last updated November 2008