Second: Sydney!

Sydney is the most populous and largest city of Australia, is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. The metropolitan area is populated by 4.5 million people.
In 2010, Sydney was ranked 7th in Asia and 28th worldwide for economic innovation in the Innovation Cities Top 100 Indes by innovation agency 2thinknow.
Sydney also is among the Top 10 most liveable cities in the world according to Mercer Human Resource Consulting and The Economist. (one of the reasons why is here)

Tourism:

Sydney has a reputation as an international centre for commerce, arts, fashion, culture, entertainment, music, education and tourism. making it one of GaWC's Alpha + world cities.

Sydney is well endowed with open spaces and acces to waterways, and has many natural areas, even in the city centre, within the CBD are the Chinese Garden of Friendship

Initiated by the local Chinese community to share their rich cultural heritage and celebrate Australia's 1988 Bicentenary, the Chinese Garden is the result of a close bond of friendship and cooperation between the sister cities of Sydney and Guangzhou in Guangdong Province, China.





Hyde Park:

This is the biggest Sydney's park, situated in the east part of the city, next to the Financial City where the skycrapers and biggest buildings are situated.





The Domain:



The park was built in response to the growing demand by workers and residents for inner city recreation space. The park features indoor and outdoor multi use courts, and 8-lane 50-metre pool, a leisure pool, a hydrotherapy pool, a gym, an indoor recreation centre, meeting rooms and children's play area.





Royal Botanic Gardens: 

The Royal Botanic Gardens is a place of natural beauty, where peope come for peace, relaxation, educatioin; and to learn about plants and horticulture. The surrounding parkland of the Domain is a place for sport, entertainment and recreation. The National Herbarium of NSW - centre for plant conservation & research - is located within the Royal Botanic Gardens.