We started out life as a web publishing outfit, having learned from our mistakes in conventional publishing.

G'day Sydney was started in the summer of 1999, by Tony O'Rourke, cofounder of the hugely successful Virtual London Ltd, which is now owned by Lord Bradford, an energetic member of Britain's aristocracy, with a flair for the web.

Using his experience of running Virtual London since 1995, Tony has called upon the skills of a small army of freelance writers, many of whom are BBC journalists, but all of whom have one thing in common - a love for Australia's most vibrant city. We started this venture in order to give visitors to Sydney the essential information they will need when they become tourists.

Using our website, you can now book your flight, hotel and hire-car, from the comfort of your desk. You can even buy your guidebooks!

Becky Loak, our second in command, writes, scans and web-weaves while Kevin Green is busy in the corner, writing pages for G'day Sydney!

Ex-pat Fiona Lyon contributes pages for G'day Sydney but is also our Sydney based photographer.

One of our most prolific writers and a very accomplished photographer, Michael Watkins, is actually a well known television presenter on Sky News. He writes for our New York guide, Essential Big Apple, knows New York extremely well and has has spent much time there recently, out and about in the city, getting some great shots for the site.

Ex-BBC journalist, Juliet Etwein has also been busy recently, working on our latest creation, Tokyo Essentials, which will enrich the lives of all who are heading for Japan's most incredible city.

Broadcasting guru, Paul Easton is writing our guide to Vienna in Austria. He's virtually lived there for the last twenty years and knows the city like the back of his hand.