On the Harbour with Sydney Opera House. Original public domain image from Flickr
Sydney.
Port Jackson, consisting of the waters of Sydney Harbour, Middle Harbour, North Harbour and the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers, is the ria* or natural harbour of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The harbour is an inlet of the Tasman Sea.
*A ria is a coastal inlet formed by the partial submergence of an unglaciated river valley. It is a drowned river valley that remains open to the sea.