Monopoly Down Under

Games • Sydney’s Opera House and Bondi Beach are among some of the iconic landmarks featuring in Australia’s first official Sydney Monopoly board game, but Sydney Harbour scooped the title of most exclusive property.

“It has taken a while, we apologize for that, but as soon as the opportunity came up, we grabbed it with both hands and we wanted to get Sydney to the Monopoly market as soon as possible,” said Reid Herbert from manufacturer Winning Moves on Tuesday, the day the board game was officially launched.

Sydney Harbour now takes its place among other plum properties, the equivalent of Boardwalk in the U.S. version and Mayfair in the London edition.

After deciding to make the game, the company in early 2012 called for public nominations for landmarks via Facebook. From a flood of nominations 22 places from Sydney and the greater Sydney area were selected.