Around Sydney

In this post you'll find some views of Sydney. First, some obligatory photos of the Opera House. We attended a play in one of the playhouses in the lower level, and a concert in the big performance hall. It was fun to be inside the building. Parking, however, was another story. For our first performance at the Opera House, I came in our rental car, a couple hours before the performance so I could walk around in the Botanic Garden next door. In the lot next to the Opera House, for five hours of parking I would have paid $70! I used up some of the time before the performance to drive to the other side of the Botanic Garden to park on the street there.

The Sydney Zoo is across the harbour on a hillside, with great views back to the city. Dave's good friend from dental school and his wife were in Sydney at the same time we were, and the three of them went to the zoo.

Dave took this next photo of the Sydney Harbour Bridge from an unusual angle. You can walk up on the arch of the bridge for $200. Dave decided to pass up that option.

The bridge in the next photo is the Anzac Bridge. You can see the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background. For those of you who remember that Mike spent a semester at Sydney University in 2001, this next photo was taken about a block from where he lived that semester.

The next two photos were taken from right beside the Opera House. Sydney Harbour is amazingly busy, with ferries going to numerous places on the harbour.

These dramatic birds -- ibis -- are everywhere in Sydney.

I took the photo below sitting beside the Opera House waiting for a play to start. The amusement park in the photo is across the harbour. Notice the resemblance between the face in the photo below and the gate to Luna Park in Melbourne (in the entry "Biking in Melbourne").
I wonder if those faces are an Australian tradition.