SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

While we were in Sydney and Artie was in Court,
 I went on a tour of the
OPERA HOUSE

 
The architecture is amazing!
It was started in 1957 and finished in 1973.
Even though it is called the Opera House, there
are multiple performing art venues that happen
throughout the year, such as ballet, theater,
the symphony and other concerts

The roof is made up of a series of
large precast concrete "shells"!

There are 1,056,006 glossy white and
matte cream colored Swedish made tiles.
Some people were upset that the tiles
were not 'white'. But the color they
are seems to change with the time of
day and the weather!

 
The tiles are also self-cleaning!
Because of the design and the material
used, when it rains it washes the tiles!!
Our guide told us that they have
not had to manually clean the tiles~~ever! 

INSIDE

 

A lot of the interior wood is
Australian white birch plywood
and Brush Box, a tree native to Australia.


Pictures of the inside of the performing halls
 were "strongly discouraged" so I only got one.
Sorry it is a little blurry!


INSIDE LOOKING OUT!

 

   

AMAZING!

We happened to be there during 

"VIVID"

the annual festival of lights show in the Sydney Harbour.
The OPERA HOUSE during the show! 
 

 

and the Harbour Bridge


Dinner! A light show!
A night on the Sydney Harbour 
I think we will remember forever!!

 

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

SYDNEY

is the state capital of New South Wales.

The most populous city in AUSTRALIA! It is on
the south-east coast, on the Tasman Sea.
In 1770 Captain Cook landed at
Botnay Bay south of what is now Sydney.
Sydney was established
in 1788 at SYDNEY COVE. It was the first
British colony in Australia.

Some shots from around the "Harbour City".

 

 
QUEEN VICTORIA!

  
 
ST ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL
Consecrated in 1868

  

This was an interesting section of the city. These are
condos on the water where you pull your
boat in to park!

 

 

These are the ferries that go to the different
areas in the harbour

 

We walked along the harbour path so we could see
the Opera house and Harbour Bridge
from a different angle!

 

 

When the settlers came and discovered
Sydney, they had difficulty growing crops
 because of the abundance of
sandstone.

 

One of the spots along the path


GOOD DAY MATES!