Opera House Detail 1

1,056,056 imported Swedish ceramic tiles arranged in 4253 precast lids. Part of the reason the budget was exceeded by over 102 million dollars.

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Sydney

March 18th 2006
It takes 1,439 stairs to reach the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The recommended Bridge Climb Tour gets you there and it provides for an ultimate view of Sydney along with informative and interesting facts as you chill at the top. For example, one of the workers had fallen off during construction, he landed in the water, pin drop position but the impact was so intense that it embedded the ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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