Sky Tower

This was in the busy downtown of Sydney. We tried to take a picture of a city street, especially one showing the hugely impressive old Queen Victoria Building ("the QVB") that houses a very large and expensive multilevel shopping mall, but the streets are so narrow and dark, a good shot was virtually impossible. There were many huge ultramodern skyscrapers, but the streets and most stores looked like New York circa 1950.

Sydney, Australia

February 18th 2005
We have just spent the last three days in Sydney, which is the longest our beautiful ship has stayed anywhere. Often we are in and out of a port the same day, from early morning till about sunset. But Sydney is such a beautiful place, we stayed here much longer. As you can see from our pics, it’s the home of the famous Sydney Opera House that gives the harbor such distinction. It’s hard ... 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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