The Sydney Tower

The tower is stabilized by 56 cables weighing 7 tons each and if the cables were attached end to end they would reach all the way from Sydney to New Zealand. Each year there is a "Tour Run Up" race where runners race up 1,304 of the 1,504 steps.

Sydney Australia 2011

November 18th 2011
It's really hard to say exactly why I do some of the things I do. I think I get restless without something to look forward to and suddenly I'm jaunting off to parts unknown. Such is the case with this spontaneous trip to Sydney. With a string of days off and nothing to do, (at least nothing that I wanted to do), I found myself searching flights to see where I could go. Oahu was at the top ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Sydney Harbour

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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