We arrived in Sydney on Monday May 27, 2013. It was a cool, cloudy ride from Bathurst. We found a hotel on Hotwire about 2 KM's from the opera house so we figured out how to use the train to go down to the harbor and checked out the area. Once we got off the train the skies opened up and poured rain on us. "Should we buy an umbrella?" someone asked. "No, we do not need one" someone else replied. We both looked like drowned rats, then we bought an umbrella.
Bridge from the harbor.
They were having a light show in Sydney, showing lighted art on buildings and on the sails of the Sydney Opera House. It was spectacular. Here a couple shots of the opera house lit up.
The next day we took the bus down to the Opera house and took the tour that they offered. The opera house was built in 1976 for $106 million and took 16 years to build. It was projected to cost $3million and take 3 years to build. They over shot the budget a little to accomplish completion of the most recognized building in the world. It was a dream and they went for it. After completing the tour we decided we needed to see a performance. They had just closed Henry 4th, the symphony was not playing, there were no plays or ballet performing. Vivid LIVE presented Gurrumul, an Aboriginol singer, who was accompanied by a portion of the Sydney symphony. Watching and listening to the symphony was enjoyable, they played a video of Gurrumul's life and he sang in his native language. He received a standing ovation and left the stage, the symphony remained, the applause continued, he did not return for an encore. It seemed strange.
$17 for a taxi to the Opera house and $9.50 for a ride back, looks like the cab drivers in Sidney are just like the cabies in Peru.
Sydney is a beautiful, clean and robust city. The problem is, it is still a big city and we still prefer the smaller communities.
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