Here’s a full view of the front of the Opera House. It is quite a stunning structure!These photos showsthe intricacy of the roof lines, amazing!The structure inside was equally impressive as you’ll see in the next pictures!This is Premier Joe Cahill who was instrumental in getting the Opera House built starting with the design competition starting in 195,. the winning design was picked in 1957. Actual construction began in 1959 and opened in 1973.It took the architects and designers 3 years to finalize the design before construction could begin.This is Queen Elizabeth and her Court at the opening in October of 1973!Here’s an arial photo taken at the time; it was now the premier focus in the Sydney waterfront!The walls and these wood structures were all engineered for optimal acoustics!A view from the outer area towards the skyline of the city.Lane and Joni with the guide. She was very informative.Back in the city we took a Hop on Hop off tour of Sydney. This is the Australian Museum which we unfortunately did not get to visit.This the Sydney Tower Eye from a distance.We loved the contrast of old world architecture mixed in with very modern and creative architecture!Again, Jan’s favorite “LEGO” building!After the tour was lunch at Bondi Beach.
That’s it For Sydney! Next up; Brisbane! Stay Tuned….
We've been full time RVers since 2015 and have been fortunate enough to have seen all 50 states (we flew to Hawaii and alaska) and stayed in each at least one week! It's been an awesome adventure but we've decided to park our fifth wheel in Yuma Arizona, mostly because its warm year round!
By staying put in one place we can now do other travel both in the USA and abroad.
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Casa de Ziegler II 