Bennelong Point

The Sydney Opera House on Bennelong Point with the despised 'Toaster' apartments to the right. Between the two is the Royal Botanic Gardens.

Australian Hotel

A venerable hotel in The Rocks, but remember ...

Polar Bears at Bilgola

You need a thick skin to swim at this time of year.

Morning at Bilgola Beach.

P&O under Sydney Harbour Bridge

The Conservatorium of Music

When the doors of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (at that time known as the NSW State Conservatorium of Music) opened to students on 6 March, 1916 its stated aims were "providing tuition of a standard at least equal to that of the leading European Conservatoriums" and to "protect amateurs against the frequent waste of time and money arising from unsystematic tuition". (Source http://sydney.edu.au/music/about/history.shtml)

Rock Fishing Sydney

The most dangerous sport in Australia. Rock Fishing.

Taken at Bilgola Beach.

Sails of the Opera House

Three points of the Opera House. Could we have another one of these at Barangaroo?

Laptop in park

Outside the 'Con' in the Royal Botanic Gardens.

Reflection on the Sydney Opera House

Give me an 'S'

Overseas Passenger Terminal

The balcony of the OPT. The Overseas Passenger Terminal is where the big ritzy liners tie up. It is a great spot to view the harbour and in particular to Bennelong Point and the Opera House.

Sydney Oprah House

Taken again from the Overseas passenger Terminal.

Sydney Opera House

Taken from the Overseas Passenger Terminal.

Govenor Arthur Phillip Fountain

In the Royal Botanic Gardens, just off Macquarie street, is this ornate statue of the Captain of the first fleet and our first Governor. It is popular at lunchtime, nice grass and a sun trap. For a great site about this fountain go to this link. An interesting fact is that the captain's bones are missing. Has anyone noticed that (almost) all the statues of our mariners are facing towards the heads. Which one is not?

Beauty and the Beast

Viewed from Dawes Point - 1948 substation in foreground. Beauty and the beast. Visit other Weekends in Black and White.

Park and Elizabeth St

Early morning workers at the intersection of Park and Elizabeth Street.

Horizon Building Darlinghurst

The Horizon Apartments, another Seidler design is a residential high rise building in Darlinghurst, at 184 Forbes Street. This controversial highrise (aren't they all?) was completed in 1998. The controversy stems from the height of the building and the shadowing effects on surrounding buildings.

Captain William Bligh

Looking out towards the open ocean is this trim statue of the infamous Captain Bligh.

Bligh had an illustrious career, immortalised in film as captain of the HMS Bounty. He was also the fourth governor of NSW. He had some trouble here too. "Bligh had gained the reputation of being a firm disciplinarian. He was offered the position of Governor of New South Wales by Sir Joseph Banks and appointed in March 1805. He arrived in Sydney on 6 August 1806. The conflict between Bligh and the entrenched colonists culminated in another mutiny, the Rum Rebellion, when, on 26 January 1808, the New South Wales Corps under Major George Johnston marched on Government House in Sydney and arrested him. A rebel government was subsequently installed and Bligh, now deposed, made for Hobart in Tasmania aboard HMS Porpoise. Bligh failed to gain support from the authorities in Hobart to retake control of New South Wales, and remained effectively imprisoned on the Porpoise from 1808 until January 1810." Wiki

Museum of Contemporary Art entrance

The entrance from Circular Quay.

Rainy wet day in Sydney

George St, The Rocks