Sydney Touristing - General Wandering

15-17.5.24

Some more photos from my May Sydney trip. Miscellaneous wandering around photos. Although the second day was a bit more determined!

Day 1

Museum station, where we got off to go to the Museum

Museum station

Big bullets? Shell casings??

Bullets

Reflections in the pond in front of the War Memorial in Hyde Park.

Reflections

View south down George Street

George Street

View north up George Street

George Street

Queen Victoria statue outside the QVB

Queen Victoria statue

Statue if Islay, Queen Victoria's dog

Little Islay

Day 2

Tram at Circular Quay

Customs House and new buildings at Circular Quay

Customs House

They've gutted the old AMP building .. not sure what they're doing with it..

AMP Building

Façade on Customs House

Customs House facade

I only found out recently that a) you could even just go into Customs House and b) that there's a super cool model of the CBD in there.

Sydney model in Customs House

Carnival Splendor was in town

Carnival Splendor at Circular Quay

The Eye! Secret World of a Starlight Ember, Lindy Lee

The eye

Mum and me reflected in the eye

Cadman's Cottage

Worn steps near Cadman's Cottage

Back of Cadman's Cottage

Argyle Cut

The Argyle Cut

Do you know how long I had to wait till all the damned people got out of the way for this. Seriously this group of people just stopped half way down the stairs and wouldn't MOVE.

Argyle Stairs

Garrison Church

North Sydney from Observatory Hill

Crown Sydney and observatory

Crown from Observatory Hill

Sydney Observatory

Crown Sydney from Observatory Hill

Barangaroo from Observatory Hill

Aircraft, Glebe Island Bridge aka Anzac Bridge, Sydney, from Observatory Hill

Sydney from Observatory Hill

Sydney Observatory

Cahill Expressway cutting

View towards Town Hall

Waterfront at Barangaroo

Barangaroo

Harbour Bridge and a finger wharf. This whole area of Sydney used to be a "dead zone" when I was growing up - all industrial and nothing intersting to see.

Finger wharves