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Situated on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour, with parkland to its south and close to the equally famous Sydney Harbour Bridge, the building and its surroundings form an iconic Australian image.

Macquarie Street extends from Hyde Park to the Sydney Opera House. The Golden Fleece (after the Greek mythology) to honour the wool industry

Tom Bass - Research (1959)East Circular QuayTom Bass is considered to be Australia's most successful sculptor and has created some of the best loved, most talked about and symbolic sculptures in Australia

Because of its focal point, Circular Quay is an extremely busy place and there always are crowds

Along East Circular Quay are restaurants, shops, sidewalk cafes, all the way up to Bennelong Point where the Opera House is. Circular Quay is a major city terminal for buses, trains and ferries.

Circular Quay is at the foot of the central business district and the older, historic end of the city.

Metal plaques are embedded in the Circular Quay walkway from near the Overseas Passenger Terminal down to the jetties and up to the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House: this is the Sydney Writers Walk.

Circular Quay is built around Sydney Cove and is considered by many to be the focal point of the city. The first European settlement in Australia grew around the Tank Stream, which now runs underground into the harbour here. For many years this was the shipping centre of Sydney, but it's now both a commuting hub and a recreational space.

the plaques of the Sydney Writers Walk contain interesting and pertinent passages from the works of Australian and international writers honored there.

The writers represented on Writers Walk include not only Australians but also those who lived in, or visited Australia, such as D H Lawrence, Rudyard Kipling and Mark Twain.

The quay is a vibrant, bustling place with ferries leaving every few minutes to different parts of the harbour. There are great views of the Harbour Bridge, a short distance away.

The Sydney Harbour Bridge, (nicknamed "The Coat Hanger" because of its arch-based design), is a steel through arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district (CBD) and the North Shore.

The dramatic view of the bridge, the harbour, and the nearby Sydney Opera House is an iconic image of both Sydney and Australia.

The Opera Bar is Sydney’s best open-air bar

The site of the first British colony in Australia, Sydney was established in 1788 at Sydney Cove by Arthur Phillip, commodore of the First Fleet as a penal colony. The city is built on hills surrounding Port Jackson which is commonly known as Sydney Harbour, where the iconic Sydney Opera House and the Harbour Bridge feature prominently.

This time we don’t have to wear black tie to go to the Opera and can go wearing anything we like because we are tourists.

The city received 22.6 million domestic visitors and almost three million international visitors last year and...the most well known attractions include the Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Opera House is the busiest performing arts centre in the world with an average of 3,000 events each year attracting audiences totaling up to two million. Performances include symphony concerts, chamber music, opera, ballet and dance, choral concerts, pop, jazz, folk concerts, variety shows, contemporary and modern performing arts

"There is no doubt that the Sydney Opera House is his masterpiece. It is one of the great iconic buildings of the 20th century, an image of great beauty that has become known throughout the world – a symbol for not only a city, but a whole country and continent."

The Opera House in Australia has nearly 1000 rooms including five main auditoriums, five rehearsal studios, sixty dressing rooms, four restaurants, six theatre bars, extensive foyer and lounge areas

It was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on October 20, 1973. The opening performance was Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9

The acoustics of the Concert Hall are highly regarded internationally. The contributing volume factor is 26,400 cubic meters. The Grand Organ in the Concert Hall is the largest mechanical tracker action organ in the world with 10,500 pipes, built by an Australian named Ronald Sharp.

Located in the southern sail of Sydney Opera House, Guillaume at Bennelong Restaurant offers contemporary Australian cuisine with a classical French influence

The whole building weighs 161,000 tonnes supported on 580 concrete piers sunk down to 25m below sea level

The roof weighs 27,230 tonnes made up of 1,056,056 Swedish ceramic tiles

Gioacchino Rossini - Overture to “la gazza ladra”Cecilia Bartoli - Gioacchino Rossini - La Cenerentola

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