We closed out our holiday in Sydney. Andy proved to be an exceptional tour guide, having worked there for four weeks on one of his previous trips to Australia. We were again blessed with a kind woman who offered to take our picture, and she actually knew how to use my camera, so it was a score all around. If you look really closely you can see tiny little bodies on top of the Sydney Harbor Bridge - those are the crazies following in Oprah's footsteps and doing the bridge climb.
The night we arrived was the beginning of the Vivid Light Festival in the city, and it included a twenty minute light show on the opera house, which was spectacular. I have a million different shots and a video, but seeing as it is not likely as cool to everyone else, I will spare you and just share my favorite part.
To say I was obsessed with the opera house while we were there would be an understatement, and unfortunately I do not have an explanation as to why. To be honest, I always wondered how a seemingly unremarkable building (in photos) had become an icon for this entire country, and it was as if Jorn Utzon himself slapped me in disgust when I first laid my eyes upon it. I was mesmerized by its lines and curves, and had a heyday taking photos of it from different angles. I may be a dork, but as you can see, I was not alone. I think this seagull had a passion for architecture as well.
Did you know the 'sails' are tiled?! And in a zig-zag pattern?! No, you didn't! And if you did, play along and remember the moment you found out...go there...and be amazed again!
Surfers on the famous Manly Beach
The Royal Botanic Gardens
Darling Harbor and the coolest water feature I have ever seen
Sydney has a very different feel from Melbourne, and I really enjoyed all it had to offer. In our humble opinion, if we had to compare them to U.S. cities, Sydney is kind of like Boston and Melbourne is similar to Chicago. Both wonderful cities in their own right, but of course Chicago always wins, and it was nice to return "home" to Melbourne for the last time.
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