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Fly Ted Down Under Journeys through the land of Oz

Sydney Day 2: Hyde Park Barracks, ANZAC, Pylon, Olympic Park AND Luna Park

The sections of ladder from the opposite side; I climbed up there to the main beam of the arch at the top.

AUSTRALIA | Friday, 4 March 2011 | Views [432]

The sections of ladder from the opposite side; I climbed up there to the main beam of the arch at the top.

The pedestrian pathway along the Sydney Harbour Bridge offers extremely dramatic views, as one would expect, with a caged-in feel thanks to the fences to stop jumpers. On my bridge climb the most challenging part was the angled beam in the centre of the photo, which has a ladder on the opposite side we had to climb. That beam is one of three sections of the ladder. It was narrow and steep but we were hooked into the safety line the entire time on the bridge. At the very top of the photo you can see a group of climbers on their way up the arch; I took the same route.

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The Pylon lookout at the start of the bridge has some interesting displays on the design and construction. These were the three final designs: The bottom is a cantilever bridge, the middle one is the arch without the pylons, and the top one was the chosen design with pylons. The pylons are purely aesthetic, they are not connected to the arch at all. For decades the Pylon lookout was the highest observation point in Sydney.

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