Fly Ted Down Under Journeys through the land of Oz

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

AUSTRALIA | Friday, 4 March 2011 | Views [314]

Behind the Opera House you can see the Royal Botanic Gardens and The Domain, two more of the large parks in the centre of the city. Kings Cross is in the background, where I was staying.

Sydney CBD from the Pylon, that's Circular Quay in the middle, the main central ferry dock. A small cruise ship is in the middle; there is another larger cruise ship berth over to the right on the far side of The Rocks. The Rocks is the low-rise area straight ahead and below, with the oldest and most historic buildings in the city. It is now meticulously restored and very trendy. The Rocks is where the First Fleet arrived in 1788 and the first structures were built in what became Sydney.

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A small section of Sydney Harbour. Straight ahead in the middle is the small island of Fort Denison, where convict prisoners were held for additional punishment, chained to the walls in sunlight and so on. Maybe that's where they started booting.

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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

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