Looking at the Cockle Bay, Sydney lights reflected by the water.
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Weeping willow
Weeping willow over water, Chinese Garden of Friendship, Sydney
Memories of Sydney Monorail
The Monorail was always popular with tourists, although tickets were expensive compared with other forms of public transport. When I worked at UTS (University of Technology, Sydney) this was the quickest way to get into the city centre at lunch time.
Paddy’s Markets Station
The picture above shows Paddy’s Markets station (formerly called Powerhouse Museum and originally Haymarket) during the dismantling of the system, please note the monorail has been removed.
There are billboards inside the station advertising local attractions and ironically discounted monorail travel. The following is from Wikipedia on 7/7/2016 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Monorail
The Sydney Monorail (originally TNT Harbourlink and later Metro Monorail) was a single-loop monorail in Sydney, Australia, that connected Darling Harbour, Chinatown and the Sydney central business and shopping districts. It opened in July 1988 and closed in June 2013.[1]
There were eight stations on the 3.6 kilometre loop, with up to six trains operating simultaneously. It served major attractions and facilities such as the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Aquarium and Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre. The system was operated by Veolia.
SOH, a bit more
The Opera House sits on a piece of land called Bennelong Point. Looking left to right there is a reasonable gap between the Opera House and the first building in the colonnade on the western Broadwalk. The entrance to the concert hall and the opera theatre is under the multitude of steps seen in the picture above. The Opera Bar is a popular vantage point to sip a drink while watching the ferries coming and going in Circular Quay.
The Opera House is just as impressive from the other side. Many people go to Mrs Macquarie’s Chair to take pictures of the Opera House with the Harbour Bridge in the background. This picture was taken from the back of the ferry to Manly.
The other SOH post.
SOH
Sydney Opera House
Spinning room
I like this groovy meeting room at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), even though it looks like it’s spinning.
Vertical garden
The future is here from the designers of Sydney Central Park.
Celebrate diversity
Apart from the fact that working in education energises me, I love that diversity is celebrated.
Happy Sydney Mardi Gras courtesy of UNSW Australia (formerly known as the University of New South Wales).
Pagoda, Chinese Garden of Friendship, Sydney
Roofs and columns, detail, 2014
Look at me!
Lizard, Chinese Garden, Sydney, 2014
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