Harbour Bridge

The Australian city of Sydney has one of the world's great harbours, which acts as the core around which the city has grown. However, what many people don't realize about Sydney's harbour is that it has a name problem. Most people, including most Sydneysiders, refer to it as "Sydney harbour", but strictly speaking this isn't correct. It's not that there isn't a Sydney harbour, it's just that this isn't it, in fact it's nowhere near - Sydney harbour is actually in Nova Scotia, Canada. If you want to be correct, then, you'll call Sydney's harbour "Port Jackson", but be warned that you'll be the only person doing that!

I visited Sydney in January, but you definitely won't get a view like this in Nova Scotia at that time of year, because Canada's Sydney harbour is frozen for three months of the year. In this photo you can see the Royal Botanic Gardens on the waterfront, with the Centerpoint Tower poking up a total of 320 meters, with an observation deck at 250 meters. On the right, of course, is the famous opera house and on the far right is one end of the area known as The Rocks, which is where Sydney's first convict inhabitants were forced to set up camp. Hidden behind the opera house is Circular Quay, which is where most of the harbour ferries arrive and depart.

Here's a closer view of some bridge climbers. The flag you see here is the state flag of New South Wales, which is where Sydney is. The Australian national flag has a union jack on a blue background with large stars in the shape of the Southern Cross constellation. The Australian and New Zealand flags are depressingly similar - the only difference is that the Australian flag has five seven-pointed white stars in its depiction of the Southern Cross, plus another larger Federation Star which represents the combined Commonwealth of Australia, while poor old New Zealand only has four five-pointed red stars, again depicting the Southern Cross!

You can decide whether you want to brave climbing up the bridge, but a definite must-do when you're here is a ride on the harbour itself, either on a tourist boat or one of the many commuter ferries which take people to and from work all throughout the day.

reference: http://www.richard-seaman.com/Travel/Australia/Sydney/Harbour/index.html