Wow, all of a sudden the last 3 weeks have flown by and we're on our last morning here in Sydney, but we don't have to check out until 1100 so after a brief lay in we decided to head out and walk across Sydney Harbour Bridge. A few shots on our route to find the steps or fingers crossed, the elevator, up.
A good example of Dutch Colonial Architecture.
Built in 1881 this little terrace of buildings is known as Sergeant Major's Row
I wonder how much actually gets posted in here these days; postcards seem a thing of the past.
This building is under refurbishment so they've clad the outside with old photos of George Street.
Under the bridge attempting to find a way up.
Fortunately there was an elevator which we found eventually. On exiting on top of the bridge we were treated to this beautiful Common Mynah.
The bridge which was opened in 1932 is just over 1.1km long and is nicknamed "the Coathanger" because of its arch-based design. It carries rail, vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic and the views from it are simply fantastic.
I think this brown building in the front is our hotel and we were on the top floor.
North Sydney
Once over the bridge we got another elevator down and walked down the steep hill to the water's edge for the iconic views of the CBD and the Opera House.
Back on the South side we checked out of the hotel and left our luggage to collect later. We then spent a couple of hours in The Rocks Discovery Museum which provided a huge amount of info on the development of the area and the people who'd lived there. This statue outside represents the basic 3 types of original settlers; military, families and construction workers.
We then took a walk around the wharf area where the Celebrity Cruise had been moored.
The Overseas Passenger Terminal which has an elevated gangway to facilitate passengers joining their ships.
Farewell Sydney Opera House - I think I've taken enough photos of you now. So pleased to have visited this fantastic City.
By now it was mid afternoon and so we stopped for a delicious sandwich/wine late lunch in a nearby outdoor café before heading back to the hotel to collect our luggage. The flight to Melbourne leaves Sydney at 0930 tomorrow so we've decided to stay tonight at an airport hotel otherwise we'd have to be up and on the go about 0500.
The hotel was between train stations so we had rather a long walk dragging the cases along but we got there eventually and after checking in we did our usual recky to find our way to the Terminal for the morning.