In March and April John and I had a fabulous holiday in Singapore and travelling around Australia. From Adelaide we flew to our final destination Sydney. Sydney has one of the world's great harbours.  In addition to the major landmarks of the bridge and opera house there are many bays and coves making the water an essential part of the city.  Darling Harbour is very central and a short ferry journey away is Taronga Zoo. Darling Harbour

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The redeveloped docks 

are now full of shops, bars, museums and cinemas.

Our hotel was in nearby Glebe close to the university. 

Inaugurated in 1850 it's Australia's oldest university.

Opera House

At the water's edge is the Sydney Opera House.

even though we'd seen many pictures of it on TV it was rather impressive seeing it for real with its high white roofs.

on those famous steps

Apparently the design was inspired from the peeling of an orange into segments.

Views of the Opera House from the ferry

inside are concert theatres bars, restaurants and shops

 Harbour Bridge

Opposite the Opera House is the Harbour Bridge.

It's used by cyclists, cars and trains.

We climbed the bridge.  It took three hours in total.  The first hour was spent getting kitted out in these lovely grey boiler suits and putting on our harness, radio and getting breathalyzed.

The climb was good fun and we paused along the way as the guide pointed out the various landmarks. 

It was a hot sunny day and we had some fantastic views.

Taronga Zoo

From Circular Quay we caught the ferry to the zoo.

In the Australian Walkabout area are

emus 

                                    kangaroos 

wallabies

 and very shy koalas.

From Sydney we also explored the surrounding bays and coves and took the ferry to Watsons Bay and Manly Bay.

See the photos from the rest of our travels around Singapore and Australia.