Travelog post for: Elisabeth

Next stop on our City adventure was the Sydney Tower, previously known as Centrepoint. Sydney Tower is the the highest point above the city and it is the same height as the Eiffel Tower. From here you can have 360* views of the city and surrounds (sadly it was very overcast today, so the views weren't at their best! But we could still take in the major sights of the city.

The city skyline, just hiding the Opera House and Harbour Bridge. The mark in the harbour to the right is Fort Denison, which you might have read about in Kalli's travelog and the green is the Botanical Gardens surrounding Farm Cove.


The building with the green domes is the QVB. It takes up that whole city block!


Here is Darling Harbour and the Pyrmont Bridge. The warship is a part of the Sydney Maritime Museum.


This is St Mary's Cathedral, which is the seat of the Catholic church in Australia. It is the largest church in Australia and probably the largest Roman Catholic church in the Southern hemisphere. In front of it is Hyde Park, which was named after Hyde Park in London (of course!) and the large fountain towards the front of the photo is the Archibald Fountain, unveiled in 1932 in honour of Australia's contribution to the Great War in France.


And here is a better view of the Harbour Bridge, which we crossed later in the day on the train to St Leonards to visit Bec's uncle at Royal North Shore Hospital.


Time for some afternoon tea...... What a view!