Sydney - GoBuchan

After a spectacular sunrise sail in, we took a Big Bus hop-on-hop-off tour around this beautiful cit, where we saw highlights of the city, both old and new. Just when we were thinking it couldn’t be better, we were treated to fireworks display at the Sydney Opera House.

Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney. Located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, it is widely regarded as one of the world’s most famous and distinctive buildings and a masterpiece of 20th-century architecture.

Sydney Harbour Bridge

A steel through-arch, multi-modal structure, the Sydney Harbour Bridge was the second longest span (503 m) of its type when completed.

With a span of 1,650 feet, it is not only the longest single-arch bridge ever built outside of the United States; its 160-foot width – enough to carry eight lanes of automobile traffic, two sets of train tracks, a bicycle path, and a pedestrian walkway – also qualifies it as the widest long-span bridge anywhere in the world.

The bridge and its approach spans, totaling 2 3/4 miles in length, required 52,000 tons of steel and more than 6,000,000 rivets to construct, in a job that lasted nine years. A pair of 285-foot granite-faced pylons at each end of the main span help anchor the bridge and add to its aesthetic appeal

Il Porcellino

Il Porcellino, meaning ‘the little pig’, is a larger than life-sized bronze wild boar. It is located outside the Sydney’s oldest hospital, Sydney Hospital. At the base of the statue an inscription reads:

If coins are dropped into the fountain or donations put into the box legend says that if you rub the nose of the boar, you will be endowed with good fortune. All donations will care for the sick in Sydney Hospital.