It’s been-no it seems like I’ve always wanted to come to Sydney—pretty much to see the opera house. The tour was interesting. Sydney was a fascinating place. It’s very clean and laid out well. Old Sydney has its own aroma. Elegant, pleasant, welcoming. The Tour was an hour long. Immediately following we went to the S.O.H. I was overwhelmed with the thoughts that I was finally there/here! The roof was supposed to represent a series of Ellipses by a Danish Man Utzon. He won the international design competition. It had 1,055,941 ceramic tiles that do not absorb water. The Concert hall holds 2,679 people. The building as a whole cost 102.5 billion Australian Dollars. The Opera Theatre is 8 months Opera, 3 months ballet, and 3 weeks modern dance every year. The organ had 10, 134 pipes, 5 keyboards, and 131 stops. The ceiling was made of soft drop wood. Seats were made of hard wood to help the sound. The Foyers wad the only location where we could take pictures. No pictures inside the beautiful concert hall. Everything sounded crystal clear inside there. WOW, amazing! Following the S.O.H., we went for lunch at the barracks—for fish and chips, a very popular dish in Australia and most British based societies. The Barracks themselves were very old. They housed convicts originally, then it was basically a looney bin for women like convicts, then it became a government seat, and now it is retired building and is a museum. After the barracks we headed out to the sheep station. We had tea and some type of cake. We saw many farm like animals there. He showed us how to properly throw a boomerang and also taught us some boomerang history. Then the man showed us a herd of sheep –I got to pet a big sheep and hold a baby. He told us how they raised the sheep and sheered them and that entire process. After that we had an Aussie BBQ. Yummm…We had a lot fun dancing with some red-neck Australian band. An example of some of the lyrics were as follows:“ A sheep or two, kangaroo, A clothes line in the back…and an old rocking chair”. That was truly an amazing day.
A) The Sydney Opera House is the second most recognized symbol in the world—It is an Icon for Sydney. The barracks were there when the colony was formed. The sheep station was culturally engaging.
B) It showed me how and why they do some of the things they do.-specifically the sheep station.
C) Their Opera House is like our Statue of Liberty. The sheep station is very much like our ranches at home—except with a few different emphasis and processes.
D) I loved it all!
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