Out and about near the Art Gallery

The police memorial

View of the eastern city fringe

The day they took Sydney away

Sydney being transported away on a giant ship

We all know about the might of the Asian economic giants and how China will become the largest economy in the world in 20 years. Well they might want to buy some ready-made city CBDs with their wealth. This is how they would do it- carefully load the City onto a giant cargo ship and sail away!

That, by the way, is a view of Sydney from Milson's point across the harbour.

Annual pilgrimage to the Domain

Every year in the Domain, there are at least a couple of free concerts in the summer holidays in Dec-Jan: a Symphony and and Opera. This time there was and opera and jazz in the domain. Last night we went for the opera, Puccini’s Turandot performed by the Australian Opera.

The original poster for the Opera when performed in 1926 (via Wikipedia)

Well, the weather held up and we got a reasonably good spot right in front. With the help of the surtitles and the large Live video screens, plus the binoculars we’d taken along, we actually were able to follow the plot. Turandot is- like most opera, actually- Bollywood on steroids. But it’s hard not to get caught up in the passion and music. And it certainly has one of the most popular arias in Nessum Dorma.


I think we may now be ready for seeing an opera in the House this year!