Sydney, Australia (by Jair Moreshet)

Sydney,

AustraliaPhotographed and presented by Jair (Yair) Moreshet, 2009 ©

( Website: www.Jair-Moreshet.com Email: [email protected] )

Music : J.S. Bach, The Art of Fugue, Contrapunctus #1, by a brass ensemble

As seen from a satellite, the city of Sydney sits on a big ocean inlet extending from the Pacific into land (like a fjord) and forming the biggest natural harbor in the world.Sydney has, therefore, a lot of waterfront with many individual harbors, marinas, and beaches, offering many leisure activities. Much of the transportation is by water.

Sydney Opera HouseSydney Harbor Bridge Circular Quay

Pacific Ocean

Downtown

Circular Quay, the hub of Sydney Harbor (with the iconic Sydney Opera House at the front), is the founding site for Sydney and for Australia.

The Sydney Harbor Bridge

Magical atmosphere at sunset on the promenade at Circular Quay in front of the iconic Sydney Opera House

The Circular Quay area with downtown in the background

The Sydney Tower downtown

Sydney Harbor and downtown as viewed from Sydney Tower. On the horizon – the Pacific Ocean.

The beautifully renovated Queen Victoria shopping mall

The downtown monorail runs over the heads of pedestrians

The entrance to the lovely Darling Harbor from downtown

The wharf at Circular Quay that serves the ferry to the zoo

Aboriginal people (indigenous Australians) on the wharf at Circular Quay

Leaving Circular Quay by a ferry to the zoo

Leaving Circular Quay by a ferry to Darling Harbor and downtown, passing the Sydney Harbor Bridge

First stop is the Luna Park

The Darling Harbor area

Sydney’s Chinese Gardens

Local Australian visitors of Chinese descent using the garden’s rental service for Chinese costumes

Darling Harbor

And once again the Opera House at Circular Quay in another sunset