Sydney is a purdy city.

I took these photos on my latest trip to Sydney. I had brand spankin' new DSLR camera with a REAL CAMERA STRAP FOR MY NECK and everything!! A camera is not a real camera unless you can hang it around your neck, yo. So I fit right in with the hordes of Asian tourists (although theirs were still like 3x more expensive than mine).

But what's funny is when I'm tan and wearing a big pair of sunglasses, I guess you can't really tell I'm *not* Asian -- in fact, one guy handing out free Mandarin newsletters to every Asian person in sight actually handed one to me!! haha SUCCESS!!!! (Seriously, though, it was all because of the camera.)

Anyway. In spite of (mostly) crapola weather, I was able to walk around and get some lovely shots of Australia's Harbour City. (Yeah. With that totally extraneous "u.") I mostly stuck to the waterfront this trip, with a quick visit to the zoo (see previous post) and a nice walk across the Harbour Bridge.

View from Taronga Zoo:


St. Mary's Cathedral:


View toward the north from the Harbour Bridge:


The Opera House, as seen from the Harbour Bridge:


Nice architecure (old Sydney Hospital):


A passenger ferry chugs past the Harbour Bridge:


Government House in the Royal Botanic Gardens:


Sydney skyline at dusk:


Australian flag on top of the Harbour Bridge:


Sydney CBD (downtown):


View of the Bridge and Opera House from the north:


Cool shot of the Harbour Bridge pedestrian walkway:


Hyde Park:


St. Mary's in Hyde Park:


Flowers in Hyde Park:


Rooftop bar with an amazing view!


Harbour Bridge at night:


Creepy Luna Park clown at the entrance:


I hope you have nightmares now.


Royal Botanic Gardens:


Looking north past the edge of the Opera House:


Gorgeous tall trees, Hyde Park:


Chinese New Year festival, Chinatown:


Yay :)


View toward the east from the Harbour Bridge:


Chinese New Year festival. The disco ball really seals the deal.


Really cool fountain that forms the wall of a restaurant:


Another shot of the fountain wall in the restaurant:


View of Sydney Tower and skyline:


This mosaic was made out of Legos! How cool is that! OK, I'm a nerd.


Ceiling of the War Memorial with thousands of tiny gold stars representing the fallen soldiers:


Close-up of the gold stars:


NAKED STATUES EWWWWWWWWWWWW:


Visiting the Opera House:


Dunno what this little sea island fortress is:


The Rocks, a touristy neighborhood near the harbour:


Walkway around the harbor:


Massively tall flowers in the botanic gardens:


Opera House at night:


View toward the southeast from the Harbour Bridge:


Gorgeous flowers, Hyde Park:


View from the Royal Botanic Gardens:


Big boat!


A view of the back (or is it technically the front?) of the Opera House:


View of the northern shore of the harbour:


The Opera House lights coming on at twilight:


Luna Park, an amusement park on the northern shores of the harbour:


Sydney skyline from Taronga Zoo:


Cool organ pipes!


Harbour Bridge:


Sunshine over the harbor:


Sydney Opera House, from the pedestrian walkway on the Bridge: