Sydney Tower

This Sydney icon can be referred to by many names: the Sydney Tower [^]; the AMP Tower; AMP Centrepoint Tower; Centrepoint Tower: or just Centrepoint.

The Sydney Tower stands at 305m tall, making it the second tallest free-standing building in Australia, Q1 on the Gold Coast is the tallest.  The tower is the third tallest observation tower in the southern hemisphere, behind the Auckland Skytower [^], and Melbourne’s Eureka Tower.  This is despite the fact that the observation deck on the Sydney Tower is 50m higher (at 250m) than the one in the Auckland Skytower [^].

Sydney Harbour Bridge from the Botanicla Gardens

View of Sydney Harbour from near Mrs Macquaries Seat in the Botanical Gardens.

Sydney Harbour Bridge from Bradfield Park

The Sydney Harbour Bridge from the North side of the Harbour, Bradfield Park in Milsons Point / Kirribilli.

Sun Princess in Darling Harbour

While Queen Victoria was berthed at Circular Quay the Sun Princess was forced into decidedly second-rate accomodation at the old Sydney Docks just outside of Darling Harbour.

The Two Queens Meet in Sydney Harbour

This was the purpose of our visit to Sydney – to watch the passing of the two Cunard Queens.

Queen Elizabeth 2 and Queen Victoria pass Fort Denison.  The number of people on the water and on land watching the spectacle was truly amazing.  As the two ships began their pass they began sounding their horns, culminating in a simultaneous blast that was audible for around 16km (10 miles).