Sydney

So third stop in Australia was Sydney. I got here and I saw on the map that they have their own Hyde Park. In my trip around the world, I've seen how British colonialism has made street names and etc. so redundant. But I love London Hyde Park, so I took a walk through Hyde Park toward the Circular Quay and Sydney Opera House area.

Sydney Hyde Park:









There's probably about three major landmarks in Sydney and they're all in the same area:


The Harbour Bridge


Sydney Opera House (it's from Finding Nemo!)


The Circular Quay

So after walking around town, I took a ferry boat to Manly Beach where I did some shopping.


On the ferry.



So that was my first day in Sydney. The next day, I went back to Quay to go on an Aboriginal tour/cruise. I was just really curious about the whole Aboriginal thing because I never really knew what the situation was. It's really interesting though. A lot like American history and the Native Americans. Colonialism was really fucked up. But I guess it's how we all got here.


The tour guide.


They took us to this tiny little island.


Where they had this rock that looks like Pride Rock from Lion King!


Roooarrrr!


And our tour guide did a show on a didgeridoo, which is this long pipe-like instrument they blow into. But you don't just blow into it. It's really complicated how they play it, but it's really hard.




There were other Aboriginal performers in Circular Quay.



So I tape a little bit of the performance so I could put it up here for you guys to hear.



After the Aboriginal tour, I went on a tour of the Sydney Opera House.


Inside the Concert Hall.




Me at the Opera House.

Then I stuck around for a performance of Tales of Hoffman. I'm not usually a big fan of opera, but it was actually quite good. I bought like the cheapest seats possible, but the usher moved me to one of the good seats that weren't occupied.


Me inside the Sydney Opera House.

Here are some of the millions of shots of the Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House:














At night.