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Even under a flat, overcast sky, the Sydney Opera House still gleams—its white shells
catching whatever light there is and giving it back with powerful insistence.
Kids are more taken with the seagulls.
Bennelong Restaurant, named after Woollarawarre Bennelong, a senior aboriginal man
of the Port Jackson area, at the time of the first British settlement in Australia.
Bennelong served as an interlocutor between the Eora and the British, both in the colony
of New South Wales and in Great Britain. He was the first Aboriginal Australian to visit
Europe and return.
Sydney Harbour Bridge
The shells of the Sydney Opera House are clad in over a million small ceramic tiles,
arranged in a subtle chevron pattern that gives the surfaces both texture and depth. From
a distance they read as pure white, but up close they reveal a carefully balanced mix of
glossy and matte finishes designed to catch the light without glaring.
Around Circular Quay, artists gather along the harbour’s edge, sketching, painting, and
performing against a backdrop of ferries, water, and sky.
Boys fishing on their Easter vacation, stocked with a loaf of Wonder bread and coconut
water.
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