Sunday, April 11, 2004 1-25 | 26-50 | 51-75 | 76-100 | 101-104
A day at the zoo and a night on the bridge.

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The summit has tall safety glass with nice frosted etching that points out sites of interest. Panning from Government House down Bennelong Point to the Opera House (and even jumping off the land to Fort Denison!)
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Very pretty view into Sydney Cove. Can you spot Sydney Tower? The south feeder to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. I coax Philip onto a bench ("let's see if we can frame the glass out of the shot"), and he death-grips the safety glass. Both Philip and the Sydney Opera House beam back at me. And Philip is relieved to be back inside as we descend.
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Another group of Bridge Climb staff are stationed near one of the engineering sheds. I take advantage of the non-glassed views as Philip makes use of the gift shop restroom. I liked this slightly-canted composition. This was a spare kingpin assembly for the bridge found many years after construction completed. This is the more utilitarian present-day Police Station for The Rocks.
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And we finally make it to Taronga Zoo. I swear--we looked quite respectible! Philip starts to getting wary of the gondolas. The wide-eyed terror! And we lift-off as Philip tries to fixate on terrestial objects.
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The lovely view. A view of the rest of the "Sky Safari". A koala tracks on Philip. Philip spots some wildlife which then scampers away.