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Our Week in Sydney, Harbour to Coast

·Sydney, Australia·#travel#summer#sydney#sydney-harbour#australia
A brightly lit steel arch bridge spans dark water at night, with city lights reflecting on the surface.

Went down to the water while it was still dark — the Harbour Bridge lit along its arch overhead, the Opera House sails white across from us, almost nobody else out. Middle of our week in Sydney and we still hadn't done the harbour by boat, so that came next, in daylight this time. The girls and I got seats up top and rode out from Circular Quay, bridge on one side, Opera House and the city skyline stacked up on the other. February is supposed to be Sydney's wettest month; instead we got a clean blue sky and a hot sun off the water, more like the 27°C end of things than the rain.

Afterward we walked the point through the gardens for the view where the sails and the bridge line up in one look, tourists spread out on the grass around us.

Ended on the coast past Bondi, out on the sandstone shelf where the swell comes in hard over the rocks. One of the girls picked her way out to the edge and stood there while the water broke white a few feet below her.

Sydney Opera House at night with its white sails illuminated, reflected by lights on dark water.Three people on a boat taking a selfie with the Sydney Opera House and city buildings in the sunny background.Three people on a boat with the Sydney Opera House and a city skyline in the background.Three people on a boat with the Sydney skyline, Harbour Bridge, and Opera House in the sunny background.The Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge under a blue sky, with a helicopter, people in a park, and harbor.The Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge stand prominent against a blue sky with scattered clouds, with people on the steps.A large steel arch bridge spans over blue water with a city skyline and blue sky with clouds in the background.A person stands on coastal rocks overlooking the deep blue ocean with crashing waves and green cliffs under a cloudy sky.

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