Sydney Opera House, YouTube Symphony Orchestra Grand Finale

These light projections on the Sydney Opera House on Sunday night were part of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra Grand Finale. The projections shown here were animated and complemented the music played at the concert.

Sydney Opera House, YouTube Symphony Orchestra Grand Finale

Some more light projections on the Sydney Opera House on Sunday night as part of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra Grand Finale. These shots were taken across Circular Quay from the Overseas Passenger Terminal where professional camera crews were also filming the event.

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Sydney Opera House, YouTube Symphony Orchestra Grand Finale

These light projections on the Sydney Opera House on Sunday night were part of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra Grand Finale. The YouTube Symphony Orchestra is the world's first collaborative, online, international orchestra. Thousands of musicians from around the world auditioned online for a place in this year's orchestra which performed a program of symphonic music in Sydney last week. The Grand Finale performance featured music and images projected on the interior and sails of the Sydney Opera House. The concert was conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas accompanied by projections by Obscura Digital and streamed live on YouTube, where it is still available to view.

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Pyrmont, Life From A Suitcase

'Life From A Suitcase' is a sculpture that is located in the inner city suburb of Pyrmont. This life size, cast bronze sculpture was created by Terrance Plowright and unveiled in 2010. It was originally commissioned by Paul Signorelli to represent three generations of his family. It was gifted to Australia as a celebration of immigration. It is located at Pyrmont Wharves 12 and 13 which was Sydney's reserve passenger terminal until 1994 and where many immigrants in the 1950s and 1960s first stood on Australian soil. Immigrant Biaggio Signorelli, from Sicily in Italy, landed here in 1954 as did his wife to be, Filipa in 1963. They raised a large dynamic family that went on to grow Doltone House, a collection of event venues around Sydney including one here in the redeveloped wharf building behind the sculpture. Today is Harmony Day,  which celebrates the cohesive and inclusive nature of Australia and promotes the benefits of cultural diversity. It is celebrated annually on the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

Tarban Creek Bridge

The Tarban Creek Bridge carries Burns Bay Road over Tarban Creek, between the suburbs of Hunters Hill and Huntleys Point. Tarban Creek Bridge is a concrete arch bridge which opened in 1965. It formed a missing link between the Gladesville Bridge and Fig Tree Bridge. It was originally planned to form part of a north-western expressway, which was never built.

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Surry Hills, library and community centre

The Surry Hills Library and Community Centre is located on Crown Street, opposite Shannon Reserve. This iconic building, which was completed in 2009. features a high standard of design and sustainability. The southern facade is all glass, providing high levels of natural lighting throughout the building. The pedestrian mall and nature strip has been created by blocking off Collins Street to Crown Street.

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Surry Hills, stack

This chimney stack rises above a former industrial building in the inner city suburb of Surry Hills. It dominates the skyline behind Shannon Reserve and is much taller than the chimney stacks on the residential terrace houses beside it. Surry Hills is a suburb that once contained a lot of heavy industry and manufacturing but has gone through gentrificaton, with many of the old buildings redeveloped. This stack is redundant now since the building is used for residential and commercial purposes.

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Surry Hills, restaurant

This former grocery shop with residential space above is on the corner of Crown Street and Devonshire Street, in the inner city suburb of Surry Hills. This heritage building built in 1912 has now become an Italian restaurant known as Essenza Italian. It has been beautifully restored with an eye-catching colour scheme.

Campbells Cove, Greenhouse

'Greenhouse by Joost' is a temporary eco-friendly cafe with spectacular views, currently located at Campbells Cove in The Rocks. The building was created by artist Joost Bakker and built using recycled materials with an external wall covered in pot plants. Ingredients are grown on the rooftop garden, water is collected on site, waste is recycled and the generator runs on cooking oil.

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Phillip Street, court house

This former court house is located on the corner of Albert Street and Phillip Street. This sandstone building was designed by colonial architect James Barnet and completed in 1886. It was built for use as a magistrates’ court and then later became a traffic court which remained in use until 1979. It is now part of the Justice and Police Museum along with the police station next door, that I featured yesterday.

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Phillip Street, water police station

This sandstone building in Phillip Street was originally designed for the Water Police as a station and lock-up. It was designed by Alexander Dawson and built in 1858. It remained in continuous use for police purposes until 1985. It is now part of the Justice and Police Museum along with the court house next door, which I'll show tomorrow.

Gladesville Bridge

Gladesville Bridge carries Victoria Road over the Parramatta River, between the suburbs of Drummoyne and Huntleys Point. Gladesville Bridge is a four-box pre-stressed concrete arch with a span of 305 metres. When it opened in 1964 it was the longest reinforced concrete arch span in the world. This bridge replaced an old two lane swing span iron bridge that had been built in 1881, which itself had replaced a ferry service that ran across the river. The new bridge was originally designed with six lanes but was expanded to eight lanes in the 1970s. This view is from the Gladesville Bridge Marina, located beside Five Dock Point at Drummoyne.

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Parramatta River, sunset

This Rivercat ferry has just departed from Chiswick ferry wharf and crosses the Parramatta River towards its next stop at Huntleys Point ferry wharf, on the opposite side of the river.

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Henley, Parramatta River, sunset

The sun sets over the Parramatta River, where it snakes past the suburbs of Abbotsford and Henley. This view is from Howley Park which sits on Five Dock Point, in the inner west suburb of Drummoyne.

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Drummoyne, fire station

This fire station is located along Lyons Road, in the inner west suburb of Drummoyne. It was designed by Walter Liberty Vernon in 1910 and built in the Federation Arts and Crafts architectural style.

Mascot, runway and beach

This little beach on Botany Bay sits beside one of the north-south runways of Sydney Airport, in the eastern suburb of Mascot. This Qantas 747 is preparing to take off to the north, just at it passes by the airport control tower. The Socceroos is the nickname for Australia's national soccer team that is sponsored by Qantas and promoted on the side of this plane.

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Powerhouse Museum, The 80s Are Back

An interactive, electronic, giant Rubik's Cube.

'The 80s Are Back' is an exhibition currently on display at the Powerhouse Museum at Ultimo. This exhibition, which explores Australian life and culture in the 1980s, has been one of the most popular and longest running in the museum's history. The fascination for this decade remains with a revival of much of its culture in recent years, that has lasted longer than the decade itself. It was a great nostalgic trip, revisiting styles and trends from the 1980s and their effect on music, film, television, fashion and design.

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Darlinghurst, St Vincent's Hospital

St Vincent's Hospital is a public hospital on Victoria Street, in the inner city suburb of Darlinghurst. The hospital was originally established in 1857 by five Irish Sisters of Charity, who had migrated to Sydney with a mission to help the poor and disadvantaged. This main building was designed by Wardell and Denning and built in 1921, in the Inter-War Free Classical style. The facade features verandas, integrated into free classical colonnades.

Darlinghurst, Taylor Square

This building stands on the corner of Oxford Street and Flinders Street at Taylor Square, in Darlinghurst. In recent years, it has had its painted exterior sandblasted to reveal the original brickwork. Some of the the paint that has seeped into the bricks remains, to give the exterior a rustic look. The tenants in the building include Coco Cubano on the ground floor, a Cuban style café and bar. The billboard on the roof is in a prime position, above one of Sydney's busiest traffic intersections. AussieBum is an Australian underwear and swimwear brand, with a cheeky name, that has become big overseas in recent years and has now expanded into surfwear, sportswear, loungewear and leisurewear.

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Darlinghurst, Camp Stonewall

Camp Stonewall is an art installation at Taylor Square, off Oxford Street, in the inner city suburb of Darlinghurst. The artwork is part of the Taylor Square Plinth Project, which has had three temporary art projects installed from 2009 to 2011 to enliven the square and make people think about art. Camp Stonewall, by Annie Kennedy, celebrates the achievements of the gay rights movement and people who campaigned for change. The name refers to the Stonewall Inn in Manhattan, where the gay riots on  28th June, 1969 sparked an international response, including protests in Sydney’s Oxford Street. The lamp post on the plinth in the staircase of a disused underground gentlemen's convenience, reinterprets the original post from the early 1900s, which carried street signage and illuminated the square. The tiles on the wall feature messages and stories written by the contemporary gay and lesbian community of Sydney. This artwork is on the route of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras which is on tonight.

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Darlinghurst, Sacred Heart Catholic Church

The Sacred Heart Catholic Church is located at the corner of Oxford Street and Darlinghurst Road, in the inner city suburb of Darlinghurst. The original church built on this site opened in 1850, with the adjacent Sacred Heart School featured yesterday built in 1880. The old church was demolished and the foundations used for this larger church which opened in 1911. The University of Notre Dame took over the site in 2004 and restored the church in 2008 for use by the university and as a local parish.
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Darlinghurst, Sacred Heart School

This former school building is located on Darlinghurst Road, in the inner city suburb of Darlinghurst. Originally known as the Sacred Heart School, it was originally built in 1880 and is adjacent to the Sacred Heart Catholic Church.It had remained in use as a school until 1984. The site was taken over by the University of Notre Dame and the building was restored in 2006. It is now used as a medical library for the university and nearby hospital.

Dawes Point, fog signal and navigation light

This fog signal and navigation light is located at Dawes Point, close to the southern pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and across Circular Quay from the Sydney Opera House. It was built in 1906 and rebuilt in 1948 to provide warnings to shipping on Sydney Harbour.
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Sydney Harbour (Theme Day: Your Favourite Part of Town)

Sydney Harbour is my favourite part of Sydney. This view of the harbour is from Mrs Macquarie's Point, looking towards the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
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