Hello Sydney!

About Sydney ~ by Nix

Sydney is the largest city in Australia. About 4 million people live in Sydney. The Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House are two of its most famous landmarks. Sydney was a originally going to be  named “Albion” but it was changed to recognize Lord Sydney's work to authorize the colony. It was ranked one of the top 10 best cities world to live. Most people think Sydney is Australia's capital but it is not, Canberra is the capital of Australia. In 2000 Sydney hosted the Summer Olympics.

The Sydney Harbour Bridge ~ by Jovan

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a half arch. It is the bridge that connects the north part of

Sydney to the Sydney districts. It is known as the Coat Hanger. It took 8 years to build  starting in 1929. At the opening ceremony of the bridge over 1,000,000 (one million) people came and the population was 1.256 million. To stop the traffic on the bridge they built the Sydney Harbor tunnel and only vehicles were allowed to pass through. During the construction sixteen people died making the bridge, and two of those people, died going down the bridge (not trying to make you scared). The total cost to make this bridge was 6.25 million Australian Pounds and about 150,000 cars cross the bridge everyday. 

The Sydney Opera House ~ by Tejas

The Sydney Opera House was designed by John Utzon.  He won a contest where architects from all over the world come and compete with their design and whoever wins will be funded to build their design for the Opera House. It was planned for four years of building, but it took 16 years of designing and construction.  The construction started in 1959 and ended in 1973. There are more than 1 million roof tiles covering 1.62 hectares over the house that were made in Sweden and shipped by boat to use. The plan was to spend 7 milllion dollars building it, but in the end the final cost was 102 million dollars.

The Sydney Opera House is like a peninsula on the Pacific Ocean.  There are many concerts, art shows, plays, and much more at the Opera House.  Each one has it’s own room in the Opera House.  The Sydney Opera House also holds choirs and symphonies, and recently will show movies like Harry Potter with the the live orchestra, and popular singers like Prince had performed there. Today more than 10 million people visit the Opera House every year.