Author Archives: Todd C.

After our visit to the zoo, we were off for a tour of the second of the two icons gracing Sydney Harbour – the Sydney Opera House – which was tabbed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2007. It’s …

My third day in Australia got off to an interesting start when my phone rang at 02:45. Although this call was one worth taking, it reminded me of the time difference to the US and going forward I turned on …

With our brief walk through The Rocks complete, Road Scholar had nothing more planned for us on this, our first full day in Sydney. This seemed an odd choice to me at the time. Most of the group had arrived …

Any 21st century visitor to the Sydney suburb called The Rocks would likely find its name a bit puzzling because there are few rocks apparent as you can see in this aerial view provided by Airview to The Dictionary of …

To connect north with south (Building bridges for the living) Now that we’ve experienced the creation of Sydney Harbour we can look at the construction of the Harbour Bridge. Although the notion of a harbor crossing arose as early as …