Showing posts with label Oceania. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oceania. Show all posts

Friday, December 14, 2012

Sydney,AustraliaⅡ

Today I will introduce another 4 places in Sydney you can visit.There are so many places in Sydney you can go.If you want to know more about the place,please visit:www.sydney.com

Royal Botanic Garden

The Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, New South Wales, is the most central of the three major botanical gardens open to the public in Sydney (the others being the Mount Annan Botanic Garden and the Mount Tomah Botanic Garden). The gardens were opened in 1816, and are managed by the same trust that manages the adjoining The Domain. The gardens are open every day of the year, and access is free.

Every it attracte over 300 million visitors to visit. Suitable local climatic conditions are conducive to the Botanic Garden's plant collection.Botanical Garden collection shows more than 7000 kinds of tropical and subtropical plants, many of them import at the colonial period, such as citrus,some import from the
inland when the expert go to investigate, some even the first period of the Botanical Garden exchange from seed. Plant signage provides historical information collected by the plant, the characteristics of the park is the portrayal of the Botanical Gardens historical.

Bondi Beach

Bondi Beach is one of the world's most famous beaches, Bondi Beach is as much a lifestyle choice as a place. Bondi Beach draws the visitor, captivates them and forges memories of sun, surf and sand. It is a slower sun warmed world that somehow stands a little apart from our busy lives. It is a world of lifeguards patrolling between yellow and red flags, surfers riding the waves, bronzed bodies, comfortable cafes and smart restaurants.

Sydney Aquarium

Sea Life Sydney Aquarium is a public aquarium located in the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the eastern (city) side of Darling Harbour to the north of the Pyrmont Bridge.

The aquarium contains a large variety of Australian aquatic life, displaying more than 650 species comprising more than 6,000 individual fish and other sea and water creatures from most of Australia's water habitats.

Its key exhibits in the aquarium are a series of underwater, see-through, acrylic glass tunnels where sharks swim above visitors, and recreation of a Great Barrier Reef coral environment.

SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium is an all-weather visitor attraction open 365 days a year. The exact time and more information you can visit:www.sydneyaquarium.com.au

St. Mary's Cathedral

St Mary’s Cathedral stands in the centre of Sydney as a Christian statement of grace and beauty. Generations of artists have bequeathed to it their magnificent gifts in stone and glass, designing a unique space of solace and prayer within this vibrant city. This Cathedral represents the spiritual origins of the Catholic Church in Australia. It is one of Sydney's most treasured historic buildings and one of the finest examples of English-style gothic churches in the world. William Wilkinson Wardell, the 19th century architect, dreamed of a gothic structure shaped from the local yellow-block sandstone on which this city is built. The building was finally completed 100 years after the architect's death. The Cathedral is dedicated to Mary Help of Christians.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Sydney,AustraliaⅠ

Sydney is the captial of the New South Wales,also is the biggest port city of Australia.It is the international metropolis as the biggist financial centre of Australia.Also it is an international tourist destination famous for it's beach,opera house and harbour bridge.Now let's travel some sight spots.

Australian Museum

It was founded in 1827,locate at the college street near the Hyde Park.It is one of the top 10 world's recognized pavilion,also is the biggiest natural history museum of Australia.All of the collections are unique and treasure.

The museum collects about 8.75 million pieces, belong to anthropology, zoology, paleontology, environmental science and mineralogy. Display room main content of Australia's special natural landscape and animal, and the aborigines in Australia and Oceania Pacific islands natural and humanistic material,etc.

Opening times:
The Australian Museum is open 9.30am to 5.00pm every day except Christmas Day.
The ticket cost :
Adult     $12
Family (2 adults + 2 children)     $30
Child (5 -15 years)     $6
Children under 5 years     FREE    
More infomation you can visit it's website:http://australianmuseum.net.au/

Sydney Opera House

It is the symbol of the Sydney even Australia.One of the Seven Wonders of the World in the 20th century.The Sydney Opera House is on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour. It sits at the northeastern tip of the Sydney central business district (the CBD), surrounded on three sides by the harbour (Sydney Cove and Farm Cove) and inland by the Royal Botanic Gardens.

The Sydney Opera House is a modern expressionist design, with a series of large precast concrete "shells",from a distance, the shells appear a uniform white.It is among the busiest performing arts centres in the world, hosting over 1,500 performances each year attended by some 1.2 million people.

More infomation you can visit it's website:http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/

Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains locate about 50 km north-west of Sydney CBD.It is a magical place any time of the year. Glowing in autumn, cool in winter, colourful in spring and refreshing in summer. The Blue Mountains is densely populated by oil bearing Eucalyptus trees. The atmosphere is filled with finely dispersed droplets of oil, which, in combination with dust particles and water vapour, scatter short-wave length rays of light which are predominantly blue in colour. The Greater Blue Mountains was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2000 and was one of 15 World Heritage places included in the National Heritage List on 21 May 2007.

Sydney Harbour Bridge

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district (CBD) and the North Shore.

The Sydney Harbour Bridge opened in 1932.It is one of Australia's most well known and photographed landmarks. It is the world's largest (but not the longest) steel arch bridge with the top of the bridge standing 134 metres above the harbour.

If you go to Sydney,the Sydney Harbour with it's scenery you should to take a look.