With two multimedia programs, online guidebook,
maps, videos, music and commentaries, the Sydney Guide
is a resource all the family can use to explore and discover Sydney.

The Sydney Opera House

A Key 20th Century Building

Location: 
Bennelong Point - a few minutes walk from Circular Quay

Attractions:
This unique building has a number of theatres and is open all year round. Free open air performances take place around the building on weekends - particularly on Sunday. Bennelong Point has spectacular views across Sydney Harbour.

Short History:
The winner of an international architectural competition, the prize was awarded to Jorn Utzon. Work took sixteen years to complete and the building was opened by Queen Elizabeth II. The building was very controversial during its construction but remains the most loved building in the city and is recognised internationally as the symbol of the city.

Transport:

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The Opera House by Night
 The Sydney Opera House at Night
Opera, drama and concerts are all held under the magnificent roof

 

 The Opera House from the Harbour The sails remind the viewer of the numerous sailing ships that sail on the waters of Port Jackson.

The roof forms are spectacular from any angle and these make this one of the city's most visited buildings.

 

 The Opera House Sails Guided tours leave the main foyer every 20 minutes during the week. These take a little over an hour to complete.

 

 

The Sydney Tourist Guide on CD-ROM is your complete guide to the Olympic city for the year 2000. See places such as Bondi Beach, Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge and Botany Bay, the place where Captain Cook landed. Visit tourist destination such as the Blue Mountains, Jenolan Caves, Bondi Beach, Darling Harbour, the Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Taronga Zoo, Sydney Heads, the Gap, Cape Solander, La Perouse and the place where transported convicts first called home in Australia, the Rocks. Through an Herculean effort, Captain Arthur Phillip safely landed over 100 convicts, soldiers and settlers on the shore of Sydney Cove and established the city of Sydney on it's foreshore. Sydney today has a population of over four million people and in the year 2000 it will host the first Olympic Games of the new Millenium.