Welcome to the most beautiful place in Australia- SydneySydney

Now take a few minutes and become enchanted by the vital,

optimistic and peaceful

Sydney!

A presentation by

Wiebke Wawrzin

Sangeetha Sivakumar

Sissy Kanneettukandathil

Ramesch Ghassem- Khanloo

Sydney is the capital city of the Australian state of New South Wales and Australia's largest and oldest city (founded in 1788). It has a population of 4 million. Sydney is the secret capital of Australia and it‘s also the centre of finance, transport, trade and culture. Sydney is a significant global and domestic tourist destination and is regularly declared to be one of the most beautiful and livable cities in the world, admired for its harbour, beaches and cosmopolitan culture. Sydney significantly raised its global profile in recent years as the host city of the Olympic Games in 2000.

The Sydney Opera House actually is a complex of many theatres and concert halls, e.g. Opera Theatre for Operas and Ballets (1547 seats), Concert Hall - for concerts of all kinds, from Symphonies to Rock, Jazz and Pop (2690 seats) and Drama Theatre for the performances of the Sydney Dance Company. There is also a studio and a playhouse. Up to 3000 performances per year take place here.

Roof structure

The are a lot of comparisons and speculations of how Jørn Utzorn got the inspiration for the roof shape. • orange zests • fan-shaped palm leaves • sails • nun's hoods • mussels

The roofs are constructed of more than a million glazed tiles, which were produced in Sweden.

Restaurants & Bars

At the Guillaume at Bennelong RestaurantGuillaume at Bennelong Restaurant one can have an exquisite dinner after a concert and enjoy the wonderful

views of circular quay or farm cove.

Guillaume at Bennelong is situated in the southern shell of the Sydney Opera House, where diners sit beneath Joern Utzon's vaulted concrete "ribs". Sensuously curved, chocolate-coloured banquettes surround generously-spaced tables. Both the restaurant and the bar offer spectacular views of Sydney Harbour, the Bridge, Royal Botanic Gardens, Circular Quay and the city.

The vision of Taronga Zoo is to inspire Australians and the visitors todiscover, explore, delight in and protect the natural world. Taronga Zoohas about 380 species and over 2200 individual animals. There are a variety of fascinating keeper talks and feeding times to see at TarongaZoo, including the Cheetahs, Rhinos, Cape Hunting Dogs and more. To come to the zoo you have to drive on a ferry from Circular Quay,which comes all 30 minutes. The visitors can begin their day at thezoo with a Sky Safari ride from the ferry to the main entrance plaza while enjoying spectacular city, harbour and zoo views and then walkdown to the zoo.

The fastest animals on four legs, African African CheetahsCheetahs have a flexible spine which helps them to run up to 110 km per hour over a short distance. Their long tail acts as a counter-balance on sharp turns. Biting into the neck they strangle their prey. ‘Cheetah’ comes from a Hindi word meaning ‘spotted one’.

The Black RhinocerosBlack Rhinoceros has two horns, which it uses for attack and defence. It is very protective of its territory which it marks by spraying urine and stamping in its faeces, depositing the scent with each footstep. Its poor vision, however, means that a motionless person can stand upwind as close as 30m undetected.

The Australian SealionAustralian Sealion is the largest animal found along the shore of Southern Australia. They use all four flippers to move around on land. With nostrils shut, sealions speed through the water and swallow their food head first and whole.

KoalaKoala is an Aboriginal name meaning ‘no drink’ as they rarely drink. Feeding exclusively on low-energy eucalyptus leaves, they sleep up to twenty hours a day. Born of a very small size, Koalas travel to their mother’s pouch where they stay until they are old enough to cling onto her back.

A KangarooKangaroo is a marsupial mammal meaning it carries its baby in its pouch on the outside of its tummy. The baby is born really tiny and crawls into its mother's pouch. The baby lives in its mother's pouch till its quite large. The kangaroo usually rests in the shade during the day and comes out to eat in the late afternoon and night when its much cooler. The kangaroo fights by attacking its opponent with its front paws (which have sharp claws) or by kicking them with its powerful hind legs (like a boxer).

Port Jackson is the natural harbour of Sydney. It is also known as Sydney Harbour and it is the largest natural harbour in the world. It is a prime piece of real estate in Sydney today. Its most well-known features are the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Athol Beach is next to the Athol Wharf – the ferry berth from Taronga Zoo. With the view of the city, Athol Bay is a fantastic picknick place. This beach is next to Bradleys Head Walk, one of the most beautiful walk ways through bushwalk with amazing views of the city.

Bondi BeachBondi Beach is world famous and it‘s the best-liked beach for surfers. They come here to find the perfect wave. Also many people just come here to feel the fantastic sun.

One of the most impressive and major landmarks of Sydney is the Harbour BridgeHarbour Bridge, which spans the harbour from Dawes Point toMilsons Point. It was constructed between1923 and 1932 and it also was the city's talleststructure until 1967. The bridge measures 134m in height, 502 m long, 48.8 m wideand weight 52.800 tons. For only one coat 30.000 l of paint were necessary. The Sydneysiders call it the "Coathanger". Can you guess why ;-)? The bridge carries 8 lanes of traffic on it‘smain roadway (called the Bradfield Highway),2 railway lines and a bicycle path along its western side, and a footpath along the eastern side. The Bradfield Highway is about 2.4 kmlong and is the shortest highway in Australia. The bridge deck portion of the highway is 17.4 metres wide and 1,149 km long.

In Sydney attractions like the Opera House, skyscrapers and beautiful residential homes share the attractiveness with bush land, sandstone rocks, natural harbour and the coastline. Citizens and visitors enjoy the mixture of pulsing metropolitan life and relaxing in sometimes almost deserted nature. Sydney does not have the biodiversity of rain forests, but anyway there are around 2000 native plants and additional 1000 weeds, among which are a lot of plants from other regions of Australia. The rich flora feeds around 300 native birds and numerous mammals, marsupials, reptiles, etc.

The GrevilleaeGrevilleae has a huge number of different kinds with flowers in all colours and sizes.

Angophora costataAngophora costata belongs to the Myrtaceae family. The trees grow up to 30 m. It is common on sandstone. In summer it drops its bark, new pink barks appears