Andrew & Amanda’s Aussie Holliday -part 2

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Next stop Singapore 🇸🇬

18/01/2024

Time to say good bye 🥲
We had a quick shop in Bondi junction before brunch with the best!

It’s so hard to say good bye but I know he is living his best life - take care of each other - love you 🥰

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Farewell dinner with Ben, Katie, Emma and Loy!
We ate a delicious meal - dips, octopus, squid, saganaki, king prawns, snapper and lamb.
We had so much fun we forgot to take photos of each other! Cheers 🥂

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Australian museum
Agin we saw the effects of the invasion on this beautiful country and the disregard for the indigenous people.

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Archibald fountain.

This FOUNTAIN IS the gift
OF the LATE J f Archibald
TO HIS FELLOW COUNTRYMAN AND IS INTENDED IN TERMS OF HIS WILL TO COMMEMORATE THE ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA AND FRANCE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918. IT WAS ERECTED IN 1932 AND IS THE WORK OF FRANCOIS SICARDO SCULPTOR, PARIS.

Jules François Archibald, known as J. F. Archibald, baptised John Feltham Archibald, (14 January 1856 – 10 September 1919), Australian journalist and publisher, was co-owner and editor of The Bulletin during the days of its greatest influence in Australian politics and literary life. He was also ...

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Banana bread - I never knew this was an Australian 🇦🇺 thing !!
Delicious 😋

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Lunch with Katie 💓💓 A fairly new pizza outlet with delicious Italian cuisine!

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Sydney opera house tour.

My notes:
Inspired by Mayans
Meeting place - Dubbagullee

Meaning behind the purpose of the building:
To gather in a special place.

Original design danish man Jorn Utzon.

Designed a Temple of culture.

State politicians wanted to show all arts under one roof.

1960 Paul Robeson First performance on the steps.
Free event before the house was built. He climbed the scaffolding and sung old man river.

Opened 1973 20th October by the queen.

Style of the building. Neo brutalism - exposed concrete

10 sales in total.

Bennelong point restaurant - built into the design.

Ceramic tiles to reflect natural light.

Heavy sales without supports - 5 years to come up with solution
All had the same common curvature to support themselves
Cables support and stretch the tension holds the structure up.

Exploited the harbour views in the design.

Neo brutal style naked concrete.

Need to use the foyer’s for corporate function to help fund the projects.

Bennalog point
A aboriginal man served as an intermediary for captain Phillip who kidnapped him as a slave but then befriended him and made him a hut where the steps of the opera house is.

Joseph Carl
Goosens

Competition to design the opera house
220 Entries
218 winner - Danish Jorn Utzon.

Cliffs and sales
Financed by public lottery

16 years to build.

Struggled to find a solution to get his design to support itself and house the structure.

He took inspiration from a Sphere design.

Time to build 1958 -73

In 1965 disputes
Due to the length of time and budget Jorn Utzon was criticised by politicians and sacked.

Huges

Jorn Utzon, Designer never saw the finished building.

Peter Hall was the second architect, who redesigned the concert hall.

16 years to build
102 million dollars

Politicians were voted out and new government took over.
2 years of no work
Peter Hall took over and redesigned the interior.

Glass was used to see the view.
Glass needs to move with the sun.
Balls and sockets to take the expansion of the glass.

Opera house tuning
Painted black
Wood for acoustic sound
1550 seats
Opera predominantly
No microphones used
25 meters deep stage

Elevator of four levels
Pit holds 75 musicians

Audiences connect - and really feel the music.

Trippel baked ceramic tiles
Does not need cleaning due to the cooking process
The rain cleans it
Off white & Gloss
1,056,006 tiles made in Sweden
Built on the ground in sections

Concert hall
Birch wood
Not black
Natural sound waves
Long and mellow

2700 seats
Most technically advanced
In Covid the technology was replaced with the latest state of the art.
Balanced to middle C
Sound hits the wall surfaces and is rippled.

Magenta coloured petals which can be adjusted to match the type of instrument.
Computerised control.
Less stage crew needed as everything is automated.

Seats at the back of the stage are sometimes sold so view the conductor!

Grand pipe organ 8 1/2 meters in depth
Operated by levers and pullies 10 years to build. 2 years to tune.

All genres of music and shows are hosted.
A circus was on in Christmas.

Utzon
1999
Accepted a peace offering. Health was failing.
Design principles were shared.
2003
He had international recognition.
2007
World heritage site.

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Monday 15th January
Our last full day with Ben 😣 we made the most of it and headed into Sydney.
The 333 bus from Bondi takes your to the circular Key.
A quick browse of the shops and a tour of the opera house started our day.

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Sunday cont…
Our last morning with our dear friends.
Ben challenges everyone to a game of chess - he won them all!
Time for a swim before we take a plane ride in a propeller plane to Brisbane to get a transfer to Sydney.

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Sunday 14th January!
After our amazing day on Fraser Island Katie and I were very relieved to return to the apartment and know that Ben was making a recovery ❤️‍🩹!
We went out to find some food ! All supermarkets were closed at 6pm - google helped us locate an IGA ten mins away - cheese and biscuits for supper was great.
Followed by a good cooked breakfast.