Tonight
I’m writing this as the breeze plays with the straps of my bag and the white sails of the Sydney Opera House glow amber and then blue as the clouds shift across the setting sun. Yes, it’s a dream sentence, inspired by a dream view, and it’s at moments like this that I’m pretty sure I have a dream job.
Forgotten are yesterday’s cares, the cramps, the dizziness and the unspeakable aspects of food-poisoning on the road. This morning’s brief loneliness has also disappeared, vanished with a sweep of today’s technology and the sight of a single harbour.
Those tilting shark fins, that jagged lotus flower…or apparently as the locals call it “nuns in a scrum.”
Whatever the description – and however many times you see it – there’s something so special about the Sydney Opera House. So very unusual, even if it does lie at the altar of the truly trodden beaten track.
As for the inside story, about its creation, its life history and its rather curious recent renovation work, it’s a tale with as much drama, intrigue and betrayal as one of the performances it hosts (Well, to a point. As far as I know, there’s no hint of incest or last-minute executions on the Opera House steps…)
Still, it’s a fascinating story. And one I’ll share another day…
For now, I’m just enjoying its shape. In photos as the sun goes down, in funky artistic modes as the files go up.
Taking photos of the Sydney Opera House…
Have you ever seen the Sydney Opera House? Would you like to?
Disclosure. Lots of people to thank for this. Destination New South Wales for getting me here, the Sydney Harbour YHA for the sunset viewpoint and the Sydney Opera House itself for the tour inside.
Hi, I'm Abi, a journalist who swapped a career as a doctor for a life on the road. 
Loving the clouds! Definitely a building I can’t wait to photograph!
Yep. Everyone I met kept saying how terrible the summer had been, with so much rain and so many storms. I had to keep quiet…It was still so much better than summer in England ;)
Love the dark and stormy backdrop in the first picture…that’s what the skies look like today in Melbourne!
Thank you! The sky had just been dark, dark, dark for a while, then just for a moment, the clouds shifted and a shaft of light fell on the building. Suddenly made carrying my camera around all the time worth it ;)
Love the oil painting photo. The Opera House is just one of those places you end up taking loads of photos.
My best one probably came from a ferry looking back at the front with the city as a background.
You’re right about taking loads…It’s embarrassing to see how many I have of the place. Ah well. Long live digital!