Sydney Jazz and Blues Festival, Darling Harbour
Sydney Jazz and Blues Festival 2011 Darling Harbour
During our holiday in Sydney earlier this year we went on a steam train trip from Central Station. Look back through recent posts here to see photos of the trains we saw and the one we travelled on.
After lunch we wandered through Darling Harbour in the heart of the city. We stopped for a little while to listen to several of the artists performing in the Jazz and Blues Festival happening all that week.
Sydney Jazz and Blues Festival 2011 Darling Harbour
Sydney Jazz and Blues Festival 2011 Darling Harbour
Sydney Jazz and Blues Festival 2011 Darling Harbour
National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour
National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour, Sydney
National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour, Sydney
National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour, Sydney
The South Steyne Floating Restaurant
South Steyne floating restaurant, Darling Harbour, Sydney
The South Steyne is one of Sydney’s old ferries. We passed it while walking through Darling Harbour on our recent holiday in Sydney. It is permanently moored there now and is used as a floating restaurant and function centre. It has a long an interesting history. The following is taken from its website:
The S.S. South Steyne is a 224′ (70 metre)
long steamship making it the world’s largest operational steam ferry. Built in Leith, Scotland for the Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Company, the South Steyne was launched on April 1st, 1938 and on July 7th 1938, it steamed the 22,000 kilometres to Australia arriving on September 19th the same year. The South Steyne has been an icon of Sydney since 1938. As the famous Manly ferry, it crossed between Circular Quay and Manly over 100,000 times over its 36 years, carrying well in excess of 92 million passengers.
You can read more about this ferry on its website here.
Sydney Mono Rail
Mono Rail, Darling Harbour, Sydney
A few years ago while on a holiday in Sydney my wife and I took a ride on the mono rail. We didn’t go on it on our most recent trip to Sydney. Instead we walked under it so I was able to get several good shots of this transport system.
The Sydney Mono Rail takes passengers through some of the CBD and links with several railway stations on the subway system. It also links with both trains and light rail trams at Central Station.
This is an excellent way of seeing some of the highlights of the city, with stops at some of the main features of interest, such as Darling Harbour where I took these photos.
Mono rail, Darling Harbour, Sydney