Sydney - a cruiser's quick guide including Opera & Bridge

so where am i today have a guest right next to the ship is the museum of contemporary art over that way is george street with shopping shopping and more shopping the ferry boats are over there and behind the ship is the sydney operas the welcome center's in the basement and you can buy tickets for tours down here and it's a shorter queue than upstairs bags larger than an a4 piece of paper have to be checked in but there's no charge this is a small experimental venue inside called the playhouse where you'll undoubtedly be taken on your 40 tour sat down and watch a four minute film then you're taken around mainly the public areas while they tell you the whole story of the opera house which is fascinating it's architect designer the dutchman john hudson was in fact effectively sacked by an incoming austerity government trying to save money the building laid empty for many years and cost them a fortune the champagne tickets on the balcony are sixteen hundred dollars each to watch the fireworks on new year's eve and it's got free fast internet downstairs in the welcome center what more do you need to know the rocks is a nest of little alleyways and courtyards with names like wells yard nurses lane full of restaurants cafes tea shops and pubs the rocks used to be a really unsavory part of town full of seafarers and prostitutes but it's long since been restored and it's full now of restaurants pubs taverns it's really happening in the evening the ferries are on your opal ticket which is a free ticket you just charge with money then you tap it in as you enter and tap out we've just done this bit of the manly scenic walkway but if you do the whole walk to split bridge it's all round here it'll take you about four to four and a half hours halfway up george street is an andrews cathedral if you can drag yourself away from the shops and it has a beautiful exterior we have separate films on manly beach which is a fantastic beach and george street shopping listen that is not a short day out and it's not a short film so we've done that separately back to our guide next to saint andrews cathedral is town hall square and the town hall and lots of people bring their deck chairs here and spend their lunch hour right next to the town hall is the queen victoria building which is like a mini harrods and it's got a beautiful statue of queen victoria outside for my money sydney outstrips any shopping paradise i've ever been to that includes london new york paris and dubai sydney is a thriving city full of hustle and bustle people rushing to catch buses trains ferries so the royal botanic gardens is a real contrast to that a peaceful place to enjoy the fresh air if you're wondering why people walk all the way around to mrs macquarie's point this is why as you can see the weather can be bad or changeable opposite the botanic gardens is the art gallery of new south wales it's free entry free guided tours and you mustn't miss the silver statue of captain cook so at the bottom of art gallery road you come to the cathedral [Applause] the governor envisaged hyde park as a large quadrangle with elegant landscaping this statue is the gift of the late jf archibald to his fellow countrymen it's to commemorate the association of australia and france in the war of 1914. so in bad weather you can almost forget the blue mountains you've got the zoos you can go to the ferry can take you on a lot of trips or you can just walk the town sydney is not that big you could walk through the botanic gardens up to the cathedral along back to the shopping and down back to the keys if you do it the other way you'll never come out of the shopping okay we have a separate film on the bridge and we pitch the bridge climb at about 150 pounds against the pylon climb about five pounds we're at the pylon entrance and we're climbing up for some spectacular views we're at the top of the pylon on sydney harbour bridge and it was worth the climb a view is spectacular so we have a film on manly beach we have a film on sydney bridge we have a film on the botanic gardens and a film on shopping up george street and across as well as this general film and as well as port films for just about every port in the world so please enjoy your cruise and share doris helps you investigate cruising with a little bit of knowledge up front please share and follow us on facebook [Music]