The Queen Mary 2 in Sydney Harbour

The famous ocean liner Queen Mary 2 arrives at Sydney Harbour just after 5.30am yesterday.

She was in the harbour city for less than 24 hours. Today, 1am she left Sydney for Tokyo.


The Queen Mary 2 is two thirds the length of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
The ship's engines produces enough thrust to launch a jumbo jet and can reach a top speed of 30 knots.

- It has 1072 deck chairs, 2000 bathrooms, 3000 telephones and 5000 stairs
- It weighs 150,000 tonnes and is 345 metres long
- The Queen Mary 2 is the largest passenger ship to ever visit Australia, it is more than double the size of the Queen Elizabeth 2 and more than three times the size of the Titanic
- It is 34 metres longer than the original Queen Mary
- It cost an estimated $800 million dollars to build.

Town Hall: Women in Black

Women in Black was started in 1988 by Israeli women, standing each Thursday in the heart of Tel Aviv and calling on their government to end its occupation of Palestinian lands. The womenstand in silend vigil, holding posters that state their aim and wearing black, the traditional colour of mourning.
The movement has spread to 122 countris.
The Sydney WiB stand in silent vigil on steps of the Sydney Town Hall every Thursday evening, calling for peace and justice for the Palestinian people.

Cruise Ships Super February

28 pasażerskich statków oceanicznych odwiedza Sydney Harbour w tym miesiącu przywożąc 26 tys. pasazerów, ktorzy swymi odwiedzinami zasilą australijską gospodarkę 8 mln AUD . Codziennie do Overseas Passanger Terminal na Circular Quay przybywa nowy statek. Wczoraj rano przycumowal Rapsody of the Seas. Dzis Royal Princess a jutro największy jaki kiedykolwiek zawinąl do Sydney - już po raz drugi - Queen Mary 2. Jest tak ogromny, że nie miesci się w sydney Cove na Circular Quay i przycumuje w militarnym porcie w Woolloomooloo Bay przy Garden Island.














Rapsody of the Seas in Sydney, 24 February 2009

Aussie Pavlova & Mardi Gras

In 1935, the chef of the Hotel Esplanade in Perth, Western Australia, Herbert Sachse, created the pavlova to celebrate the visit of the great Russian ballerina, Anna Pavlova. Whilst it has been suggested this dessert was created in New Zealand, it has become recognized as a popular Australian dish. Good dessert on the last day of the carnival (Mardi Gras).


Pavlova na ostatni dzień karnawału. Niewielu jednak w Australii wie, że to własnie dzisiaj jest Mardi Gras (fr. tłusty wtorek) czyli koniec karnawału.

Liverpool Street

Jedna z głównyh ulic Sydney lącząca Hyde Park z Darling Harbour.Znajduje się przy niej World Square - potęzny wysokosciowiec z restauracjami, centum handlowym, biurami, apartamentami i stacją Monorail.

Bondi Beach: Bowl-a-rama

Bondi Beach Skate Park, Saturday 21 February: fifth annual Bowl-a-rama. This competition is part of a week-long skateboarding festival with art shows, video premieres and live music. It is the biggest concrete event in the Southern Hemisphere. More that 40 of the world's top boarders participated in this festival.

Redfern & JP2

Co ma Redfern wspólnego z papieżem Janem Pawłem II? W tamtejszym Kościele Sw.Wincentego znajduje się niezwykły fresk z fragmentem tekstu, który polski papież wyglosil w Alice Springs do rdzennej ludności Australii w 1986 roku. Byl to historyczny moment dla Aborygenów. Dla nich te slowa mają takie znaczenie jak dla Polaków homilia Jana Pawla II z czerwca 1989 roku na Placu Zwycięstwa w Warszawie: " Niech wstąpi Duch Twój i odnowi oblicze ziemi, tej ziemi".

St Vincent Church, Redfern

Inside Redfern Catholic Church. Words of the Pope John Paul II to Aboriginal people.

Redfern

Redfern is an inner-city suburb of Sydney located 3 kilometres south of the CBD.The suburb is named after surgeon William Redfern, who was granted 100 acres (0.40 km2) of land in this area in 1817 by governor Lachlan Macquarie.

According to the 2006 census, Redfern has a population of 11,482 people, with indigenous people making up 2.4% of the population. 35% of the population was born overseas. 55.9% of the population only spoke English at home, with the most important other languages being Chinese languages (5.5%), Russian (2.4%), Greek (2.4%) and Arabic (1.7%). 25.0% of the population identified with no religion/atheism, higher than the national average. Of the remainder, 19.9% were Catholic, 10.9% Anglican, 4.4% Eastern Orthodox, and 3.9% Buddhist. Furthermore, 41.6% of the population lived in public housing.

'The Block' is an Aboriginal community area in the immediate vicinity of Redfern station.

from Wikipedia

New sculpture at the corner of Regent & Redfern Streets.

Redfern Street


Wells Street

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Sydney Opera House *4

Po koncercie

Longest dragon

Twenty years ago during the August Moon Festival Sydney have first time a Golden Dragon performance in Chinatown.The dragon measured 46 meters long. During the past twenty years Yau Kung Mun Martial Arts Association has been performing the Dragon Dance to promote the art of ethnic culture and to entertain the Australian public with it.
In this year Golden Dragon measuring 130 meters long and it is hope that this could be recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as a longest performing dragon. Dragon dance require more than 120 very fit persons.
On Sunday, 8 February enter the Longest Dragon in Tumalong Park, Darling Harbour closed three weeks long Chinese New Year Festival.
Happy and prosperous New Year of Ox!

Dragon Boat Races

Ponad 3000 wioslarzy z calej Australii, ludzie roznych profesji i wieku wzięli udzial w sobotę i niedzielę na Darling Harbour w wyscigach smoczych lodzi (Dragon Boats). Byl to najbardziej eksytujący emocjonalnie punkt trzytygodniowego chińskiego festiwalu rozpoczęcia Roku Bawoła.

Hot, hot, hot!

Najbardziej gorący weekend tego lata w Sydney. W zachodnich dzielnicach metropolii temperatura sięgala 42 st.C. Miejskie fontanny byly dla dzieci najlepszym ratunkiem przed upalem.






Darling Harbour. Najdluższa fontanna w miescie lączaca Cockle Bay z Tumbalong Park.

Sydney Cars *2

Sydney Cars *1

Chinese New Year Twilight Parade *3

Henan Province in Sydney. 500 performers from China's most populous province brought to Sydney's George Street cultural atractions from modern street dances to Shaolin monk kunk fu.
Henan is the cradle of Chinese culture. It is the birthplace of the Yellow Emperor, legendary founder of China's civilisation. It is home of famous Shaolin Temple where both Kung Fu and ZenBuddhism trace their origins.
Chinese performers showed their incredibile culture during New Year Twilight Parade in CBD last Sunday.