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An Apollonaut travel guide
A city from above.
An introduction to central Sydney as it looks from Sydney Tower, from the harbour in the north to Darling Harbour in the west.
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Read the city from above
Sydney Tower stands over Market Street in the centre of the city. Around it lie Hyde Park and St Mary’s Cathedral to the east, the Queen Victoria Building to the west and the harbour to the north.
A guide can give context without turning a city into a backdrop. Notice how the streets follow the harbour, how parks break up the towers, and how older sandstone buildings sit among the glass.
Cables and a golden turret
The tower’s shaft is held by 56 cables, and its turret carries a water tank of 162,000 litres that also helps to steady it in the wind.
Begin with a detail and ask how it was built and maintained. A photograph alone cannot tell you who raised a turret or tensioned a cable, or the conditions in which they worked.
A Sydney Tower chapter
Sydney Tower shows one side of the city: a late-twentieth-century landmark built above a shopping centre, with the older city laid out around it.
Look at the meeting of the two: a modern tower and the nineteenth-century streets and buildings it looks down on.
Make room for context
Pair this reading with the tower’s history and the Journal. This is an introduction for visitors, not a claim that our team manages these places or represents the people who run them.
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Sources & further reading
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