Aussie Pictures: Sydney [2]

I took this picture in the Olympic Village in Sydney. This is the Olympic Flame / Torch from the 2000 games.

Bondi Beach! It is a gorgeous beach, but check out how crowded it is. The foreground is more spread out than the background. This is because the swimming section is in the background, so it had a higher concentration of sunbathers. In Australia, they have so many surfers that all of the beaches are segregated. Swimmers have to swim between certain flags so that they are not run over by surfers.

In contrast, this is the beach where I learned how to surf. So much more relaxed and empty!

One thing I really wanted in Australia was a world map with Australia in the middle and at the top, so I was a frequent visitor of map stores. One in Sydney really took me by surprise because it had this whole section of USA maps! The red ones are state maps (Florida, Georgia, etc), and the blue ones are city maps (Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, etc). I was amazed that the demand for these maps was such that they were actually stocked!

Sydney has heaps of tourists, and in order to keep them safe the city has painted which way to look on the ground of every intersection. Very handy, but I have never felt more like a tourist than I did taking a picture of a street.

This is the Rocks Market where I spent so much time shopping. Lovely!

I saw this ad on all of the TV stations and throughout all of the cities in Australia. I was intrigued by the idea of advertising for people to inform the government of potential terrorist attacks, especially in Australia.