Sydney Olympic Park

Photos:

• Top left: view of the stadium from Olympic St.
• Top right: statium entrance
• Bottom left: Sydney Olympic Park Wharf...just as empty as the area near the stadium, but much prettier.
• Bottom right: sunset from ferry back to Circular Quay

Yesterday I decided to take the ferry (I know, I know--BIG surprise) to the Sydney Olympic Park, site of the 2000 Summer Olympics. In the end it turned out to be pretty uneventful, but at least now I can say that I've been there. The area of Sydney where the stadium was built is just an industrial park, some new apartment high-rises, and a neighborhood of half-million dollar homes. Nothing else. So apart from a few construction workers and a tour bus of Koreans (which you see absolutely EVERYWHERE here), there weren't really any other people around. Pretty quiet even on the ferry ride, which is about 45 min. from the city center. But I did get to see most of the sunset on the ferry ride back to downtown, which was nice. It was so windy at times that it just about took my breath away. I had a really nice case of "wind hair" by the time I got back to the Quay, too. :)