The Mires Take Sydney Part III

Oh, yeah...Shawn's SIFE Conference. We almost forgot about it while we were in Sydney. Nah, Shawn really did go and we loaded up on some free food. Hey, it was all going to waste!
Some of Shawn's classmates also attended the conference (students from US, Philippines, Columbia, Kenya, Cambodia, Pakistan).




Views from Sydney Tower:




Royal Botanic Gardens which is over 70 acres and right next to the Opera House:


Those are bats hanging from the tree people!




Shawn nervously feeding a wild parrot:








If you think the Opera House looks like a bunch of seashells glued together then I'm not the only one. Sydneysiders refer to each giant piece as a "sail" but I think it looks like pieces of seashells. The Opera House was designed by the Danish architect, Jorn Utzon, in 1957. It was finally completed by 1973. It ended up costing way more than budgeted (like any other project) and controversy surrounding Jorn Utzon caused him to not even be invited to the Opera House's unveiling.






On the ferry to Manly Beach:




















Our midnight walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge:






One last cool shot of the Opera House to leave you with...