Sydney is full of interesting information which has made it become a recognised city in the world which has represented Australia for what we are.
Here is a list of interesting facts you may be interested to know about:
Is Australia's most expensive city
One of the most multicultural cities in the world
Over 229 films have been set in or featured Sydney since 2006
The first Governor considered calling Sydney as New Albion but was later named after Sydney Cove
Manly was named after the man-ly appearance of the Aborigines who lived there
Here are some interesting facts on the Sydney Harbour Bridge:
The Sydney Harbour Bridge wasn't paid for until 1988, almost 60 years after it was opened. The original toll was sixpence and the toll remains because of the cost of bridge maintainence.
They had to paint it GREY because there was no other colour of paint available in such quantities. It took 272 thousand litres of paint to get the first coat on.
It is the LARGEST but not the LONGEST
It took six years to build! Construction started in 1924 and the bridge was opened in 1932
The two eastern lanes were tram tracks until the 1950s
800 families living in the 'path' of the bridge had their homes demolished and got no compensation! That certainly wouldn't happen today.
The top of the arch rises and falls when the temperature changes, up to 180 mm. The bridge has hinges to accomodate this.
Originally average daily traffic was 11 thousand cars a day. Now more than 160 thousand!
Premier Jack Lang was supposed to cut the ribbon to open the Bridge, but a man named Captain Francis De Groot from the Para-military group rode up on his horse and did it instead with a sword!
The bridge is 49 metres wide - the widest single span bridge in the world.
