Back to our walk around the Circular Quay / Dawes Point area under the southern end of the Harbour Bridge.Can you see the BridgeClimb group up on the curve of the arch?
No, I haven't done it; it's quite expensive, but I do mean to one day. Can't take your own camera. I support that idea, despite the cynicism it engenders (that you are beholden to the operator's expensive photos). Well, actually, the photos are included in the cost, and it's a regulation imposed on the operators. Just imagine the devastating effect if some clumsy tourist dropped their camera hundreds of metres below through the windscreen of a car passing over the bridge? There have been deaths on motorways from idiots throwing rocks off much lower bridges into traffic. It just doesn't bear thinking about.
Yes, I plan to do it one of these days!!
ReplyDeleteI too agree with the ban ... but I am also very cynical.
I've done it!! I highly recommend doing it at least once, especially if you have a fondness for Circular Quay. It's a great experience and you get to wear an awesome nerdy jumpsuit!
ReplyDeleteThere are different prices depending on the time of day. They take three photos of you and your "team". One with the Opera House in the background, one of your whole team at the summit, and one with the CBD in the background. The team one is included in the price, but to obtain copies of the individual ones you have to pay extra. The good thing is you can get digital copies for less than print-outs.
...I swear I don't work for them! lol
Love the pictures with all of the steel going in multiple directions.
ReplyDeleteWill have to follow your fine example, Elizabeth!
ReplyDeleteSometimes one doesn't know what is best. I would never have thought about dropping the camera but would have thought about the owner selling pictures. LOL
ReplyDeleteExcuse my English, but if I were to describe this bridge I would say, "That is one big-ass bridge."
I could see the group. Looking at them gve me vertigo. I think i wouldn't climb up the bridge that way :-))) I would feel frustrated if I couldn't take my camera with me.
ReplyDeleteGreat iron of steel pics. I also have not climb up there yet and looking forward to it one day.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree that safety to everyone is very important and must follow the rules.
Great picture and glad you pointed out the bridge climb group. Awesome adventure!
ReplyDeleteThe story is coming together Sal. I should have it up by sometime Sunday. I have to nip down there and hunt around for three things: the Dawes Battery, Fort Philip and Dawes' original observatory. Plus there are two parts currently being excavated by archaeologists.
ReplyDeleteI have the book about the defences of the harbour and that is fascinating in itself. As for an answer: still cannot say for sure.
But this has given me ideas for lots of other photographic excursions! Pretty geeky stuff this ...
I like the curves, lines, and angles in this photo! Would love to see it in monochrome, too.
ReplyDeleteI do like that picture with the blue sky showing through. Almost like stained glass pieces.
ReplyDeleteThat must be a fantastic walk.
Well I do like a bridge. Of course I would love to be up there with my own camera but understand the logic of why not, but the cynic in me harrumphs.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to do the walk, but my brain and legs would prevent me. I even go a bit queezy going up the observation pylon. Love the old film they show about how it was made. Great views though.
ReplyDeleteI've done the walk (paid for by my employer). I spent weeks worrying that I would find it too hard to keep up with a bunch of ego driven sales reps. I actually found it was no harder than a Sunday stroll in the mountains. I also found it was interesting but not as awe inspiring as I thought it would be ... whereas many of the people I climbed with saw it as an absolute highlight of their life. Perhaps the fact that at the time I lived on the 30th floor of a city building with fab views of the city and Darling Harbour part my daily life just took the edge off it.
ReplyDeleteI love the shot of the girders, they always inspire me with their industrial strength and structural beauty.