Sydney Harbour
Port Jackson, containing Sydney Harbour,
is the natural harbour of Sydney, Australia.
Sydney Harbour is known for its
beauty, and in particular, as the location of the Sydney
Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge. The harbour is also
used during the New Years Eve Fireworks and the start of
the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.
The discovery by Europeans of Sydney
Harbour is credited to Lt James Cook in 1770,
although he did not enter it. Cook named the harbour after Sir
George Jackson, Judge Advocate of the Fleet at the time; he
noted in his log that "there appears to be a good anchorage".
Captain Arthur Phillip established the first colony in
Australia at Sydney Cove inside Port Jackson in 1788 which was
to become the city of Sydney.
Darling Harbour
Darling Harbour located in the
greater Sydney Harbour is an extensive area in central
Sydney, located just to the west of the City, almost
completely dedicated to entertainment and tourism.
For many decades the core of the working Port of Sydney,
Darling Harbour was subsequently developed by the NSW State
Government as a revitalization project for the Australian
Bicentenary in 1988.
As a district, Darling Harbour embraces significant portions
of the inner city suburbs of Ultimo (to the south) and Pyrmont
(to the west).
Sydney Harbour Bridge
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel arch bridge
across Sydney Harbour that carries rail,
vehicular, and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central
business district (CBD) and the North Shore. The dramatic view
of the bridge, the harbour, and the nearby Sydney Opera House
is an iconic image of both Sydney and Australia. The bridge is
locally nicknamed The Coathanger because of its
arch-based design, although this usage is less prevalent than
it once was.

The bridge was the city's tallest structure until
1967.[According to
Guinness World Records, it is the world's widest
long-span bridge and its tallest steel arch bridge,
measuring 134 metres (429.6 ft) from top to water
level.[ It is
also the fourth-longest spanning-arch bridge in the
world.
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