057 Sydney

After more than a month of sailing across the ocean, the San Marino cruise ship finally crossed the equator. The scorching heat in the tropics finally gave Hu Bin a first-hand experience. After the equatorial line, Oceania is not far away. In less than ten days, the San Marino crew had a clear view of the Australian coastline, but it was not yet time for the San Marino to dock. The San Marino sails along the coastline towards Sydney, a city at the southern tip of Australia. With Hu Bin's eyesight, he can see the slow wilderness desert of northeastern Australia. After a few more days of wandering on the sea, Hu Bin finally saw the conspicuous Harbour Bridge in Sydney. Sydney is the capital of New South Wales, Australia, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, and is the largest city and port in Australia and Oceania. Sydney is also one of the world's largest and most prosperous international metropolises. Sydney is the economic, financial and transportation center of Australia, as well as an important financial center and shipping center in the Asia-Pacific region. Sydney is a major international tourist destination, famous for the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge. Sydney plays a pivotal role in Australia's national economy, and the service industry is the main body of Sydney's economy, accounting for about 30% of Australia's GDP. Most of the world's leading multinational companies have branches or offices in Sydney. Although Sydney is so luxurious today, its history is difficult. When the First Fleet arrived at the end of the 18th century, there were nearly 10,000 indigenous people living in the area. These people still live as tribes, which have their own territories, and the location of their territories determines the amount of resources. Although most of the tribal sites were destroyed during urbanization, several sites still have stone carvings. Since the discovery of Botany Bay by British Navy Captain James Cook in the seventies of the eighteenth century, Europe has taken an interest in Australia. Arthur Phillips established a penal colony in Sydney Bay in Port Jackson in 1788 by order of the British government. He named the place after Thomas Townsend, Lord of Sydney, the British Home Secretary, in recognition of Sydney's contribution to the establishment of the penal colony by issuing a charter. In April of the following year, an illness, said to be smallpox, claimed the lives of many of Sydney's Aborigines. British colonization met with stubborn resistance, and the area around Botany Bay waged a stubborn resistance. At the same time, clashes often erupted near the Hawkesburg River. As a result, by 1820, there were only a few hundred Aboriginal people left in the Sydney area. Governor Macquarie further "civilized, Christianized, and indoctrinated" the indigenous people, leaving them from the tribe. In 1796, during Macquarie's tenure as Governor of New South Wales, Sydney had its first developments. Prisoners built roads, bridges, docks, and public buildings. By 1822, the city had banks, markets, well-established avenues, and institutionalized police institutions. The thirties and forties of the nineteenth century were a stage of urban development. Ships began to pick up migrants from the British Isles who wanted to start a new life in a new country, and Sydney entered a golden age of high development. In the mid-19th century, the gold rush brought a flood of people from all over the world to Sydney's harbour. At the end of the 19th century, with the advent of steam-powered trams and railway systems, the development of the urban area became even more rapid. Due to the convenience brought about by industrialization, Sydney's population swelled rapidly, and by the eve of the 20th century, Sydney's population had exceeded 1 million. But the Great Panic hit Sydney hard, and the completion of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932 can be said to be one of the major chronicles of the period. Sydney's bumpy and arduous development process has laid the foundation for its great achievements.

Hu Bin had seen some of the scenery of Sydney in books before, but when he actually saw the Bay Bridge, he still had a different feeling. Australia was formerly a British colony, so Angela also has a special affection for this land. Maybe it's because there is a similar blood in the body. Angela's arrival was naturally greeted by someone who came to greet her, and this is something that almost every country does. This time, the speaker of the Australian Senate, Johnny Benn, came to pick up the ship. Johnny Ben is tall, handsome, and energetic, and at first glance you know that he is the kind of man who is powerful and powerful. Originally, Johnny was planning to take Angela and her party directly to Canberra. But at Angela's request, Johnny becomes Angela's guide on her way around Sydney. Since Angela was planning to visit Sydney first, Johnny took the group to the CBD. The people will live here. Sydney's CBD stretches about two kilometres south from Sydney Bay, the first European colonial settlement. Skyscrapers such as Sydney Town Hall and Queen Victoria Building are dotted with parks such as Wenya Park and Hyde Park. The CBD is bordered to the west by the tourist destination of Darling Harbour, while Central Station is the end of the CBD. George Street is the north-south street in Sydney's CBD. In the southern part of the central business district, the streets are slightly lattice and orderly. Conversely, in the older northern part of the CBD, the streets are more cluttered, reflecting the particular development of Sydney's early Gandzi Lane. Sydney's streets are much narrower than other Australian cities, reflecting the character of Australia's oldest city. While the CBD was the backbone of Sydney's business and culture in the early days, other business and cultural districts began to expand since the Second World War. After finding a suitable hotel to check in under Johnny's leadership, Angela began to wander around the central business district again. Of course, with Johnny leading the group, it is natural to go straight to those places suitable for travel. Johnny is a funny and humorous person, and the explanations of various attractions are so funny that Angela laughs a lot. After nightfall, Angela Juliani had dinner with him as a reward for his commentary for the day.

The next day, Johnny was waiting in the lobby of the hotel early in the morning, and Hu Bin looked at the look in Johnny's eyes and guessed that Johnny might have liked Angela. Today, Johnny took Angela to Sydney's most prestigious Sydney Opera House. The Sydney Opera House is hosting a concert by world-class violinist Michael Kommer today. Angela's eyes lit up when she heard about Comer, and this violinist happened to be one of her favorites. A few years ago, when Comer was in a concert in London, Angela heard her for the first time. The beautiful sound of the piano instantly captivated Angela's heart. In 1955, an international architectural competition was held in Sydney for the construction of the opera house, and Danish architect Wu Zhong was selected from 233 proposals. In 1966, Wu resigned as chief architect of the theatre and the rest of the interior design was completed by Australian architects. The opera house broke ground in 1959 and was completed in 1973. The Sydney Opera House has a total building area of 88,258 square metres, including a 2,690-seat Grand Concert Hall, a 1,547-seat Opera Hall, a theatre with a capacity of more than 500 people and a small concert hall. In addition, there are more than 900 rooms in total, including a rehearsal hall, a reception hall, an exhibition hall, a recording hall, a drama library and various ancillary rooms such as restaurants and sales departments, which can accommodate more than 6,000 people at the same time. The exterior of the Sydney Opera House is three large sets of shells on the pedestal of a cast-in-place reinforced concrete structure measuring 186 metres from north to south and 97 metres wide from east to west. The first set of shells is on the west side of the lot, with four pairs of shells arranged in strings, three pairs facing north and one pair facing south, and the interior is the large concert hall. The second group is on the east side of the lot, roughly parallel to the first, with the same form but slightly smaller scale, and the interior is the opera hall. The third group, to the southwest of them, is the smallest and consists of two pairs of shell sheets, inside which is the dining room. The other rooms are strategically arranged within the pedestal. The entrance to the entire complex is at the southern end, with a large staircase 97 meters wide. The entrance to the vehicle and parking lot are located under the large staircase. Wu Chong's participation in the design competition was too sketchy, and later encountered a series of complex and difficult technical topics in the course of the project. For example, at first, it was assumed that the huge shells were reinforced concrete shell structures, but after in-depth research, it was found that each shell could only be divided into reinforced concrete ribs, which could then be prefabricated in sections before they could be combined into a whole. In order to reduce the difficulty of construction, all the shells were changed to the same curvature, so that each shell was equivalent to a part of the surface of the sphere with an imaginary radius of 76 meters. It took eight years to study and design the structure of these shells, and more than three years to build. The project budget is 7 million US dollars, and the actual cost is 120 million US dollars. The Sydney Opera House is well-equipped and well-used, and is a successful building for music and theatrical performances. The huge white shells on the water's surface are like sails on the sea, and like clusters of blooming flowers, graceful and light against the background of the blue sky, blue sea and green trees. The building has been seen as an icon of the city of Sydney.

Kemer's violin performance is very good, and Hu Bin also listens to it with relish. Among Western musical instruments, Hu Bin is the only one who likes the violin, especially the violin. The violin's elegant and clear timbre and soft tone play light music are the most loved by Hu Bin. Angela, as the crown prince of the United Kingdom, was received by Comer after the recital. Hu Bin was fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of this Western beauty. With long brown hair and pupils, a slender figure, and a delicate face, Comer is an out-and-out beauty regardless of race. However, Hu Bin only looked at her a few times and stopped paying attention to her, he didn't have much interest in paying attention to strangers. After listening to the music, Johnny led the group to the Central Coast. Tranquil and airy, with soft sandy beaches, crystal clear waters and beautiful bays, visitors can enjoy fishing, swimming, canoeing and sailing. Angela and Johnny try these activities together. It's a pity that Angela hasn't been able to catch a single fish for more than a while.

Over the next two days, Angela and her entourage visited Sydney's famous attractions. Canoe on the Hawkbury River, accompanied by crystal clear water, seagulls, and delicious oysters and crabs. I also went to the reptile park, where rare animals such as lizards, spiders, platypus, wombats, koalas, kangaroos, and crocodiles were everywhere. In addition, a visit to the zoo hosts a series of wonderful animal shows. Considering that Hu Bin is from China, Angela also specially asked to go to Chinatown. Sydney is home to the largest concentration of Chinese and Chinese in Australia. In Chinatown, Chinese-style teahouses and restaurants abound, and Mandarin, Cantonese, and Hainanese dialects can be heard everywhere. Less than half a kilometre from Chinatown, the Chinese garden "Friendship Garden" is one of the projects to commemorate Australia's bicentennial celebration. It covers an area of 10,000 square meters, with a construction area of 1,500 square meters, and the rest is landscape and green garden. There is also the Queen Victoria Building, a luxury Byzantine building built more than 100 years ago, where Angela enjoyed some shopping. After shopping, Angela was escorted by Johnny all the way to Canberra, the destination of the trip. In Canberra, Angela will meet with the President of Australia. Next is the three-day state visit, Hu Bin and Bai Xue can only endure boredom and nausea because of the mission, and follow Angela to look at the hypocritical faces and smiles of those national leaders. However, all this Hu Bin can be understood, after all, it involves national interests.