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The cruise ship San Marino sailed on the ocean for more than a month and finally crossed the equator.Hu Bin finally had a personal experience of the scorching heat in the tropics.After crossing the equator, Oceania is not far away.In less than ten days, people on the San Marino cruise ship have clearly seen the coastline of Australia, but it is not yet time for the San Marino to dock.Along the coastline, the San Marino sailed towards Sydney, the city at the southern tip of Australia.With Hu Bin's eyesight, he can see the wild desert in northeastern Australia.After several days of wandering in the sea, Hu Bin finally saw the conspicuous Harbor Bridge in Sydney.Sydney is the capital of New South Wales, Australia, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, and the largest city and port in Australia and even Oceania.At the same time, Sydney is also one of the largest and most prosperous international metropolises in the world.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 its Sydney Opera House and Harbor Bridge.Sydney plays an important role in Australia's national economy. The service industry is the main body of Sydney's economy. Sydney's gross national product accounts for about 30.00% of Australia's total.Most of the world's well-known multinational companies have branches or offices in Sydney.Although Sydney is so luxurious now, its history is difficult.When the First Fleet arrived in the late 70th century, nearly 1788 aborigines still lived in the area.These people still live in the form of tribes. The tribes have their own territories, and the location of their territories determines the amount of resources.Although most of the tribal sites were destroyed during the urbanization process, several sites still have stone carvings.Ever since Botany Bay was discovered by British naval captain James Cook in the 1820s, European interest in Australia has followed.Under the orders of the British government, Arthur Philip established a penal colony at Sydney Cove in Port Jackson in 1796.He named the place after Thomas Townsend, Lord of Sydney, the British Home Secretary at the time, in recognition of Sydney's release of the charter and approval of his contribution to the establishment of the penal colony.In April of the following year a disease, said to be smallpox, claimed the lives of many Aboriginal people in Sydney.British colonization met stubborn resistance, and the area around Botany Bay launched a stubborn resistance.At the same time, conflicts often broke out near the Hawkesburg River.Therefore, by 1822, only a few hundred Aboriginal people remained in the Sydney area.Governor Macquarie went a step further to "civilize, Christianize and civilize" the Aboriginal people, making them leave the tribe. In 40, when Sydney Macquarie served as Governor of New South Wales, Sydney had initial development.Prisoners built roads, bridges, docks, and public buildings.Before 20, there were banks, markets, well-established avenues and institutionalized police agencies in the city.The 100s and 1932s were the stage of urban development.Sydney entered a golden age of high development as ships began to pick up immigrants from the British Isles hoping to start a new life in a new country.In the mid-nineteenth century, because of the gold rush, the port of Sydney was flooded with people from all over the world.At the end of the nineteenth century, with the advent of steam-powered trams and railway systems, the urban area developed even more rapidly.Due to the convenience brought by industrialization, the population of Sydney expanded rapidly. On the eve of the [-]th century, the population of Sydney exceeded [-] million.But the Great Panic hit Sydney hard, and the completion of the Sydney Harbor Bridge in [-] can be said to be one of the major events of the period.Sydney's rough and arduous development process has laid the foundation for its great achievements.

Hu Bin had seen some scenes of Sydney in books before, but he still had a different feeling when he actually saw the Bay Bridge.Australia used to be a British colony, so Angela also had a special feeling for this land.Perhaps it was because of similar blood vessels flowing in the body.Angela's arrival will naturally be greeted by someone, which is something that almost every country will do.The person who came to pick up the ship this time was Johnny Benn, the Speaker of the Senate of Australia.Johnny Ben was tall, handsome, full of vigor, and he was the kind of powerful man who could be seen at a glance.Originally, Johnny planned to take Angela and her party directly to Canberra.But at Angela's request, Johnny became Angela's tour guide in Sydney.Since Angela planned to visit Sydney first, Johnny brought the group to the central business district.People will live here.Sydney's central business district extends about two kilometers south from Sydney Cove, the first European settlement.Skyscrapers such as Sydney Town Hall and the Queen Victoria Building are dotted with parks such as Wyndham Park and Hyde Park.The central business district is adjacent to the tourist attraction Darling Harbor in the west, and Zhongyang Station is the end of the central business district.George Street is the north-south street in Sydney's central business district.In the south of the central business district, the streets are slightly grid-like and orderly.In contrast, in the older north of the CBD, the streets are more sprawling, reflecting the particular development of early Sydney's Bullock Lane.The streets of Sydney are much narrower than other cities in Australia, which also reflects the characteristics of Australia's first ancient city.Although Sydney's central business district was the commercial and cultural pillar of Sydney in the early days, other commercial and cultural districts have also begun to develop outwards since World War II.After Angela found a suitable hotel to stay in under Johnny's leadership, she began to wander around the central business district again.Of course, with Johnny leading the group, they naturally went straight to those places suitable for travel.Johnny is a funny and humorous person, and the explanations of various scenic spots are extremely interesting, which makes Angela smile a lot.After nightfall, Angela stayed with Johnny for dinner as a reward for his commentary day.

The next day Johnny was waiting in the lobby of the hotel early in the morning. Hu Bin looked at the look in Johnny's eyes and guessed that Johnny might like Angela.Today Johnny took Angela to Sydney's most prestigious Sydney Opera House.The Sydney Opera House happened to have a concert by the world-class violinist Kemmer today.Angela's eyes lit up when she heard Ke Moer, this violinist happened to be one of her favorites.Angela heard Kommer play for the first time when she gave a concert in London a few years ago.The wonderful sound of the piano instantly attracted Angela's heart.Sydney held an international architectural design competition for the construction of the opera house in 1955, and selected Danish architect Utzon's design from 233 proposals. In 1966, Utzon resigned as chief architect of the theater, 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 total building area of ​​the Sydney Opera House is 88258 square meters, including a large concert hall with 2690 seats, an opera hall with 1547 seats, a theater that can accommodate more than 500 people, and a small concert hall.In addition, there are rehearsal halls, reception halls, exhibition halls, recording halls, drama libraries and various ancillary rooms such as restaurants and sales departments. There are more than 900 rooms in total, which can accommodate more than 6000 people at the same time.The appearance of the Sydney Opera House is three sets of huge shells, standing on a base of cast-in-place reinforced concrete structure with a length of 186 meters from north to south and a width of 97 meters from east to west.The first group of shells is on the west side of the lot. Four pairs of shells are arranged in a string, three pairs face north, and one pair faces south. The interior is a large concert hall.The second group is on the east side of the lot, roughly parallel to the first group, with the same form but slightly smaller scale, and the interior is an opera hall.The third group, to their southwest, is the smallest and consists of two pairs of shells, which house the restaurant.The other rooms are cleverly arranged within the plinth.The entrance of the entire building complex is at the southern end, with a large step 97 meters wide.Vehicle access and parking are provided under large steps.Utzon's plan for participating in the design competition was too simple, and later encountered a series of complex and difficult technical issues during the project.For example, at first it was assumed that those huge shells were reinforced concrete shell structures. After in-depth research, it was found that each shell could only be divided into strips of reinforced concrete ribs, and then prefabricated in sections before being combined into a whole.In order to reduce the difficulty of construction, all shells were changed to the same curvature, so that each shell is equivalent to a part of the surface of a sphere with an imaginary radius of 76 meters.It took 8 years to study and design the structure of these shells, and more than 3 years for construction.The project budget was 700 million US dollars, and the actual cost amounted to 12000 million US dollars.The Sydney Opera House is well-equipped and has excellent use effects. It is a successful building for music and drama performances.Those huge white shells near the water surface are like sails on the sea, or clusters of blooming flowers. Against the backdrop of the blue sky, blue sea, and green trees, they are graceful, light and bright.The building has been regarded as a symbol of the city of Sydney.

Ke Moer's violin performance was excellent, and Hu Bin listened to it with gusto.Among western musical instruments, Hu Bin likes the violin, especially the violin.Hu Bin loves the violin's elegant and clear tone and the light music played with soft tones.As the Crown Prince of England, Angela was received by Ke Moer after the concert.Hu Bin had the honor to have a glimpse of this Western beauty.With long brown hair and pupils, a slender figure, and a delicate face, Ke Moer is an out-and-out beauty regardless of racial factors.But Hu Bin stopped paying attention to her after just a few glances. He didn't have much interest in strangers.After listening to the music, Johnny led a group of people to the central yang coast.The environment here is elegant, the air is fresh, with soft sandy beaches, clear sea water and charming bays, where visitors can enjoy fishing, swimming, canoeing and sailing at sea.Angela and Johnny tried these activities together.It's a pity that Angela failed to catch a single fish after fishing for more than an hour.

In the following two days, Angela and her party visited the famous scenic spots in Sydney.Canoeing on the Hawkebury River, accompanied by clear river water, full of seagulls, tasted delicious big oysters and crabs.I also went to the Reptile Park, where rare animals such as lizards, spiders, platypus, wombats, koalas, kangaroos, and crocodiles can be seen everywhere, which is dizzying.In addition, a series of wonderful animal performances held by the zoo were also visited.Considering that Hu Bin is from Huaxia, Angela specifically asked to go to Chinatown.Sydney is the area with the largest concentration of overseas Chinese and Chinese in Australia.In Chinatown, Chinese-style teahouses and restaurants abound, and Mandarin, Cantonese, and Hainanese can be heard everywhere.The Chinese-style Garden of Friendship, less than half a kilometer away from Chinatown, is one of the projects commemorating Australia's bicentenary.It covers an area of ​​100 square meters, with a construction area of ​​[-] square meters, and the rest is landscape and green gardens.There is also the Queen Victoria Building, a Byzantine-style luxury building built more than [-] years ago, where Angela enjoyed some shopping.After enjoying the shopping, Angela went to the destination of the trip - Canberra under the escort of Johnny all the way.In Canberra Angela will meet the President of Australia.The next three-day state visit, Hu Bin and Bai Xue could only endure boredom and nausea because of the mission, followed Angela to look at the hypocritical faces and smiles of the state leaders.But all of this is understandable for Hu Bin, after all, it involves national interests.