scanned some aerials from a 2006 calender. The pix are actually from 2000-4, but still shows have magnificent Sydney really !
Sydney really is lucky to be situated in the most beautiful harbour in the world.
The real Sydney!
view from 5km s north with St leonards in foreground.

http://img308.imageshack.us/img308/1171/stleos7bb.jpg

Homebush Bay
site of the finest Olympics ever!

http://img308.imageshack.us/img308/3482/homebush3de.jpg

Gladesville
the 1000ft arch concrete bridge was worlds longest on completion in 65.

http://img308.imageshack.us/img308/4871/gladesville0cj.jpg

Absolutely amazing pictures...Sydney by far is one the world's most beautiful cities.

The last pic is stunning. Such rich colours.

how good is Homebush Bay Olympics site looking? so green now. The trees actually grow.lol the area should looks stunning in 10-20 years especially with all those highrise coming on line soon.

I reckon the blue's of the habour water have been tweaked - The shadow under the Gladesville Bridge in the last pic is all wrong and both AMP and GPT look like they've been retouched in the first pic.

That said - pretting stunning views but!

OMG, they are awesome!!!

I thought I was gonna get the same calender but on second thoughts, buying 2006 calender in July is a bit too early, isn't it? What the hell, I'll get it anyways.

The wetlands at homebush are very nice. I visited with my school a few weeks ago.

theres some more but didnt scan them. ive posted one here>
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=4767874#post4767874

it isn't one of the world's msot beutiful cities...It is the MOST beautiful city.
Sydney is what a city should be:)

wow! thanx alot for the effort to share those pics, they're like some if not the best pictures of sydney i have come across, simply incredible pictures and city! wow!

it isn't one of the world's msot beutiful cities...It is the MOST beautiful city.
Sydney is what a city should be:)

That's exactly what my Japanese friend said when I accompanied him on a trip to Sydney this April. He was so impressed that now he is planning to move there!!!

That's exactly what my Japanese friend said when I accompanied him on a trip to Sydney this April. He was so impressed that now he is planning to move there!!!

I guess he didn't have a chance to use CityRail then. lol

i'd imagine most asians would be impressed with sydney or australian city's, there's room,green-nature all over the place, and well 1st class develpoed world everything, where as asia is quite dense, dirty, conrete little roomish, so yeah, lets not take nature and suburbia for granted ay ;)

I reckon the blue's of the habour water have been tweaked - The shadow under the Gladesville Bridge in the last pic is all wrong and both AMP and GPT look like they've been retouched in the first pic.

That said - pretting stunning views but!

I've never seen AMP that particular shade of puke green before. It really sticks out in that first pic. But magnificent pics, thanks Cul.

Great photos. What I would do to get in a helicopter all day and take photos around Sydney. The best view I've had was coming in to Sydney from Adelaide on a beautiful sunny day. Flew over the Royal National park and Botany Bay. Left the view of Adelaide on take of for dead. Throw in the Hawkesbury river, what city could possibly beat us

Sydney is so unique it's beautiful!

not only one of the most beautiful settings of any city in the world, but a kick arse group of skyline's dotted all around the place with the huge CBD smack in the middle, which makes the city look truly massive. Homebush looks great too.

just a few questions. I've highlighted the east of the picture and was wondering what suburbs lie in these circles. Looks like Kings Cross on the right, Bondi Junction towards the top and, is it Rose Bay, Double Bay, Watson's Bay near the waterside? I've never noticed that patch of high rise before.

http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/5624/east7zg.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

From left to right ..

Darling Point, Bondi Junction and hmm KingsCross/DarlingHurst (Kings Cross/Potts Point is really more to the left) and that big white tower is the Horizon in Darlinghurst.

Darling Point. Looks like mostly residential or Hotels I guess? I'll have to have a closer look. Thanks for clearing that up

Residential, mainly 1960's & 70's apartment towers.

bumpity bump
been nearly a year since viewed. Amazing what you find if you scroll back a few pages.

view from THH roof today

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/4620/00004039em.jpg

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/4583/00004015bf.jpg

Yep, georgeous but Rio is also pretty spectacular - flying into the city airport there was like gliding into Atlantis. Very atmospheric.

I love those aerials of Sydney, best I have ever seen.

been a year since last post. found this on flickr
amazing view from White Bay
dont let them cars fool you. there actually robots and are ready for attack!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/221/483753828_7ef862086d_o.jpg

Your pics and the pics you find and post are always great Culwulla!

I can't believe how long the skyline is when the Sydney. Milsons Point, North Sydney and St Leonards skylines are viewed from a distance. I understand why you were in some other thread claiming Sydney had a very long skyline - but still, it's only very visible when viewed from the west and from a largish distance...Anyway, here's the pic with the long skyline!

Homebush Bay
site of the finest Olympics ever!

http://img308.imageshack.us/img308/3482/homebush3de.jpg

Wow! Just when I thought I had seen enough Sydney eye candy to last me a lifetime..

Awesome!

js

Jeepstar you should go on the rooftop of your office building and take photos. It'd be a great view from there.

thanks for bumping this one up, i hadn't seen it before. spectacular! sydney is massive when you follow the skylines both north out through milsons point, north sydney, st leonards and onto chatswood and also east out through darlinghurst/kings cross, darling point and bondi junction. yet with all this mass of skyscrapers it is still so green and blue from the mass of parks and waterways. i'm glad most of those islands are beginning to open up to the public. beautiful spots!

aerial of northern CBD in 1931. love the tram shed
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/218/508352790_0bbbea464a_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/218/508381751_2f1fefa6e1_o.jpg

How perky is that? It looks smaller than any random country town with a big bridge.

quintessential sydney shot.lol

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1187/1155669975_6ad74f6d32_o.jpg

there are quite alot of highrises in parramatta too!

Sydney is always awesome!!! The bay, the highrises... everything is perfect there!!!

from museum tower today
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2327/1753406380_1dd47e8995_b.jpg

I congratulate CUlWULLA to you, by the photos, also you have a photo, which is today Sydney to water Police? thanks.. :okay:

:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:


*yay*

Cul,

Thanks for those shots, I do love my new adopted home in Melbourne but ABSOLUTELY NOTHING beats Sydney. I don't care what anyone says, I have been to all the major cities in the world but ABSOLUTELY NOTHING beats Sydney hands down.

I'm looking forward to coming home in the next few weeks.

JS.

^^ Hopefully your hometown loyalty will be beaten out of you before too long. :-P. Wonderful photos to all contributors. What was the building occupying the future Opera House site?

3 years old but GOOD
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2095/2041592642_6cccf729f7_b.jpg

Nice photo. I still imagine what it would look like if the SkyPlaza was built instead of the Citigroup Centre.

3 years old but GOOD
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2095/2041592642_6cccf729f7_b.jpg

Some nice additions have went in since.

love all that blue glass

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/348772291_d9944af34b_o.jpg

running from asthma, flickr