Reason Sydney Opera House isn't pure white is due to how blinding it would be in full sunshine. It'd be too glarey. Sorry your tour of Sydney was on an overcast day. Sydney is even more stunning under our deep blue skies. Glad you enjoyed yourselves though.
Remember guys, the Opera House was designed in the 60s and built late 60s early 70s, and it was the time that fashion forgot. So yes - beige was actually fashionable in the late 60s early 70s. The main thing about the Opera House though is not so much the beige, but it is an architectural and gravity-defying building masterpiece. The shape more than the colour. :-)
Tod Davis the Manly Ferry is still a great ride but sadly nowhere near as it was in its heyday with ferry’s like the South Steyn which can still be found moored in Berry’s Bay, when the seas were up they were and adventure on that trip.
Peter Breis I remember riding on it with giant swells coming through the heads, better than any amusement park ride. Did the trip the other week in the current ones and they just don’t have the same excitement.
Letting such a tiny detail like the opera house being beige and not white affect your opinion of it is a little strange tbh. I mean I understand having an expectation but the colour of a building is a weird one to be caught up on.
I made a thing about it when I first saw it. You just expect it to be white. I thought there must have been a dust storm at some stage. I also made much of the tiles on the roof looking like a 1970's bathroom.
Yep, i dont understand .Did they want it to remind them of a Disney movie snow sketch? Did they want it to literally blind everyone in direct sun reflection? which part of US are they from?
@@davidgrose6321 I'm not sure. It's a bit like saying.. It looked good in the brosure. Most images of the Opera House you see in the media are best shots, sometimes enhanced. Oh well it's lost on some people lol.
Had it been a bright sunny day, the Opera House would have looked whiter and brighter. As for being disappointed with icons, disappointment is always preceded by expectation. And that is why you are never disappointed by good things you never expected.
As a person who was born, grew up, and still lives in Sydney, it’s great to watch other people’s praise for your city to make you appreciate what you often take for granted. I have a favourite little beach in Sydney Harbour that is easily accessible by ferry and is usually deserted. You can lie there on the sand, take in the sun, and watch the boats go by. Simple pleasures in life are often the best...
Opera House. Scandinavian who designed said building then 'got the huff' up & left people to discover when it opened, operas were too big for it and toilet flush were heard during songs. Hence the unofficial name The Flushing Opera House.
The Sydney opera house is off white because if it was all white the glare from the tiles in the bright australian sun would be distracting to shipping in the harbour
Please stop saying James Cook “discovered” Australia. He was the first european to reach here. There was an indigenous population of 60,000 years when he arrived here.
@@vigneshc9121 You are either a racist troll or an imbecile. When we describe one of our explorers as having discovered X, it means "he is the first member of our civilization to explore this." It is not a statement on what any other civilization has done. Your approach is as dumb as saying "oh that astronomer did not discover Mars because some aliens discovered it 50,000 years earlier." They may very well have, but that is not what we mean we say the astronomer discovered it. And you damn well know it, troll.
@@HappyHoppe after the American revolution,the British had to find another place to settle convicts .....hence when Capt James Cook discovered the East Coast of Australia ......problem solved!!
They are American. I'm Australian and have never heard of half the early American explorers. It's just not taught in schools so unless you're a history buff it's reality that most of us don't know about other countries history
Yay!! I hope you get to go :) make sure to check out Melbourne too if you go to Australia- we really enjoyed that city too - it was a pleasant surprise 😊🇦🇺❤️
@@HappyHoppe I'm Melbourne born and raised and when I ask so meny travellers which city they enjoyed better Melb or Syd they always say Melb. Then I meet some that aren't even going or really no much about Melbourne (mainly Americans) kinda sad as we need to get our name out there more.
as a sydneysider, i strongly recommend you to come and visit the world renouned Bankstown, and punchbowl, both are striving cities that would surprise you!!!!
I’m a Sydneysider born and bred now living in regional Victoria, I don’t miss Sydney cause of the crowds but the weather was more tolerable than where I am currently and everything was WAY more convenient to get to! I miss the Asian food markets. I am two hours train trip from Melbourne but I used to live in Southern Sydney past Wolli Creek and had a 20 minute trip to Circular Quay :( I miss it but I can not afford to live there anymore. Sorry that the Opera House was duller than normal, photos are always enhanced or taken when the weather is more optimum! Plus when we have bushfires the ash and smoke clings to the tiles :( I was last at the Opera House to see the band Evanescence for their Synthesis tour, the acoustics was awesome and I wasn’t even in the main amphitheater!
The whole city was buried under the smake, if I remember. If you ever burn toast it turns the ceiling beige and deeper brown too. Boil some water and the rising steam will make runs in it where the water collects into drops.
@@santyclause8034 This was a video from 2 years ago when our bushfire season was average. Last years was the worst in our history, Sydney was blanketed with smoke that looked like thick fog for days.
The architecture of the Opera House is so beautiful and unique even if not as white a bit of wear and tear since first opening in 1973. The Sydney Harbour Bridge opened in 1932 so 47 & 88 years respectively ... still great Aussie landmarks.
Captain James Cook was credited with finding the best way to prevent ‘Scurvy’, which was an ailment that afflicted sailors on long journeys. Because of his farming background (he worked on a farm as a boy) he knew that a healthy diet required a decent intake of vegetables and fruit and so he insisted that his sailors be fed with both foods, especially citrus fruits. This led to his crew suffering the least number of deaths from Scurvy. The British Navy adopted his dietary rules and because of the large amount of citrus fruits they consumed, American sailors began calling them; ‘Limeys’. Cook was such an accomplished cartographer that his charts were still being used over a Century after he drew them. An astonishing feat, given the instruments he had at his disposal. His observation of the transit of Venus across the face of the Sun and other scientific observations, were great contributions to science and his charts and mapping of currents and Islands in the Pacific made him a respected seaman to sailors everywhere.
Looks like you had an overcast day :( needs some blue skies and blue water to make Syd harbour sparkle! My favourite part of Sydney is the old architecture on the old streets in The Rocks. I think you missed the best bits! Also kangaroo when cooked just right tastes like beef. When it’s cooked poorly it takes like a chewy, meaty, game-y, not-very-nice cut of beef. So I think your street vendor must have done a great job :D
Oh no! I guess we didn’t know quite where to go 🤷♀️ was the old streets in The Rocks not the part we showed that was under construction, or was that someplace different? And yes, sometimes weather can play a huge role in your first impression of a place. We were so thankful the rain held off, but it would’ve been great if it hadn’t been cloudy :) And good to know! 🦘 it was very delicious!
What alot of people didn't mention was the discolour of the opera from the recent bushfires. Nearly everything was left with ash all over it including peoples cars and when mixed with moisture it turns into this hard sludge that is almost impossible to come off.
You are, without a doubt, the most enthusiastic tourists I have ever come across-- which is most excellent, BTW ❗ Nothing wrong with that at all ❗ I hope you enjoy New Zealand. I have been there nine times ❗ Not sure if you got there before the covid restrictions came in ❗❓
Oh yay! 🥳 so happy you are enjoying our videos!! Thankfully our 1 year of travel finished in July 2018, so well before COVID! I’m just still editing our daily videos 😊🌍❤️ thankful to be able to still “travel” virtually and share with others 😁
I was born and raised 5 minutes from Manly beach. My evening walks are past the Saint Mary's cathedral and the War Memorial. Love that you got to see it all.Have fun on your travels.
Most of the fun of Sydney is in its day to day life .. on a hot day swimming before and after work at Bondi, sailing your own boat around the harbour on weekends, going to performances at the Opera House (it is a performance space remember) at night, eating every conceivable world cuisine along King St in Newtown. Come back one day and stay a year or two :)
Star Treks Captain James Kirk of the Enterprise and his saying "boldly go where no man has gone before". Were all inspired by James Cook, the Endeavour and a line in his journal "farther than any other man has been before".
@@arrgghh1555 ...I read recently that they have dredged up; in recent times, Cook's boat...the Endeavour, in one of the waterways around New York City. It was by accident...a fluke. It - the Endeavuor, certainly got around the Globe. He - Cook, wouldn't have had anything to do with it...given he was killed in the Hawaiian Islands... Apparently it had been sold by the Royal Navy, and was being used as a work/commerce boat.
When the Opera house was built the color selection (background beige) and design of the white tile layout was selected to give a 3D feel (light and shadow) when the sun was at it's fullest on camera as it was to be a major icon/beacon to attract tourism to Sydney from around the world, and for the most part, it has done its job with nearly 11 million visitors per year. It's a shame you did not climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge and see it from the top because I believe it is the ideal location to view all the Harbour and Opera house and portrays the Opera House closer to what you see in pictures/photographs. Stay Safe
Thanks for your kind, informative comment 😊 yeah, we came back to see it another day and saw a glimpse of it with sunshine on it and it was how we imagined ☀️ ❤️ it just goes to show that weather can effect your first impressions of a place :)
It would be very hard on the eyes if the tiles were white in the blinding sunlight. I can't believe the fact that it isn't pure white should have such a big impact on you. We are very proud of our opera house and harbour. But hope you enjoyed your stay in our beautiful city .
Hello there I’m new to your channel and I have watched your videos and you were talking about Captain Cook. Well I want to tell you that there’s Captain Cook statue in Cairns North Queensland, but in colour. Hey guys take care and stay safe, hope to hear from you both soon. God Bless 👍✌🏼🌺🦋🌈💖❤️😊🙏🏻from Edith in 🇦🇺
You two are Hilarious!!! Am GLAD to have finally found you two!!! Miss you both! Are you back in the USA by now? Just talked with Michael and I can't believe the months [years?] have gone by since waaay back then!!! Crazy!!! Will have to work my way thro' your videos!!!
Hey :) glad you found our travel videos!! Yes, we moved to Indiana in December and bought our first house and still working on editing our year of travel. A good way to see it in order is our world playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLPHEqKWkXSm3CElx3oy5xdgYcrd8Wdqnf.html
Very true :) for most of our travel, we just experienced it as we went 😊 however, I had built Sydney up in my mind since I was 10 and the weather didn’t help :)
I was not disappointed when I first saw the Sydney Opera House back in 1994 but then again it was the first place I'd ever been outside the country so I was impressed by anything, while at this point in your journey, you've seen just about everything!
Fun Fact: Jørn Utzon, the Danish architect who designed the Sydney Opera house had an argument with the bureaucrats over the cost and the interior fitout of the building, so he threw a tantrum, quit and left Australia in a huff. The outside of the building was pretty much complete at that point but it meant the government had to find someone else to supervise the fitout of the interior. Utzon never came back to Australia so he never saw the landmark building he had designed.
Actually, the white tiling is much stronger in any kind of light, and the white reflects well. On a sunny day, it does look white, and the Harbour looks incredible. The dust is one of the reasons for our accents, so it's pretty authentic on the Opera House.
I think if you saw the opera house on a bright sunny day it looks a lot whiter, seems like a very gloomy day, such a shame because Sydney has some of the best skies in the world with sunsets and the harbour glistening in the sun
Yeah, weather can definitely effect your opinion of a place 😂 we came back to the harbor 2 days later and it was a bit sunnier and definitely looked awesome 👏
Cook did not discover Australia. The first record of a European setting foot on Australian soil is Dirk Hartog in 1616. Cook named the Hawaiian Islands the Sandwich Islands after the Earl of Sandwich. The first Englishman set set foot in Australia was William Dampier in 1688. He was the first European to see the black swans At the same time the French were exploring the south coast of Western Australia. Many West Australian landmarks have French names.
What you saw outside was corella's inland birds that have been forced toward the coast by bushfires and drought. The bird in the picture is a sulphur crested cockatoo. Both birds very common in large numbers.. 10600 beaches to walk on in Australia. why would you want the opera house in white? yuk
Did you go inside the opera house? it is made for near perfect acoustics - its amazing. The old ferries at Circular Quay are named after the ships of the First fleet.
Seriously madame!!!!! I went to USA. Ghastly. Was not sure if they building or tearing Los Angelos down. No people. Dead. Could fire a shot down the main drag and not hit anybody. And it was 11 am on a Wednesday. Please explain.
Hello! And thanks for translating! 🤣 Yes, we did learn fast that people from “Straya” did like to abbreviate EVERYTHING 🤪 I’ll eventually have a fun video out about that once we are done with our New Zealand videos and we meet up with an Australian friend 😊
I have been to both Sydney and Melbourne and liked Melbourne much more as it is a more interesting city even considering the Opera House. We went over to the Sydney Zoo and it was the only time I have seen a live snake, even though I have been to the US twice. I covered at least half of your country during my two trips, including Colorado Springs and a brief time in Indiana travelling between Chicago and Detroit.
Yeah, I don't think the Opera House would be so iconic if it was white, because no-one could ever take a picture of it. I like the subtlety of the colour. A shame you didn't hit Sydney on one of the many blue sky days, where the Opera House really shines. But this is probably the first time I've heard it described as "dirty" and "disappointing" quite so many times. They probably won't let you back in the country. :)
We don't have 'Fall' in Australia. No trees lose their leaves in Autumn or Winter because all of Australia is 'NON DECIDUOUS' (ie.trees that don't loose their leaves except randomly). Many of the trees that you saw are INTRODUCED SPECIES ie .DECIDUOUS, often brought to remind people of 'home' (usually Britain etc). As for Captain James Cook. Read up on his 'transit of Venus' trip & how he found the Sandwich Islands, (Hawaii) and how he changed the known World. One of his main passenger friends was Charles Darwin who wrote 'The Origin of the Species', the basis of ALL life today! Even churches now agree with 'the theory of evolution', such as how YOU & I got here in this time in history, and why species with same existence strategies, such as kangaroos 'hop' and deer 'run' yet both eat grass. ALL either side of 'THE WALLACE LINE' where the Gondwanaland Land split into two types of existence methods, -> 1. all other continents are 'conventional' eg. dogs & cat & trees with leaves that fall, & 2. Australia & New Guinea where ALL ORIGINAL SPECIES are 'pouched marsupials' (eg. monotreans) AND ALL trees are related Eucalypt Species (ie. Gum Trees). ALL AFTER THE SINGLE MASSIVE GONDWANALAND Split into the Contents that drifted away, such as Africa, Europe, Asia, The Americas - North & South. WHILE Australia & New Guinea more or less Stayed Put, hence the different species.
letsseeif How could Darwin have sailed on the Endeavour or any of Cook’s ships? Cook died in 1779 and Darwin was born in 1809. Darwin’s ‘origin of the species’ voyage was made aboard the HMS Beagle in 1831.
Huh? We don't have fall (Autumn)? No trees lose their leaves? Then why do I spend so much time sweeping them off my paths and driveway? I assume you mean native trees, still...
Welcome to one of the world's great cities. One of the world's GREAT harbours. Full of great people and sights. You're right - if I didn't live here, I'd want to get here.
Over the years it has gone that beige colour it could certainly do with a clean it was a lot more white in colour when it was first built. The statue of Queen Victoria wasn’t originally part of the building they found the statue in a barn in Ireland and bought it over much later and installed it.
Sunday’s in Australia are family day so that’s why they have reduced fares on public transport, most suburban pubs kids eat free on Sundays and lots of pubs and McDonald’s have free face painting and entertainment. Also a lot of local councils put on free festivals or entertainment in local parks on weekends. Australians really value family time and work life balance.
Ahh yes, Melbourne is a much nicer city than Sydney... thus why Melbourne has been crowned worlds most liveable city 10 times and in the top 3 since 2002
Yeah, I dont understand the hangup over the opera house colour. Perhaps you were looking for a Disney christmas wonderland type experience .it would be interesting to see where you are from because in the Sydney summer it would literally be blinding even to the point of air traffic hazard. I hope other tourists are looking a little deeper.Also, Sydney is a tiny part of the country .You didnt even realy look at Sydney. Like someone looking at New York statue of liberty and being disappointed about about the concrete colour and displacement and then connecting that to the disappointment of the city and country as a whole.If you ever go back to Australia, Get out and about and realy have a look.Then you will find your Disney fairy tale.
Yeah on Sunday travel around Sydney is $2.50for the whole day. You should come back during the Vivid Light Festival! It's every year in mid May to early June.
Note that when it says Cook "Discovered Australia" this is very much like when Columbus "discovered" America. People were already living here for 40-70,000 years and a lot of Australians would like that statue torn down because of how many Aboriginal people were wiped out after he came.
My wife and I, we live in Sydney Australia, we went to cooks house in Melbourne and there they said that cook had 9 kids but they all died while he was discovering the world. So there’s no descendants from him and he was killed in Hawaii.
the designers figured if it was all white the glare in the bright sunlight would make it look unphotogenic. so the white was reduced by including beige elements.
Really enjoyed your video but felt for you with the weather. Sydney is lucky to have nearly 300 sunny days a year and is known to have one of the bluest skies. It’s great as a photographer because it can pull blues in photos you can’t get elsewhere, but the extra white light that makes colours pop is also due to much higher UV. Sydney is the world’s skin cancer capital as a result. Unfortunately you’re right - a cloudy day doesn’t do Sydney Opera House justice. But while it might seem underwhelming, it’s worth looking into it’s construction history. It was really ahead of its time. Until recently, it was the world's busiest performing arts centre and has recently invited family members from the original architect (Jørn Utzon) to realise some of the interiors he had intended. The theatres are impressive, but the interiors are not done by the original architect (consider looking at the history; it’s a tragedy what occurred during development but they’re trying to make amends).
Perth says 'Hold my beer' when it comes to Sunny days and temperature - and don't get me started on it having a 'blue sky' (outside of the Mediterranean itself, and death valley California, it's one of the true Mediterranean climates. Adelaide is probably laughing as well). Sydney's weather is atrocious - not as bad as Melbourne's, but not exactly worth pointing out.
Sydney Harbour and the Opera House. When the Sky is blue, And the clouds are few, thats the time to see the Opera House on Sydney Harbour. On cloudy days forget it Not photographic. Come back in mid Summer.
Coming from someone who has lived in Western Sydney my entire life, everything is better in Melbourne, except the beaches! And the "Sydney beaches" aren't the good ones. They're overpopulated and to be honest quite dirty. The best ones start about an hour north up the coast and run between the Central Coast and Newcastle. Just google Central Coast beaches, you'll see what I mean. Loving the videos so far, been binge watching them for a few hours now haha.
These guys are cool, but as with all tourists, including us Aussie's when we go overseas they get a lot wrong. But good on them and I think they were very respectful. However, as a person who grew up in Sydney I think it's really important to say that the Rocks is NOT a shopping centre. The Rocks are the most important part of Sydney's history. Sure there are shopping centres there now, but take a bit of time to investigate and you will see the history there.
Captain Cook was born near me and had a house near me in England. Whitby which is also the place for Dracula. www.visitwhitby.com/tourist-information/people-places/famous-local-people/captain-james-cook Also, look up the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle. It's the same design as the Sydney bridge but was built just a little before it. It's in my hometown.
The Opera house does indeed appear WHITE, but on sunny days, the overcast day you got didn’t do it justice. If the tiles were all white, it would have been overwhelming bright and indeed dangerous, especially for the shipping on the harbour. Sydney sunlight is especially bright so the designer to that into consideration.
I love young Americans who are fascinated with other cultures. They really have a bad, unwarranted xenophobic reputation. Great video guys. Come back soon guys.
If the Opera House was white it would act like a mirror on sunny days, knocking planes out of the sky and giving office workers a migraine ! Sorry about the weather. This year has been unusually grey and wet from the El Niño weather pattern that develops off the coast of South America with ocean currents affecting the Pacific Rim in a roughly seven year cycle. Otherwise Sydney is generally blue skies and warm. Best to come around mid Oct when the weather is perfect and the Xmas tourist rush isn’t in full swing over NY.
A shame you didn't make it to Perth. NSW and QLD carry on about their beaches but the sands brown, and the ocean is hardly blue; not to mention their bad weather (Perth has a true Mediterranean climate). I say that as someone from WA but also as someone who went to high school and Uni in Melbourne and traveled the east coast extensively. Sydney is only known because it's always mentioned in pop culture (similar to how people when asked about the US think of New York or Los Angeles) even though people from Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide find the place dirty and one of the last places to visit in AU.
You guys were fixated on the colour of the Sydney Opera House and completely filled to see the majesty of the architecture. Btw: the building is meant to look egg shell white.
Reason Sydney Opera House isn't pure white is due to how blinding it would be in full sunshine. It'd be too glarey. Sorry your tour of Sydney was on an overcast day. Sydney is even more stunning under our deep blue skies. Glad you enjoyed yourselves though.
The opera house is not white as for glare. It would have caused all kinds of problems if it was white.
The Opera is a feat of engineering that developed revolutionary building techniques
Remember guys, the Opera House was designed in the 60s and built late 60s early 70s, and it was the time that fashion forgot. So yes - beige was actually fashionable in the late 60s early 70s. The main thing about the Opera House though is not so much the beige, but it is an architectural and gravity-defying building masterpiece. The shape more than the colour. :-)
The Manly ferry has to be one of the greatest public transport trips in the world
Yes! So great!
It’s a great experience to take the Manly Ferry during a tropical storm that sometimes deluge Sydney. It’s not for the faint of heart.
Tod Davis choice of two speeds,,,,slow ferry and hydroflite ferry.
Tod Davis the Manly Ferry is still a great ride but sadly nowhere near as it was in its heyday with ferry’s like the South Steyn which can still be found moored in Berry’s Bay, when the seas were up they were and adventure on that trip.
Peter Breis I remember riding on it with giant swells coming through the heads, better than any amusement park ride. Did the trip the other week in the current ones and they just don’t have the same excitement.
Letting such a tiny detail like the opera house being beige and not white affect your opinion of it is a little strange tbh. I mean I understand having an expectation but the colour of a building is a weird one to be caught up on.
Couldn't agree more. I've been to Sydney loads of times. The opera house is my go to place every time. I have to touch the tiles and say I'm back.
I made a thing about it when I first saw it. You just expect it to be white. I thought there must have been a dust storm at some stage. I also made much of the tiles on the roof looking like a 1970's bathroom.
Yep, i dont understand .Did they want it to remind them of a Disney movie snow sketch? Did they want it to literally blind everyone in direct sun reflection? which part of US are they from?
@@davidgrose6321 I'm not sure. It's a bit like saying.. It looked good in the brosure. Most images of the Opera House you see in the media are best shots, sometimes enhanced. Oh well it's lost on some people lol.
Classic Americans
Had it been a bright sunny day, the Opera House would have looked whiter and brighter. As for being disappointed with icons, disappointment is always preceded by expectation. And that is why you are never disappointed by good things you never expected.
As a person who was born, grew up, and still lives in Sydney, it’s great to watch other people’s praise for your city to make you appreciate what you often take for granted. I have a favourite little beach in Sydney Harbour that is easily accessible by ferry and is usually deserted. You can lie there on the sand, take in the sun, and watch the boats go by. Simple pleasures in life are often the best...
Ahh, that sounds wonderful 😍
Forget about the colour of the Opera House - what about the magnificence of the building, the design, the location!!
Opera House. Scandinavian who designed said building then 'got the huff' up & left people to discover when it opened, operas were too big for it and toilet flush were heard during songs. Hence the unofficial name The Flushing Opera House.
The Sydney opera house is off white because if it was all white the glare from the tiles in the bright australian sun would be distracting to shipping in the harbour
Yes it makes sense why its beige and not white! We just saw it on a cloudy day and were surprised it wasn’t what we expected 🤣
Please stop saying James Cook “discovered” Australia. He was the first european to reach here. There was an indigenous population of 60,000 years when he arrived here.
We are allowed to make statements from our own point of view, Vignesh. Grow up.
@@robertmartin2867 Yes you are allowed to provide your own pov. It's called fiction, not history.
@@vigneshc9121 You are either a racist troll or an imbecile.
When we describe one of our explorers as having discovered X, it means "he is the first member of our civilization to explore this." It is not a statement on what any other civilization has done.
Your approach is as dumb as saying "oh that astronomer did not discover Mars because some aliens discovered it 50,000 years earlier." They may very well have, but that is not what we mean we say the astronomer discovered it. And you damn well know it, troll.
You guy's never heard of James Cook before you traveled?
Not that I remember 🤷♀️
@@HappyHoppe Fail! LoL
@@HappyHoppe after the American revolution,the British had to find another place to settle convicts .....hence when Capt James Cook discovered the East Coast of Australia ......problem solved!!
They are American. I'm Australian and have never heard of half the early American explorers. It's just not taught in schools so unless you're a history buff it's reality that most of us don't know about other countries history
Sydney is definitely one of my bucket list destinations! This just made me want to visit even more! I'm hoping sometime next year!
Yay!! I hope you get to go :) make sure to check out Melbourne too if you go to Australia- we really enjoyed that city too - it was a pleasant surprise 😊🇦🇺❤️
@@HappyHoppe I'm Melbourne born and raised and when I ask so meny travellers which city they enjoyed better Melb or Syd they always say Melb. Then I meet some that aren't even going or really no much about Melbourne (mainly Americans) kinda sad as we need to get our name out there more.
as a sydneysider, i strongly recommend you to come and visit the world renouned Bankstown, and punchbowl, both are striving cities that would surprise you!!!!
Sails...sails, which is what the Opera House is designed to look like, are beige....
Sydney Opera house was not designed to look like that, there was an error in construction which led it to look vastly different
I’m a Sydneysider born and bred now living in regional Victoria, I don’t miss Sydney cause of the crowds but the weather was more tolerable than where I am currently and everything was WAY more convenient to get to! I miss the Asian food markets. I am two hours train trip from Melbourne but I used to live in Southern Sydney past Wolli Creek and had a 20 minute trip to Circular Quay :( I miss it but I can not afford to live there anymore. Sorry that the Opera House was duller than normal, photos are always enhanced or taken when the weather is more optimum! Plus when we have bushfires the ash and smoke clings to the tiles :( I was last at the Opera House to see the band Evanescence for their Synthesis tour, the acoustics was awesome and I wasn’t even in the main amphitheater!
The whole city was buried under the smake, if I remember. If you ever burn toast it turns the ceiling beige and deeper brown too. Boil some water and the rising steam will make runs in it where the water collects into drops.
@@santyclause8034 This was a video from 2 years ago when our bushfire season was average. Last years was the worst in our history, Sydney was blanketed with smoke that looked like thick fog for days.
HAHAHA that old guy dancing at the harbour was wearing a hat of my Rugby League team, the Cronulla Sharks.
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The architecture of the Opera House is so beautiful and unique even if not as white a bit of wear and tear since first opening in 1973. The Sydney Harbour Bridge opened in 1932 so 47 & 88 years respectively ... still great Aussie landmarks.
Yes definitely beautiful iconic landmarks :)
Captain James Cook was credited with finding the best way to prevent ‘Scurvy’, which was an ailment that afflicted sailors on long journeys. Because of his farming background (he worked on a farm as a boy) he knew that a healthy diet required a decent intake of vegetables and fruit and so he insisted that his sailors be fed with both foods, especially citrus fruits. This led to his crew suffering the least number of deaths from Scurvy. The British Navy adopted his dietary rules and because of the large amount of citrus fruits they consumed, American sailors began calling them; ‘Limeys’.
Cook was such an accomplished cartographer that his charts were still being used over a Century after he drew them. An astonishing feat, given the instruments he had at his disposal. His observation of the transit of Venus across the face of the Sun and other scientific observations, were great contributions to science and his charts and mapping of currents and Islands in the Pacific made him a respected seaman to sailors everywhere.
I'm glad you took the Manly ferry. It's the best way to see the Harbour!
Yes, we LOVED it 😍
Looks like you had an overcast day :( needs some blue skies and blue water to make Syd harbour sparkle! My favourite part of Sydney is the old architecture on the old streets in The Rocks. I think you missed the best bits!
Also kangaroo when cooked just right tastes like beef. When it’s cooked poorly it takes like a chewy, meaty, game-y, not-very-nice cut of beef. So I think your street vendor must have done a great job :D
Oh no! I guess we didn’t know quite where to go 🤷♀️ was the old streets in The Rocks not the part we showed that was under construction, or was that someplace different?
And yes, sometimes weather can play a huge role in your first impression of a place. We were so thankful the rain held off, but it would’ve been great if it hadn’t been cloudy :)
And good to know! 🦘 it was very delicious!
I have to say, it's so cool for me to see my city through new eyes.
I also looked up the description of the Opera House and the tiles consist of white, beige and black. Interesting! Nice boat ride!
What alot of people didn't mention was the discolour of the opera from the recent bushfires. Nearly everything was left with ash all over it including peoples cars and when mixed with moisture it turns into this hard sludge that is almost impossible to come off.
When I travel it’s always the little cities and towns that I love the most
Yeah, similar to us too:) cities are easier to get to though 😊
It’s a pity the weather was so bad because the Opera House on a brilliantly sunny day shines ...
Yeah, we were able to see a glimpse of it shining 2 days later when we went back :) it was much nicer 😊😂
It would have been kangaroo,laws in Australia are very strict on labelling and selling anything,you are not allowed to say one thing and sell another.
Good to know! It was so good 😋
You are, without a doubt, the most enthusiastic tourists I have ever come across-- which is most excellent, BTW ❗ Nothing wrong with that at all ❗ I hope you enjoy New Zealand. I have been there nine times ❗ Not sure if you got there before the covid restrictions came in ❗❓
Oh yay! 🥳 so happy you are enjoying our videos!! Thankfully our 1 year of travel finished in July 2018, so well before COVID! I’m just still editing our daily videos 😊🌍❤️ thankful to be able to still “travel” virtually and share with others 😁
I was born and raised 5 minutes from Manly beach. My evening walks are past the Saint Mary's cathedral and the War Memorial. Love that you got to see it all.Have fun on your travels.
That’s awesome 👏 Thanks 😊
Most of the fun of Sydney is in its day to day life .. on a hot day swimming before and after work at Bondi, sailing your own boat around the harbour on weekends, going to performances at the Opera House (it is a performance space remember) at night, eating every conceivable world cuisine along King St in Newtown. Come back one day and stay a year or two :)
That does sound amazing :)
Two kids havin' a good time.
So pleased that you did.
Happy travels . . .
they name the space shuttle Endeavour after James Cook ship HMS Endeavour
Star Treks Captain James Kirk of the Enterprise and his saying "boldly go where no man has gone before".
Were all inspired by James Cook, the Endeavour and a line in his journal "farther than any other man has been before".
@@arrgghh1555 ...I read recently that they have dredged up; in recent times, Cook's boat...the Endeavour, in one of the waterways around New York City. It was by accident...a fluke. It - the Endeavuor, certainly got around the Globe. He - Cook, wouldn't have had anything to do with it...given he was killed in the Hawaiian Islands... Apparently it had been sold by the Royal Navy, and was being used as a work/commerce boat.
When the Opera house was built the color selection (background beige) and design of the white tile layout was selected to give a 3D feel (light and shadow) when the sun was at it's fullest on camera as it was to be a major icon/beacon to attract tourism to Sydney from around the world, and for the most part, it has done its job with nearly 11 million visitors per year. It's a shame you did not climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge and see it from the top because I believe it is the ideal location to view all the Harbour and Opera house and portrays the Opera House closer to what you see in pictures/photographs. Stay Safe
Thanks for your kind, informative comment 😊 yeah, we came back to see it another day and saw a glimpse of it with sunshine on it and it was how we imagined ☀️ ❤️ it just goes to show that weather can effect your first impressions of a place :)
I feel gutted for you guys, the weather couldn’t be any more dull that day.
Yeah, we need to give Sydney another chance on a sunny day ☀️
It would be very hard on the eyes if the tiles were white in the blinding sunlight. I can't believe the fact that it isn't pure white should have such a big impact on you. We are very proud of our opera house and harbour. But hope you enjoyed your stay in our beautiful city .
Hello there I’m new to your channel and I have watched your videos and you were talking about Captain Cook. Well I want to tell you that there’s Captain Cook statue in Cairns North Queensland, but in colour. Hey guys take care and stay safe, hope to hear from you both soon. God Bless 👍✌🏼🌺🦋🌈💖❤️😊🙏🏻from Edith in 🇦🇺
can't wait for this lockdown to be over and explore Sydney
Yes!!!! I think everyone is ready to explore again 😊🎉
hi, heres a fun fact for you, when all of the peices of the opera house are placed together they make a perfect sphere...
😯 that’s cool!
You two are Hilarious!!! Am GLAD to have finally found you two!!! Miss you both! Are you back in the USA by now? Just talked with Michael and I can't believe the months [years?] have gone by since waaay back then!!! Crazy!!! Will have to work my way thro' your videos!!!
Hey :) glad you found our travel videos!! Yes, we moved to Indiana in December and bought our first house and still working on editing our year of travel.
A good way to see it in order is our world playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLPHEqKWkXSm3CElx3oy5xdgYcrd8Wdqnf.html
When you build something up in your mind, you’re bound to be disappointed
Very true :) for most of our travel, we just experienced it as we went 😊 however, I had built Sydney up in my mind since I was 10 and the weather didn’t help :)
the opera house in norway looks like a municipal library...
I was not disappointed when I first saw the Sydney Opera House back in 1994 but then again it was the first place I'd ever been outside the country so I was impressed by anything, while at this point in your journey, you've seen just about everything!
Yes, first time travel experiences are the best ❤️🎉
notice the people walking around there are no shadows so it must have been really dull and overcast . usually there are sharp relief shadows.
Yeah, just there on the wrong day for sightseeing 😢
Thirty years ago I went to school every day on a bus like that.
St Mary's cathedral has some really awesome crypts
That bird is called a crewella like in 101 Dalmatians not a cockatoo which has a yellow sulphate crest.NSW in Oz
The Opera House was that colour when you visited because of the bushfires.
Possibly all white tile roof would be too glary in bright Aussie sun? 😎 🌞
Fun Fact: Jørn Utzon, the Danish architect who designed the Sydney Opera house had an argument with the bureaucrats over the cost and the interior fitout of the building, so he threw a tantrum, quit and left Australia in a huff. The outside of the building was pretty much complete at that point but it meant the government had to find someone else to supervise the fitout of the interior. Utzon never came back to Australia so he never saw the landmark building he had designed.
😳 that’s crazy!
Actually, the white tiling is much stronger in any kind of light, and the white reflects well. On a sunny day, it does look white, and the Harbour looks incredible. The dust is one of the reasons for our accents, so it's pretty authentic on the Opera House.
This is on my bucket list! I cannot wait to go one day
Awesome!!! I hope you get to visit soon 🇦🇺 ❤️🎉🤩
I think if you saw the opera house on a bright sunny day it looks a lot whiter, seems like a very gloomy day, such a shame because Sydney has some of the best skies in the world with sunsets and the harbour glistening in the sun
Yeah, weather can definitely effect your opinion of a place 😂 we came back to the harbor 2 days later and it was a bit sunnier and definitely looked awesome 👏
Cook did not discover Australia. The first record of a European setting foot on Australian soil is Dirk Hartog in 1616.
Cook named the Hawaiian Islands the Sandwich Islands after the Earl of Sandwich.
The first Englishman set set foot in Australia was William Dampier in 1688. He was the first European to see the black swans
At the same time the French were exploring the south coast of Western Australia. Many West Australian landmarks have French names.
Oh thanks for the brief history :) we love learning while traveling!
And there were already people living here in 1616...
80,000+ years of Aboriginal history
I have travelled everywhere and i thought it was white too lol. Glad to know that.
😂 I’m glad I’m not the only one surprised by that 😂
What you saw outside was corella's inland birds that have been forced toward the coast by bushfires and drought. The bird in the picture is a sulphur crested cockatoo. Both birds very common in large numbers.. 10600 beaches to walk on in Australia. why would you want the opera house in white? yuk
Did you go inside the opera house? it is made for near perfect acoustics - its amazing.
The old ferries at Circular Quay are named after the ships of the First fleet.
Sydney Harbour and the opera house do look so much better on a warm sunny day, bad luck about the weather, still hope you had a great time.
We definitely did 😍🇦🇺 thanks :)
Seriously madame!!!!! I went to USA. Ghastly. Was not sure if they building or tearing Los Angelos down. No people. Dead. Could fire a shot down the main drag and not hit anybody. And it was 11 am on a Wednesday. Please explain.
Greetings from straya aka Australia 💕
Hello! And thanks for translating! 🤣 Yes, we did learn fast that people from “Straya” did like to abbreviate EVERYTHING 🤪 I’ll eventually have a fun video out about that once we are done with our New Zealand videos and we meet up with an Australian friend 😊
I have been to both Sydney and Melbourne and liked Melbourne much more as it is a more interesting city even considering the Opera House. We went over to the Sydney Zoo and it was the only time I have seen a live snake, even though I have been to the US twice. I covered at least half of your country during my two trips, including Colorado Springs and a brief time in Indiana travelling between Chicago and Detroit.
Yeah, I don't think the Opera House would be so iconic if it was white, because no-one could ever take a picture of it. I like the subtlety of the colour. A shame you didn't hit Sydney on one of the many blue sky days, where the Opera House really shines. But this is probably the first time I've heard it described as "dirty" and "disappointing" quite so many times. They probably won't let you back in the country. :)
How did you get leave from nerd school?
We don't have 'Fall' in Australia. No trees lose their leaves in Autumn or Winter because all of Australia is 'NON DECIDUOUS' (ie.trees that don't loose their leaves except randomly). Many of the trees that you saw are INTRODUCED SPECIES ie .DECIDUOUS, often brought to remind people of 'home' (usually Britain etc). As for Captain James Cook. Read up on his 'transit of Venus' trip & how he found the Sandwich Islands, (Hawaii) and how he changed the known World. One of his main passenger friends was Charles Darwin who wrote 'The Origin of the Species', the basis of ALL life today! Even churches now agree with 'the theory of evolution', such as how YOU & I got here in this time in history, and why species with same existence strategies, such as kangaroos 'hop' and deer 'run' yet both eat grass. ALL either side of 'THE WALLACE LINE' where the Gondwanaland Land split into two types of existence methods, -> 1. all other continents are 'conventional' eg. dogs & cat & trees with leaves that fall, & 2. Australia & New Guinea where ALL ORIGINAL SPECIES are 'pouched marsupials' (eg. monotreans) AND ALL trees are related Eucalypt Species (ie. Gum Trees). ALL AFTER THE SINGLE MASSIVE GONDWANALAND Split into the Contents that drifted away, such as Africa, Europe, Asia, The Americas - North & South. WHILE Australia & New Guinea more or less Stayed Put, hence the different species.
letsseeif How could Darwin have sailed on the Endeavour or any of Cook’s ships? Cook died in 1779 and Darwin was born in 1809. Darwin’s ‘origin of the species’ voyage was made aboard the HMS Beagle in 1831.
@@divusaugstus well spotted. rare to find otherwise.
Huh? We don't have fall (Autumn)? No trees lose their leaves? Then why do I spend so much time sweeping them off my paths and driveway? I assume you mean native trees, still...
It looks much whiter on a sunny day, the day you were there was very grey and overcast.
You guys are awesome! ❤️
Thanks 😊 glad you enjoy watching our vlogs 🎉
A harbor city with all the heavy industry hidden away. Not many cities round the world have such an accessible public waterfront.
Welcome to one of the world's great cities. One of the world's GREAT harbours. Full of great people and sights. You're right - if I didn't live here, I'd want to get here.
Over the years it has gone that beige colour it could certainly do with a clean it was a lot more white in colour when it was first built. The statue of Queen Victoria wasn’t originally part of the building they found the statue in a barn in Ireland and bought it over much later and installed it.
Sunday’s in Australia are family day so that’s why they have reduced fares on public transport, most suburban pubs kids eat free on Sundays and lots of pubs and McDonald’s have free face painting and entertainment. Also a lot of local councils put on free festivals or entertainment in local parks on weekends. Australians really value family time and work life balance.
That’s awesome 👏
Sad you disappointed about the opera house but rejoice that you got to see bin chickens :) 2:52
Yeah, we liked seeing different kinds of birds in Australia 🇦🇺🥳
Beige?? I would describe it as 'off white' . (Beige been distinctively in the range of the browns of any colour chart.)
Shoes on the beach?
Ahh yes, Melbourne is a much nicer city than Sydney... thus why Melbourne has been crowned worlds most liveable city 10 times and in the top 3 since 2002
Yeah much nicer .… Unless you’re trying to avoid COVID !
Except for the abundance of homeless, I'd agree.
Lived in both for arleast a decade each and hands down Sydney is better.
Only thing that Melbs has over Sydney is its casino
Yeah, I dont understand the hangup over the opera house colour. Perhaps you were looking for a Disney christmas wonderland type experience .it would be interesting to see where you are from because in the Sydney summer it would literally be blinding even to the point of air traffic hazard. I hope other tourists are looking a little deeper.Also, Sydney is a tiny part of the country .You didnt even realy look at Sydney. Like someone looking at New York statue of liberty and being disappointed about about the concrete colour and displacement and then connecting that to the disappointment of the city and country as a whole.If you ever go back to Australia, Get out and about and realy have a look.Then you will find your Disney fairy tale.
Yeah on Sunday travel around Sydney is $2.50for the whole day. You should come back during the Vivid Light Festival! It's every year in mid May to early June.
Yeah, that was such a great deal!!
Note that when it says Cook "Discovered Australia" this is very much like when Columbus "discovered" America. People were already living here for 40-70,000 years and a lot of Australians would like that statue torn down because of how many Aboriginal people were wiped out after he came.
He didn’t kill any indigenous people and a lot of us white people wouldnt be here without captain cooks work.
My wife and I, we live in Sydney Australia, we went to cooks house in Melbourne and there they said that cook had 9 kids but they all died while he was discovering the world. So there’s no descendants from him and he was killed in Hawaii.
the designers figured if it was all white the glare in the bright sunlight would make it look unphotogenic. so the white was reduced by including beige elements.
There is a saying about Manly.... 13 miles from Sydney, 1,000 miles from care.
I like that saying ☀️ 🌊
Really enjoyed your video but felt for you with the weather. Sydney is lucky to have nearly 300 sunny days a year and is known to have one of the bluest skies. It’s great as a photographer because it can pull blues in photos you can’t get elsewhere, but the extra white light that makes colours pop is also due to much higher UV. Sydney is the world’s skin cancer capital as a result.
Unfortunately you’re right - a cloudy day doesn’t do Sydney Opera House justice. But while it might seem underwhelming, it’s worth looking into it’s construction history. It was really ahead of its time.
Until recently, it was the world's busiest performing arts centre and has recently invited family members from the original architect (Jørn Utzon) to realise some of the interiors he had intended. The theatres are impressive, but the interiors are not done by the original architect (consider looking at the history; it’s a tragedy what occurred during development but they’re trying to make amends).
Thanks for the comment! Yeah, weather can definitely affect your opinion of a place! We need to come back on a sunny day for sure ☀️ 💗
Perth says 'Hold my beer' when it comes to Sunny days and temperature - and don't get me started on it having a 'blue sky' (outside of the Mediterranean itself, and death valley California, it's one of the true Mediterranean climates. Adelaide is probably laughing as well). Sydney's weather is atrocious - not as bad as Melbourne's, but not exactly worth pointing out.
Sydney Opera House is shell coloured. Why is this disappointing?
Sorry about the Opera House...we'll try and shine it up a bit for your next visit
Sydney Harbour and the Opera House.
When the Sky is blue,
And the clouds are few,
thats the time to see
the Opera House on Sydney Harbour.
On cloudy days forget it
Not photographic.
Come back in mid Summer.
Good advice, thanks 😊
Coming from someone who has lived in Western Sydney my entire life, everything is better in Melbourne, except the beaches! And the "Sydney beaches" aren't the good ones. They're overpopulated and to be honest quite dirty. The best ones start about an hour north up the coast and run between the Central Coast and Newcastle. Just google Central Coast beaches, you'll see what I mean. Loving the videos so far, been binge watching them for a few hours now haha.
Awesome! Glad to provide some good stuff to binge watch 🎥 🍿 🌍 ❤️
These guys are cool, but as with all tourists, including us Aussie's when we go overseas they get a lot wrong. But good on them and I think they were very respectful. However, as a person who grew up in Sydney I think it's really important to say that the Rocks is NOT a shopping centre. The Rocks are the most important part of Sydney's history. Sure there are shopping centres there now, but take a bit of time to investigate and you will see the history there.
Thanks for the correction :) yes I believe the Rocks area was under construction when we visited! It looked so awesome 👏
Captain Cook was born near me and had a house near me in England. Whitby which is also the place for Dracula.
www.visitwhitby.com/tourist-information/people-places/famous-local-people/captain-james-cook
Also, look up the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle. It's the same design as the Sydney bridge but was built just a little before it. It's in my hometown.
😯 thats awesome! He was definitely a theme of our trip! And I don’t remember learning about him before - probably did at some point in school 🤪😂
The Opera house does indeed appear WHITE, but on sunny days, the overcast day you got didn’t do it justice. If the tiles were all white, it would have been overwhelming bright and indeed dangerous, especially for the shipping on the harbour. Sydney sunlight is especially bright so the designer to that into consideration.
Yes, that makes sense! We saw a glimpse of it 2 days later when it was bright
Captain Cook did not discover Australia. There were people already living here when he arrived.....for around 40000 years
The opera house does look dirty and kind of old on an overcast day, it comes to life in the sunlight and would be almost too bright if it was white.
maybe it is just you
I love young Americans who are fascinated with other cultures. They really have a bad, unwarranted xenophobic reputation. Great video guys. Come back soon guys.
Thanks 😊
Happy Hoppe Melbourne is better than Sydney right?
Happy Hoppe there is kind of a rivalry
Awesome video!! Inspiration for my content. Keep it up!
If the Opera House was white it would act like a mirror on sunny days, knocking planes out of the sky and giving office workers a migraine !
Sorry about the weather. This year has been unusually grey and wet from the El Niño weather pattern that develops off the coast of South America with ocean currents affecting the Pacific Rim in a roughly seven year cycle.
Otherwise Sydney is generally blue skies and warm.
Best to come around mid Oct when the weather is perfect and the Xmas tourist rush isn’t in full swing over NY.
Thanks! October sounds like a great time to travel there! (Probably not this year!)
Ha ha, bin chickens everywhere.
A shame you didn't make it to Perth. NSW and QLD carry on about their beaches but the sands brown, and the ocean is hardly blue; not to mention their bad weather (Perth has a true Mediterranean climate). I say that as someone from WA but also as someone who went to high school and Uni in Melbourne and traveled the east coast extensively.
Sydney is only known because it's always mentioned in pop culture (similar to how people when asked about the US think of New York or Los Angeles) even though people from Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide find the place dirty and one of the last places to visit in AU.
Sounds like we need to take another trip to Australia 🇦🇺😍
I'm glad that you didn't dwell on the colour of the Opera House.
The one in Norway better? 😝
Autumn (fall) is the BEST in New Zealand.
You guys were fixated on the colour of the Sydney Opera House and completely filled to see the majesty of the architecture. Btw: the building is meant to look egg shell white.
The park at 10min was the set in The Matrix Resolutions.