FIREWORKS ON SYDNEY HARBOUR – A BRIEF HISTORY

FIREWORKS ON SYDNEY HARBOUR - A BRIEF HISTORY

Sydney Harbour has been the centre of fireworks displays from the very early days of the colony. In December  1855 they were used to mark the Fall of Sebastopol,  during the Crimean War. Military victories of  the ‘mother country’ were  celebrated with joy and pride by  the

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THE TAILORING OF THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE!

THE TAILORING OF THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE!

 A DECIDEDLY FISHY STORY! Back in the 1980s my partner Rob and I owned a little half cabin cruiser called Sixpence. I loved catching blue swimmer crabs in Mosman Bay. We also used to fish for snapper off Sydney Heads, although heavy swells often forced us to

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