Seeing The Sydney Opera House

The best thing about the iconic Sydney Opera House is its famous facade. Instantly recognizable, no matter the view, the angle, the sightline. Just wander around the harbor and keep looking back for a different perspective.

Oh, there you are, just beyond a blah building and hordes of people. Can't miss it.

Find the right location and it looks like the opera house is puking up the harbor bridge. Zoom in on the roof and it reveals a sea of intricate tile work.

Harborside view of the back of the building, too wide for the widest angle camera lens.

Looming everywhere, from inside the Royal Botanic Gardens and across the harbor beyond a boardwalk promenade.

Big things. Giant cruise ship arriving behind a glass skinned restaurant.

The Pen Museum In Gundagai Is Open

The great thing about small town Australia is that anyone with a giant collection of whatever can easily turn it into a museum. Keep hoarding until you've outgrown your house. Ask the city council for an underused public building. Open your museum. Good for you, good for town tourism, good for head scratching visitors.

First things first with a pen museum, learn how to write. Glommed on to the back of the Australian Pen Museum is a recreation of a one room schoolhouse.

Get your Vana of Church or England exercise book open. Do a good job and maybe you get a stamp of your great country.

Ok, how about all those pens. Writing implements on the left, important documents on the right.

So many pens, so many colors, so many super detailed labels. A passion, obsession. The ink well collection is fun. Is the pen mightier than a cowboy with a rifle?

Pen museum front entrance, saving an iconic building on main street from being just another empty shell. Australia has enough cafes and op shops.