The park occupies two points with a broad bay in between. The famous Opera House occupies the western point, with the much less famous Government House nearby. Pictured above, it was the home of the governors of New South Wales (of which Sydney is the capital). It's now open to the public for tours, which are a great idea because there's not much that's tour-worthy in Sydney. The other point is called Mrs. Macquarie's Point. Mrs. Macquarie was the wife of Sydney's most famous governor, who bequeathed his name to about sixty percent of all things nameable in Sydney. The governor's wife had a chair carved into the rock on this point, where she used to watch the boats from England sailing into the harbor. The chair is still a tourist attraction, although most people come for the quintessential Sydney photo of the Opera House and Harbour Bridge.

By the way, these photos come from later trips, when we finally have a digital camera (except for the schoolkids one, which is an internet ripoff). As you can see, the photos are a million times better quality, and they obviously are much easier blogwise, since I'm still taking old photos out of photo albums and scanning them, which is really slow. It also ruins the pics. Anyway, I think we have one more trip after Sydney before we make the digital switch, and I'm so excited! (Really, not sarcastically)