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Article: Surprising Sydney: Australia's first city abounds with bold adventures and colorful visions.(Port Of The Month)
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- Cruise Travel
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- September 1, 2004
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Even though I was tethered to a guard rail, I involuntarily gripped it as I looked down 32 stories from a narrow catwalk to the blue waters below where I stood on the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
"Sydney," said Vic Martin, our young guide, "might be just another port city, except for three things which, when you put them together, make the city extraordinary--the harbor, the opera house, and the bridge."
I had to wholeheartedly agree. And I could see by their awed expressions, there would be no argument from the 10 other people standing with me at that moment on the top, and in the middle, of the arch of the bridge, 440 feet above the water.
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