AU- 403743 Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The facility is adjacent to the Sydney central business district and the Royal Botanic Gardens.  It opened (finally) in October 1973 and was designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon.  A website had jokingly noted that “in the time it took to build the Opera House, the Vietnam war had come and gone, the Civil Rights Movement was over, and JFK had been assassinated. It took less time to put a man on the moon, than to build an opera house in Sydney.”

Though its name suggests a single venue, the Sydney Opera House comprises multiple performance venues which together are among the busiest performing arts centres in the world — hosting over 1,500 performances each year attended by some 1.2 million people.

The Sydney Opera House is an icon of Australia and is identified as one of the 20th century's most distinctive buildings and one of the most famous performing arts centres in the world. The website mentioned above said that it looks like “turtles humping” (lol)

This aerial view postcard came from Lindy (13 February 2015) Postcrossing.