MyGeography assessment

The Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Opera House is a masterpiece of late modern architecture by Jørn Upton that pushed architecture and engineering to new limits, and which has had an enduring influence on late 20th century architecture and beyond. The design represents an extraordinary interpretation and response to the setting in Sydney Harbor.

Today, the Sydney Opera House is one of the busiest performing arts centers in the world, each year staging up to 2500 performances and events, drawing around 1.5 million patrons, and attracting an estimated 4 million visitors.

The Sydney Opera House was inscribed on the World Heritage list in 2007.


The reason the Sydney Opera House is no the list is inaugurated in 1973, the Sydney Opera House is a great architectural work of the 20th century that brings together multiple strands of creativity and innovation in both architectural form and structural design. A great urban sculpture set in a remarkable waterscape, at the tip of a peninsula projecting into Sydney Harbor, the building has had an enduring influence on architecture.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

It is about 200,000 ha in North America with more than 3,500 plants species and nearly as many trees. There are lots of endangered animal species the salamander have the biggest variety of anywhere in the world. The hardwood forest not has not been touched by man and it has the biggest group of red spruce trees in the world. There is a lot of rain and streams that is why the salamander live like it there.

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The ships that brought so many of the ancestors of the Anglo residents of modern day Australian to the island that would pay penance for their treatment of the indigenous tribes by being forced to admit they were also responsible In fact, the design of the Sydney Opera House is not based upon sails of wooden ships.

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The Sydney Opera House was in includedworld national list 2005 under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.And of the new south wales in 2003 under the Heritage Act 1977 and you must.have taken inside or outside the boundaries of a National Heritage place or a World Heritage property that may have a significant impact on the heritage values is prohibited without the approval of the Minister for the Environment and Heritage.

After completing these questions for both of your sites, select one to prepare a detailed travel itinerary. Your itinerary should clearly identify:The Sydney Opera House

  1. How someone would get to the site (from Amidala)

You get on a train the train well takes 8 hour when you get to SydneyCircular Quay is a five to seven minute walk from the Sydney Opera House. You can catch buses, trains and ferries to Circular Quay. To ensure your public transport needs can be met and for further information please contact

2./what activities they would undertake at the site (which should include specialist inputs wherever possible)

The things you can do at The Sydney Opera House isGuides provide insights into the history of the 'house' and take participants to the major theatres and halls.

A one-hour tour departs daily around 12pm, but it is best to call and confirm the departure time as it depends on the availability of the theatres. Bookings are essential.

Eating out

Dine in one of the world's iconic buildings at one of Australia's great restaurants, Guillaume at Bennelong, which has one accessible level (Box Office foyer level). This can be accessed via the Stage Door.

You may prefer to dine harbourside at one of the many cafés and restaurants on the promenade leading to the Opera House

3./how many days these activities would take – ie. A sense of timeline

Relevant pictures and specific details to accompany your individual activities; you may wish to include accommodation if this is relevant to the sense of experience but it is not a required element

  1. WHERE IS IT?:Explain where it is; you must include one or more maps and the specific latitudinal and longitudinal references
  2. WHAT’S INVOLVED?:Explain what it looks like and what is involved with the site – its key elements (photos relevant)
  3. WHY IS IT WORLD HERITAGE?:Explain why it was selected as a World Heritage site by establishing:
  4. how does it meet the criteria for World Heritage; and
  5. why is it significant for humanity

After completing these questions for both of your sites, select one to prepare a detailed travel itinerary. Your itinerary should clearly identify:

  1. TRAVEL:how someone would get to the site (from Armidale)
  2. ACTIVITIES:what activities they would undertake at the site (which should include specialist inputs wherever possible)
  3. TIMELINE:how many days these activities would take – ie. a sense of timeline
  4. DETAILS:relevant pictures and specific details to accompany your individual activities; you may wish to include accommodation if this is relevant to the sense of experienqdqbdce but it is not a required element