Sydney Excursion Assignment

By Dariea, Adina, Tennille, Sarah and Courtney

The Indigenous people inhabited the rocky headland and surrounding shoreline for thousands of years. The Rocks is a place where you can explore Cadman's Cottage, eat in restaurants located in some of the oldest surviving buildings in Sydney.

The Rocks

That transportation was a punishment and that convicts should be subject to hard labour and strict control. Its construction also signalled that the colony of New South Wales was no longer a temporary penal building but a permanent settlement.

The Hyde Park Barracks

As many as 800 families living on the path ways of the harbour bridge construction were kicked away from their places on the path way with no where to live.

The Sydney Harbour Bridge

Darling Harbour is one of Sydney's most popular recreation spots with over 1.3 million people visiting the sunny foreshore precinct each year. The first thing you see when you go to Darling Harbour is the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Darling Harbour

Parliament House is a place where they use to debate about issues that help our Community. Parliament House was meant to be a church. However when it was built it was use as parliament chambers.

Parliament House

Mr Greg Piper is a local member for New South Wales parliament. He is one of the local members of Lake Macquarie. He is the mayor and the people that went to Sydney were lucky enough to meet him.

Mr. Greg Piper

At Taronga Zoo there are many types of animals like Monkeys, Elephants, Tigers, Koalas, Kangaroos, Seals, Birds, Giraffes, Reptiles, Meerkats, Zebras, Hippos and lots more. There are some animals that are almost extinct.

At Taronga Zoo

That was the 5/6 Excursion to Sydney