【正文】 declined to the level of an urban eyesore before being reinvented as Darling Harbour in the 1980s by a bination of vision, planning, politicking, forbearance and huge amounts of cash. The emphasis is on casual fun and enjoyment of the kind appreciated by families with small children and coach tourists. The highlights are the Sydney Aquarium, the Australian National Maritime Museum, the water sculpture, the Chinese Garden, the massive IMAX cinema, and the nearby Powerhouse Museum, Sydney39。s dramatic glasses. It was built between 1959 and 1973, but plagued with construction delays and political difficulties which culminated in the resignation of Utzon in 1966. Although some visitors are disappointed by the interior, designed by a consortium of Australians after Utzon quit, it39。s one of the great performance arts centers in the world, Lynch says. The performing arts in Australia have blossomed, I think, largely because of the role that this building plays.Visitors are drawn to more than the performances. The plex holds cafes and shops, too. Today, more than 300,000 visitors tour the opera house each year.And with the eyes of the world turning to Australia for the year 2000 and its Summer Olympic Games there, it39。t finished until 14 years later in 1973, with a $100 million Australian (US $66 million) price tag. Utzon didn39。s design was chosen. The irony was that his design was, arguably, beyond the capabilities of engineering of the time. Utzon spent a couple of years reworking the design and it was 1961 before he had solved the problem of how to build the distinguishing feature the 39?？祭拖つ岣鑴≡旱挠⑽慕榻BThe Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is a thickset arboreal marsupial herbivore native to Australia, and the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae.The Koala is found in coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia, from near Adelaide to the southern part of Cape York Peninsula. Populations also extend for considerable distances inland in regions with enough moisture to support suitable woodlands. The Koalas of South Australia were largely exterminated during the early part of the 20th century, but the state has since been repopulated with Victorian stock. The Koala is not found in Tasmania or Western Australia.The Sydney Opera House is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on Bennelong Point. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect J248。sails39。t stick around for the pletion. He left in 1966, disgusted with changes the New South Wales government wanted to make to his design as early as the first year of construction, for example, officials had demanded he double the number of performance spaces in the facility. Utzon vowed never to return. I don39。s a safe bet that the Sydney Opera House will remain the nation39。s a truly memorable place to see a performance or to sit at one of its outdoor cafes with a bottle of white wine and watch harbour life go by. The Opera House hosts theatre, classical music, ballet and film, as well as the seasonal opera performances. There is free music on the prow of the Opera House on weekends and a craft market on the forecourt on Sunday.The RocksThe Rocks is the oldest, quaintest part of Sydney. Today it is unrecognizable from the squalid, overcrowded and plagueridden place it used to be. Reinvented by visionaries in the building industry and the trade union movement in the 1970s, the Rocks is now a sanitized, historical tourist precinct, full of cobbled streets, colonial buildings and stuffed koalas. If you ignore the kitsch, a stroll around the Rocks can be delightful. Attractions include the weekend market, the Earth Exchange geological and mining museum, and numerous craft shops and art galleries.But it39。s most spectacular museum.Bondi BeachBondi Beach is the grand dame of Sydney39。這是澳大利亞最大的城市，它擁有300多萬人口。還有一個動物園和考拉熊公園。沖浪是悉尼最受歡迎的體育項(xiàng)目。維多利亞港是其中一個最大和最漂亮的和被悉尼人民稱做衣架的悉尼