12/24/05
Sydney Tower
For Christmas Eve we decided to make reservations at Sydney Tower for
dinner. It's a Sydney landmark, built in the 70s, and opened in the
early 80s, and rises over 300 meters above the center of the city. This
multi-level observation tower has levels for sightseeing, and revolving
restaurants. One level has a buffet style restaurant that we felt would
be more suitable for our two-year-old, so up we went.
As we walked off the elevator I felt I stepped into a time warp! I
don't know if the other levels were decorated in the same fashion, but
I'm sure the buffet level had not changed a bit since its original
design from the 70s. I was surrounded by gold vinyl seats and red
carpeting, and from the looks of it, I don't think they meant for this
look to be "retro."
The buffet restaurant is known locally to be overpriced providing
substandard food, and it did not fail at its reputation, but I felt the
view would compensate for the meal. Ironically, as the revolving
restaurant turned to face two of Sydney's landmarks, I found them both
to be obstructed! The two arrows point to the Harbour Bridge, and the
Sydney Opera House, blocked by modern buildings that were erected after
this tower was built.
After about an hour we had made a full revolution of our view, and
headed back down to ground level. As negative as I sounded on this
post, I actually had a good time. It was another experience worth
remembering for our trip to Sydney!
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