Tower sights in Sydney
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Sydney Tower & Skywalk
The 309m-tall Sydney Tower (built 1970–1981) is about as high as Sydneysiders get without wings or drugs – the 360-degree views from 250m up are unbeatable. On a clear day you’ll see west to the Blue Mountains, south to Botany Bay, east across the harbour to the silvery Pacific and down onto the city streets. Watch rain squalls shift across the suburbs on a stormy day… If you’re planning on visiting Sydney Aquarium or Sydney Wildlife World, check out the discounted combined tickets. Luke Skywalker aspirations? A relatively recent addition to Sydney’s big-ticket tourist checklist is Skywalk : don a spiffy ‘skysuit’, shackle yourself to the safety rail and step …
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Governors Phillip & Macquarie Towers
With much hullabaloo, plans were drawn up in the 1980s to develop the site of Governor Phillip’s first Government House, which had been semiderelict for 50 years. At the block’s northern end the remnant foundations of Government House were converted into First Government House Plaza and the Museum of Sydney, with Governors Phillip & Macquarie Towers looming large behind them. Clad in steel, granite and glass, Governor Phillip Tower (1993) is Sydney’s second-tallest building (254m including antennae), with the third-highest roofline. Its distinctive metallic-bladed top has earned it the nickname ‘the Milk Crate’.
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