Traffic Jams On Land and Water , , and No Desire to Sit in a Hole Drinking Chardonnay
Spectator, The; London › August 21, 2009
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I've always been told to look above the sight-line when assessing a place. It is true that the upper stories of Sydney's old colonial buildings are often at charming variance with the garish shop-fronts below. Like other cities with a host of new office blocks, however, the upper skyline is like a business almanack of neon signs, advertising Canon, Samsung and Ernst and Young alongside hotels such as the Shangri-La and the Intercontinental.
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Traffic Jams On Land and Water , , and No Desire to Sit in a Hole Drinking Chardonnay
If you stand on the shore near the Barrenjoey lighthouse to the north of the great Sydney conurbation and look out to sea you will observe, on the horizon, ships queueing in line.
They are waiting to enter the port of Newcastle, a hundred or more miles away.There they will load up with coal to feed the vora...See the full content of this document
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