The bridge walk was very exciting, despite the cloudy weather. Hundreds of thousands of people walked across the closed span, starting at 10 AM and ending around 7:30. We did it at 12:30 in a sea of walkers, and it took around 45 minutes to cross. Around 5:00, while we were waiting for a train out of town on the bridge approach ramp at the Milsons Point station, the bridge was still packed with people. Everyone got free bright green (or yellow?) souvenir hats. No corporate logos on the caps, by the way, and very little sponsor advertising anywhere else for that matter.The bridge was wired with sound--speeches, news reports and music representing each decade of the bridge's existence. As you walked along you passed through a soundscape of each era. Near the end of the walk, large wind chimes were strung across the top of the bridge with their music piped through loud speakers, maybe to give the effect of walking into the future. An engaging experience.
The photo of the Opera House was taken from the neighborhood of Kirribilli by Peter. We are standing a couple of blocks from the Prime Minister's house and the Glenferrie Lodge, where we stayed the night before the walk.
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