We visited the city today to see two locations. Firstly we stopped off at the new Frank Gehry designed "Dr Chau Chak Wing building at Sydney's University of Technology". The building is named after an Australian-Chinese benefactor who has donated £13.9 million to UTS which is blatantly obvious as his name is displayed in gigantic lettering on two facades. The structure is to provide teaching, research and office accommodation for the UTS Business School. Detractors have likened it to a crumpled paper bag but I found it to be otherwise, a pleasant relief from the crisp vertical lines of Sydney's skyscrapers.
After detouring via Paddy's Markets and Darling Harbour, we headed towards Dawes Point where ninety warriors modelled on China's terracotta army were to be lit up as part of Sydney's Chinese New Year Festival. As was to be expected, the crowds were horrendous and it was impossible to choose a composition. All we could do was press the shutter and hope.
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