Aria & Sydney Flashcards
Opening
1999, Matt Moran - celebrity chef.
Co-owns SOLOTEL restaurant venues
Location
1 Macquarie Street, East Circular Quay
Name
Inspired by the musical term,
- a solo song during opera,
- Italian word direct translation for ‘air’ , also means ‘song’ ‘melody’
Has Greek, Latin, and Persian origins
- boy name (Persa), girl (Greek)
Why is it called Aria?
Musical concept reflects the restaurant’s focus on harmonising exquisite food and impeccable service in an elegant and artistic setting.
Awards
x2 Chef hats since 2005
Wine awards
Wine List of the Year Hall of Fame
Sydney Opera House
- Who won the rights to design it?
- Time to completion
- When was it first opened, by who?
- Costs
- Funding
- Location
- Tiles
- Closures
- Jorn Utzon
- 14yrs
- Queen Elizabeth II, 1973
- Estimated $7 M
- actual total of $102 M - Largely paid by the State Library
- Beenelong Point
- originally a fort, and later a tram shed - > 1 M tiles covering the sails
- Only Christmas Day and Good Friday
Performance Areas
(7)
- Concert Hall
- Opera Theatre
- Playhouse
- Drama Theatre
- The Studio
- The Forecourt
- The Utzon Room
Harbour Bridge
- Opening
- Time to complete
- Nickname
- Height
- Directed by
- Deaths
- Amount of steel
- Steam trains
- Colour
- Material origin
Public opening - March 19th 1932
8 years
The Coat Hanger
134m ^ sea
Dr John Bradfield
- Australian Engineer “the father of modern Sydney”
- 16 deaths, 2 from falling
- 6 million steel rivets to make shape
- 96 steam trains to test strength
Grey, only as no other paint colour had the quality to cover its size
- Steel mostly sourced from England, rest from BHP’s mill in Newcastle, NSW
Bridge facts
Largest steel bridge on the planet
10th longest-arch
Most climbed bridge in the world
Coffee cups
Mud Ceramics
Water jug
Fink Design
Coffee
Single O Killerbee Blend
Tea
Apotheca by Anthea
Steak Knife
Perceval 9.47
- refers to alcohol % of the wine they were drinking when they decided to create it
Lamps
NEOS
