Australia, New Zealand & the South Pacific - Queen visits Sydney Opera HouseView Full Version : Queen visits Sydney Opera House tcook052 Mar 12, 06, 11:57 pm While a new article, I thought it worthy of inclusion here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4800364.stm The Queen has opened a new wing of Australia's Sydney Opera House - which she called "the symbol of a nation". LZ-HMI Mar 17, 06, 6:10 am Main purpose of her visit, of course, was in MEL. :p Feebster Mar 18, 06, 3:24 am Yep..she had to go there to open the special olympics :p Itsalongwaydown Mar 18, 06, 6:19 am Yep..she had to go there to open the special olympics :p Where a lot of big Olympic and World records are being broken and Olympic record holders are being beaten. ^ :p shillard Mar 18, 06, 4:59 pm Main purpose of her visit, of course, was in MEL. :p Opening the Empire Games? Itsalongwaydown Mar 18, 06, 8:49 pm Opening the Empire Games? Quite right now old chat! :p tcook052 Mar 26, 06, 1:06 am Hopefully Her Majesty wasn't made to pay for the Opera House tour as I read in today's travel section in my local newspaper about the writer taking the tour and how it was 90 minutes and costs something like AUD 26.00. :eek: Efrem Mar 30, 06, 11:21 am Hopefully Her Majesty wasn't made to pay for the Opera House tour as I read in today's travel section in my local newspaper about the writer taking the tour and how it was 90 minutes and costs something like AUD 26.00. :eek:Can't speak for HRH, but when I took it a couple of years ago it was definitely worth the price. |