Indonesian proverb once says, “a good nation is a nation who respect their history”, and it is the first thought that came up on my mind when I arrived in Sydney. There are a lot of very old buildings in Sydney, and it lives side-by-side with the newer building built in the modern days of metropolitan Sydney. This is another face of Sydney that I would like to explore, a good old Sunday morning around the Rocks area, which is the first place that impressed me in Sydney, instead of the Harbor Bridge and Sydney Opera House, no offence to Sydneysiders. However, with the people more concerns with global warming and making Sydney a sustainable city, what would happen to these beautiful buildings?
This is a slideshow of old buildings in the Rocks area, where everything seems to stay the same since the first glass of beer brewed in this area. It should be the reminder of all the Sydney people, even though these building may not be pass the sustainability standard, it is still the part of Sydney city, another side of Sydney face that is beautiful. This is where the Australians should learn from the Indonesians, to respect one’s history is to be one good nation, and I believe Australia is a good nation.
