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I came across a contingent of girls running through the Sydney Circular Quay dressed in colourful outfits, singing, dancing and simply having a ball. Every now and than they would stop and serenade a person or a group of people in an outdoor restaurant with the old Johnny Burnette song “You’re Sixteen”. The song is better known from a cover by Ringo Starr. Here is its first verse:

“You come on like a dream, peaches and cream
Lips like strawberry wine
You’re sixteen, you’re beautiful and you’re mine”

Street performer on a bicycle high up

This street performer has kept his audience captive for a very long time. He was juggling a knife, an apple and a flaming torch underneath the Sydney Circular Quay bridge. The bicycle he stood on was placed on a 4m steel poll. He engaged many members of the audience in his act: few men to stabilise the poll and some girls to assist with the juggling objects. It was quite spectacular and deservingly the audience rewarded him accordingly with generous donations when the act was over.

Queen Mary 2 and an old rusty buoy

Queen Mary 2 is reportedly the biggest ocean liner build with a price tag of over 1 billion dollars. This impressive vessel is so big it could not dock in Circular Quay, where marine passenger terminal is located. Fancy a trip on this luxury ship? No problem, tickets range from 20000 to 250000 dollars per person.

Visit QE2 and QM2 in Sydney photographic gallery

This frost glass roofed walkway is located at Circular Quay, Sydney. It provides some shade from merciless summer sun. However, so few people use it. Why? Because the main walkway leads along the shore line just few meters to the left as we look at this photograph.

Have you ever been so tired you just had to have a nap?
It did not matter where or how as long as you got some rest. Seems this sleeping man was exactly feeling that, falling asleep in a very busy part of Circular Quay. While he had a good sleep, and while I was taking his photo another photographer with a medium format camera took a whole set of his photographs.

Today, a number of timer posts was replaced at Circular Quay, Pier 1. The unusual activity drew attention of passers by. This man spend quite a lot of time admiring the skill with which the timer posts were placed both by man and machine power. Situations like that are ideal for street portraiture as people are so absorbed with what they are watching the photographer has a lot more time to compose the image and set the exposure to his liking.

Aboriginal Elder

This aboriginal elder was accompanying his friend at a dijiridu performance at Sydney’s Circular Quay.

His strong facial feature and hand gesture prompted me to take the shot.