First place to visit in Sydney is the AMP Tower. It gives an orientation on Sydney, esp the city! There's a free guide every hour which will give you an overview and brief history of the whole thing! This also includes a SkyTour~ a great Australian Expedition. Its a virtual tour around Australia. There's also two revolving restaurants above the tower.
What is it?
- The AMP Tower is a member of the World Federation of Great Buildings.
- Each year an event called the "Tour Run Up" has runners scale the 1312 steps (1504 total) to the top. They start at the podium level (30m up) and run 94 flights of stairs with 13 steps each. Record is 6 minutes, 52 seconds set in 1998.
- The tip of the Tower is 320 metres above sea level.
- Eight-floor turret, "golden basket", has 420 windows.
- To the top of the turret roof is 275 metres.
- The lengthy 7-year construction period was chiefly due to work stoppages, yet the project was on budget at $26 million.
- Called Sydney Tower during design and construction, opened as Centrepoint Tower, then renamed AMP Tower in 1998.
- AMP Tower is stabilized by 56 cables.
- AMP Tower was sold in mid 2002 and now owned by Westfields PTY LTD. A lightning rod was added to the top of spire in 1998 which extended its overall height to 309m (327m above sea level).
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Phone: 92319300
Address: 100 Market Street
Directions: Above Centrepoint building at MArket Street
Website: http://www.sydneyskytour.com.au/
Other Contact: Open: 9am - 10.30pm
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on May 13, 2004
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