Just behind Circular Quay is the lovely customs house building. It probably had a great view of the harbour before they built the railway station and the flyover and all those 1960's office buildings. The whole area is an eyesore and only really fit for waiting for taxis and buses.
This is where the authorities kept out all of the undesirable stuff they didn't want corrupting the good people of Australia, you know, like non-whites and Cadbury's chocolate and Lady Chatterley's lover. And of course, it's produced a nation of Chinese immigrants, fake flake and internet porn, so it worked out well.
Anyway, they've tried to preserve the building though I don't think they knew how to fill the space so there's a huge area for browsing free newspapers, some computers where you can learn about the history of the indigenous Cadigal tribe and this bizarre model of Sydney under a glass floor, which is a bugger to photograph because of the glass atrium. Actually it's incredibly detailed and you feel kind of dizzy just walking on it.
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