Posts Tagged ‘Bridge’
10 Places to visit to feel adrenaline
If these people are adventurous and have not they spend their money, lucky you, because I assure you that this list will make your dreams come true.
1. Base jumping in the New River Gorge Bridge, USA
If you come to Fayette County on the third Saturday of October, you can enjoy the ‘Bridge Day’, this day will offer demonstrations of rappelling, climbing and BASE jumping.
2. Bungee jumping at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Among the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia are the Victoria Falls. This place is ideal setting for bungee-jumping, in fact, is considered one of the highest waterfalls in the world.
3. Skydiving over Lake Taupo, New Zealand
Snow-capped volcanoes and stunning scenery in brochures invite everyone to visit this site. Lake Taupo is renowned as one of the best places to skydiving that includes more than a minute in freefall. Read the rest of this entry »
Cruises from Hawaii to Australia
Hawaii and Australia are 5706 miles and a considerable part of the Pacific Ocean side. Most travelers prefer to cover this distance the plane, but it is also possible to go by cruise ship, with several operators offer and have a number of other destinations, including the South Pacific islands and New Zealand.
Royal Caribbean
17-day cruises Royal Caribbean from Honolulu to Sydney, with the Radiance of the Seas, a stop at Tahiti and New Zealand on the road. After leaving Hawaii, the flagship carrier of cruise calls at Papeete, Moorea and Bora Bora in French Polynesia. The cruise stops in the largest city in New Zealand, Auckland, and the bay of the island before crossing the Tasman Sea to the last stop in Sydney, Australia.
Services and activities aboard the Radiance of the Seas include an indoor and an outdoor pool, fitness center and eight bars, clubs and restaurants, including Portofino Italian restaurant, an indoor golf simulator and a climbing wall rock. Read the rest of this entry »
The Sydney Harbour Bridge
The Sydney Harbour Bridge (Sydney Harbour Bridge), on Sydney Harbour, connect the financial heart of Sydney and the coast north of the city, mostly residential and commercial.
After more than eight years of construction was opened to the public on March 19, 1932. with a length of 49m. and a height of 134m. is an arch bridge type, all steel.
It was from 1815 that Francis Greenway proposed to build a bridge north to
south bank of the port. It took some time for this to become a reality with the design submissions in 1900. This was despite the Sir John Sulman’s suggestion that a tunnel was a better option. All submissions were considered inadequate and so the impetus for the bridge stood. However, after the First World War more serious plans were made, with an overall design for the Sydney Harbour Bridge prepared by JJC Bradfield and officers of the NSW Department of Public Works. Finally, an international competition was held, with Bradfield suggesting that the design was an arch bridge made of granite pylons at either end. Then global tenders invited by the government of New South Wales for the construction of the bridge in 1922 and the contract was left to the English firm Dorman Long & Co. of Middlesbrough. The winning design offer Dorman & Long (Recommended by the same Bradfield) proposed a simple arch (one of six alternatives) be built at both ends (using cable support) and joined in the center.