SYDNEY TOWER NOW SYDNEY TOWER EYE

The Sydney Tower at Pitt Street has re-opened after a $3.5 million renovation as SydneyTower Eye. The attraction boasts of a new state-of-the-art 4D-cinema and a refurbished Observation Deck upgraded with interactive multi-lingual touchscreens and high-powered binoculars.

Tower operator Merlin Entertainments Group says it is happy to bring the ‘Eye’ brand to Sydney, but some Australians have been up in arms, saying the new identity has given Sydney tourism a bad name. 

DOWN, DOWN, AUSSIE $ IS DOWN!

Coles Supermarket’s “Down Down” jingle was ringing in my head when I read online that the Australian dollar was going down. A part of me wanted to shout out loud, ‘and stay down’!

You probably guessed by now why the news of a weakening Australian dollar mattered to this Singaporean student in Sydney. It hits the pocket! To be specific, my pocket, which has a big gaping hole created by the continued strengthening of the Australian dollar in the first half of 2011.