Atop Sydney's harbor bridge: incredible views and maybe a fear of heights cure
SYDNEY, Australia - The view over Sydney's harbor is postcard-perfect.
Long blue fingers of water reach into the metropolis, creating peaceful mini-harbors cluttered with sailing ships.
Yellow ferries and gleaming yachts crisscross the harbor, surrounded by a city of cliffs, palms, evergreens and, beyond, the famous beaches of Bondi and Manly.
The Opera House, ceramic sails unfurled, sits at the heart - an architectural marvel and a survivor of cost overruns and political backbiting that now, half a century later, is Sydney's Eiffel Tower.
Soaring above it all is a steel arch bridge, the largest and widest of its kind in the world, carrying traffic in eight lanes, trains in two and joggers and cyclists in two others.
It also
