Kate Fullagar, a celebrated historian is sitting in a cafe high above Sydney’s Circular Quay, where the green and gold ferries dock and depart amid that Whiteley-esque vista of azure harbour, totemic bridge and opera house.
On such a fine day the scene seems almost a cliche for its globally recognised picture postcard perfection. The way the urban architectural seamlessly meets the natural at harbour’s edge, it’s as if it were always like this.
