5 Historical Facts About The Sydney Tower Skywalk You Didn't Know

Do you want to see Sydney like you've never seen it before? The facts are: you will need to put on coveralls, you will need to put on a climbing harness and you will be over 250 metres above the street level. However, there is so much more to the great height you will experience that makes the Sydney Tower Skywalk so attractive both to tourists and locals. Here are some facts about the Sydney Skywalk that will spark your interest in completing the activity as well.

1. Whats it made of? How was this non-traditional looking structure built? In 1975, building started on Sydney Tower and it was not until 1981 that the public was allowed access to it. With a whopping cost of $36 million, a beautiful and eye catching structure was built on Market Street. At present the Sydney Tower Skywalk is one of the famous attractions in the CBD that can occupy as many as 960 people.

2. Donald Crone was the architect who came up with the design of the Sydney Tower in 1968. Early designs were said to have been scribbled on napkins, and were considered as an architects mad whim as other experts in the field of architecture believed that the design, and position of the tower was virtually impossible to erect. These doodles started to materialise in 1970 and became a reality on the completion and opening of the entire tower in 1981. Now Sydney Tower is home to one of the sought after sky walks in the world.

3. Engineering marvel. The Sydney Tower is made up of 46 prefab tubes which were put one on top the other and welded together. The tower head was hydraulically lifted as the turret grew in height. 56 steel cables stabilize the whole tower from weather and wind conditions. Such engineering ensures safety during the sky walk.

4. The tower has 420 windows, which are cleaned by a machine named Charlie", it takes 2 days for Charlie to clean all the windows using 50 litres of filtered and recycled water.

5. Sydney Tower has a lot of awards and commendations to its name. It is the tallest structure in Sydney and the second tallest in Australia. It is also classified as one of the safest buildings on the planet. The once ridiculed design is now a perfect sample of safety as it endures earthquakes and dangerous weather conditions. It has a shopping mall, two revolving restaurants, an observation deck, and a virtual reality theatre that provide visitors more than a sky walk experience. The spire functions as telecommunication transmitters and for purposes of navigation as well.

If you are a local to Sydney and have fancied to take on that Sydney Tower Skywalk for a new experience, you can start on these five facts about the tower and bring it to your sky walk. Surely you will see the structure and the Sydney Skywalk from a whole new perspective. There is so much heritage and history in this magnificent edifice that makes a sky walk more than just a trip to the top. Every crack, screw, cable, railing, flooring tells the story of an architects unorthodox tower design, and mans ingenuity of building it.