{"id":2159,"date":"2009-10-25T08:14:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-25T08:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/?p=2159"},"modified":"2009-10-25T08:14:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-25T08:14:00","slug":"breakfast-on-the-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2009\/10\/breakfast-on-the-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakfast on the Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Source: AFP<\/p>\n

Thousands sat down to breakfast on the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Sunday after the iconic structure was closed to traffic and carpeted with grass for the first time for a giant picnic.<\/p>\n

About 6,000 early risers were on the steel bridge from 6:30 am to take part in the two-hour event designed to showcase Sydney’s best food and outdoor lifestyle.<\/p>\n

As accordion players and trumpeters provided the background music, those who had won tickets to the picnic in a random lottery munched on fruit, pastries, muesli, yoghurt, and the staple Australian breakfast spread Vegemite.<\/p>\n

“It’s amazing to see the bridge in this perspective,” said Sydneysider Don Fuchs of the structure which is used by about 100,000 cars daily.<\/p>\n

“Usually you sit in the car, you cross it, and that’s it.”<\/p>\n

“It was beautiful,” said Linda Curnow who attended the picnic with her family. “The grass was so thick it was like being in your back yard.”<\/p>\n

New South Wales state Premier Nathan Rees said the event was set to become an annual feature of Sydney’s month-long October food festival.<\/p>\n

About 45,000 people applied for tickets to the breakfast for which people brought their own food but were able to taste samples from some of the state’s best producers.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think we were ever doubtful of the success of this event today,” a government spokesman told AFP. “It was a unique world first for this iconic attraction. This type of event typifies the Australian personality.”<\/p>\n

Organisers are planning to use about 40 percent of the grass on Sydney parks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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