These steps connect East Circular Quay with Macquarie Street and, unusually in Sydney are constructed of hard wearing basalt known as Melbourne bluestone rather than the softer golden sandstone of Sydney, less suitable for heavily trafficked areas. Originally the steps connected the Wharf with the wool stores, bond stores and warehouses in Macquarie Street commemorated by a plaque at the top off the steps.
Across the water is the Museum of Contemporary Art.
That's what I was trying to convey. And I was really interested in what it must have been like in the early days of colonisation when the wharf was a bustling port area rather than as it is now, an arts, restaurant and tourism precinct! @taffy
