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Sydney Opera House in Green on St Patrick’s Day

March 17, 2010
by Corinne Mossati

The Sydney Opera House was cloaked in green to mark 200 years of St Patrick’s Day celebrations in Australia. The iconic landmark put on a green evening dress tonight from 7.30 pm reminiscent of the Vivid Sydney light display.

Sydney Opera House St Patricks Day Green

Revellers in their green attire flocked to Irish pubs to celebrate over a few pints. With almost two million Australians with Irish heritage, it was no surprise to see long queues at the pubs down at the Sydney Rocks.  With Guinness as the ale of choice on this Wednesday March 17,  everyone can be Irish even just for one day.

Green and Guinness… to be sure to be sure.

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Happy St Paddy’s Day!

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Corinne Mossati

Corinne Mossati is a drinks writer, author of GROW YOUR OWN COCKTAIL GARDEN, SHRUBS & BOTANICAL SODAS and founder/editor of Gourmantic, Cocktails & Bars and The Gourmantic Garden. She has been writing extensively about spirits, cocktails, bars and cocktail gardening in more recent years. She is a spirits and cocktail competition judge, Icons of Whisky Australia nominee, contributor to Diageo Bar Academy, cocktail developer and is named in Australian Bartender Magazine's Top 100 Most Influential List. Her cocktail garden was featured on ABC TV’s Gardening Australia and has won several awards. She is a contributor to Real World Gardener radio program and is featured in several publications including Pip Magazine, Organic Gardener, Australian Bartender and Breathe (UK). Read the full bio here.

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5 Comments

    • Shannon: Isn’t it ever! We travel around the world taking in the best sights then we get awestruck at home with moments like these!
      Happy St Paddy’s Day to you! Hope you’re celebrating in style 🙂

  • The green has come up well on the sails. The Vivid Sydney  event last June set a high benchmark for “painting” the Opera House.

    • Mark: Hi and welcome 🙂
      At first sight, I thought the green was a little dark but when my eyes adjusted, I liked the type of glow it emitted. Vivid Sydney was splendid. I saw another projection on the Opera House sails last night (19/3) but nobody knew what it was for!