Left Cairns today at 11ish.

Arrived in Sydney at 4ish

Hired a car and drove to the hotel. After Cairns: traffic was a nightmare. Lots of one way systems. Parking was a bitch. Sydney is just like a proper city!

Here's the view from the hotel window. It's not Sydney harbor.  It's a small harbor to the left on the map (your left, not mine as I'm in the Southern hemisphere):