Another book I was unable to finish. I was expecting an exciting history book about Australia's oldest city, but unfortunately that was not to be found here.

The first few chapters deal with a list of bays and islands and peninsulas in Sydney harbour. Very dry and boring. I hoped the book would improve after that, but discovered that once the tour of the harbour was completed, the list of individual Sydney streets began. I flipped forward to discover that the rest of the book would be like this. I usually pride myself on my ability to read difficult and boring books, but eventually had to admit defeat. ( )