Sydney is a city that never sleeps. She’s like a big kid with a bag full of toys.

She ain’t cheap but she’s full of charm. Despite the high maintenance, I’m hooked on her for life.

Listening to the fruit bats up in the Port Jackson fig trees at night. Having a schooner of beer in a World Heritage-listed sandstone pub. Being with friends and family, sitting on a picnic rug watching the ferries whiz by Sydney Harbor.

The view, the company, and the weather.

Bush fires and expensive real estate.

The pristine mix of nature and man-made environments.

She is a sexy lady who looks after herself. She is athletic, relaxed, full of secrets but open and free without restraint.

Sebastien Salgado, photographer; Wes Anderson, movie director; and Ando Hiroshige, wood block artist and painter.