Sydney - Queen Victoria Building

I walked up to a cool-o building that was mentioned in my guide books and pointed out by my airport-to-hotel taxi driver, the Queen Victoria building. It's a beautiful old building that has been restored, and is now filled with swanky shops. See http://www.qvb.com.au/IPOH/QVB/me.get?site.sectionshow&PAGE448

Aside: I'm kinda weirded out by all the royal street names: King, George, Elizabeth, etc. How did the USA escape all this monarchistic nonsense?

Here are some photos (my camera wasn't charged, so I had to use my phone). The place is 4 stories (well, ground, 1, 2, 3, partial 4, basement), has beautiful iron railings and mosaic floors, and stained glass windows.











I really liked this shark serpent thingy on one of the windows.









There are these really cool clocks suspended; one does its show on the hour, the other on the half hour. (Both these photos are of the same clock)












And a neat iron spiral staircase.