Taking advantage of the fact that I'm half an our early and my partner is half an hour late, I shelter from the heat in Customs House Library air-con and the fill in the time taking photos. A very polite security guard asks if my photos are for personal use only. I say yes and he says that's okay.
Built in 1845, Customs House operated customs services till 1990, and now it houses the City of Sydney Library, restaurant and function venues.
Considering its early purpose I guess its fitting its now a library:
The dual role of Customs was to raise revenue by taxing trade and to keep society physically and morally isolated from socially unacceptable goods, products, ideas and diseases
(from the website)
