We toured the aquarium and zoo in Sydney on separate days. Given it was summer and school holidays we should have expected the mobs of people we encountered at both, and the large percentage of annoying children. The aquarium featured underwater “tubes” through which we land dwellers could walk and gain an unusual perspective on the sea creatures swimming all around. The zoo has a great location on a hillside across the harbor and is reached by ferry. It was a fine zoo, but it was also our fourth since arriving in Australia two months ago so we were a bit “zooed out.” Still, we particularly enjoyed the Chimpanzees, which for some reason we seldom see in zoos. They’re probably too busy solving puzzles given to them by people in lab coats.
Underwater viewpoint at the aquarium
A dugong (similar to a manatee) smiles for the camera
Another sleeping koala
Komodo Dragon
The ever popular meerkats
Not quite as popular iguanas
Waiting for a bus