Today I left mum and dads and headed down to Sydney. The rains were drying up in Newcastle but the forecast in Sydney remained gloomy.
I headed down to Darling Harbour since I wanted to visit ‘Wildlife: Sydney Zoo’, the new name for what used to be called Australia’s Wildlife World. I’d been here many years ago and wanted to see how it had held up.
That’s a whistling duck, one of the animals on display. The ‘zoo’ is a linear walk through several displays mostly concentrating on the big hitters like koalas and kangaroos.
It took me about 90 minutes to see everything, including the (brief) ‘outback show’ and ‘kangaroo show’, which isn’t much for $40. Also most of the animals enclosures are behind glass, so you don’t feel as close to them as you do in a place like Blackbutt (which is free).
That said, they have some nice reptile, amphibian and insect exhibits. But I think the reduction in size (due to the building of Madame Tussaud’s) had been detrimental to this park, and if you’re interested in seeing Oz animals just take the time and visit Taronga.
That’s a giant octopus attacking a sub berthed at the maritime museum. I was a bit worn out today, but I may visit later this week.
After Wildlife I headed into the CBD for some shopping. At Kinokuniya they have an astonishing display of paper flowers that I hope Bernard got to see before he left.
Yes they’re all made of paper.
The rest of the day was spent with Adam watching TV, laughing and (much later) collaborating on a series of unique postcards…