Today we looked at lots of things in displays and cages.
This morning alarms came and alarms went. We ‘slept' in’ until 8.30am – very late in holiday time! After some yummy toast we headed off to catch the ferry over to Taronga Zoo. Brrrr, it was cold this morning – nine degrees on the wharf and very windy. This meant that the hat, scarf and gloves came out pretty quickly – fashion statement, perhaps not.
The sun was still shining at this point and Franzi and I enjoyed basking in it as the ferry crossed the harbour. A pretty trip. We arrived at the zoo just in time to see the Seal Show. It was very cute – of course, I have seen it all before (well, perhaps not the seal doing the double back flip) but it was all new for Franzi and she certainly enjoyed it.
After that we walked pretty quickly through the Australian Animal section (very much been there, done that now, even for Franzi!). We DID see a Platypus though, which was lucky cause they are usually so hard to spot. There were also spiders, possums, snakes and some very cute sugar gliders – Australian Animals done and dusted :)
We saw giraffes, elephants, snakes, lizards – you know, all the zoo things. Franziska had never seen gorillas before, which was fun. The spiders and snakes also made quite an impact.
We were there for a good two and bit hours, including a mission for hot chips at lunch time. We took the ferry back – sitting inside this time, the weather was beginning to turn (and it pretty much got progressively worse across the day).
So off we trekked to the Powerhouse Museum, through the rain and the freezing wind (with our flimsy feeble umbrellas). I made lots of jokes about the Museum being closed or being renovated when we got there seeing as we had to walk so far. When we arrived – oh look, half the museum is closed for renovations! Ah well, we’d come so far we were going to look around
Franziska and my version of ‘looking around’ basically consisted of finding any exhibit that had buttons to push. I don’t think we read one bit of information. We became rather preoccupied playing Frogger, PacMan and Donkey Kong on an old video game station at one point and there was also some random iPad game that we spent way too long on.
We also spent a very long time in a rotating tube that makes you feel like the whole room is spinning – something about simulating weightlessness in space.
After a solid hour and a half pushing buttons on things we headed off to the Aquarium. Franziska liked the sharks and the fish. I liked the dugong. I nearly bought a dugong soft toy that rolls around on the floor laughing. There was much purchasing of souvenirs in the shop before heading out into the now pouring rain. Hmmm, taxi back.
Pizza for dinner! There was Saltwater Crocodile Pizza on the menu so of course this needed to be ordered (plus a safe cripsy bacon pizza just in case). It was very bizzare. A mix between chicken and fish. I can’t say I would order it again but it was certainly edible. Eaten crocodile and kangaroo – tick. it was nice just sitting there, drinking wine, chatting….and planning next year’s holiday!
Finally back to the warm hostel for a night of internet, relaxation and book reading whilst we listened to the rain. So cosy :)
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