Now perhaps some of you will be
surprised to hear … but the weather was horrendous! Whilst we are both used to
the English weather, neither of us were expecting torrential rain with gail
force winds! We therefore decided that our driest option would be at the
aquarium, where six million tons of water is contained behind glass!
Located in the heart of Sydney at Darling Harbour, the
aquarium is one of the world’s largest and is home to over 13,000 animals. Two
of these being 'Dugongs' which I was looking forward to meeting!
After a spot of lunch we headed to the aquarium. Unfortunately everyone
else had the same idea as us and it was very busy! Thankfully our cheaper
groupon tickets meant that we did not have to queue(result)! We did
however have to wait to have some cheesy photo's taken, pretending we were
next to a shark! (amusing)
First up in the aquarium was lots of tropical fish (finding nemo), along with some
naughty/rude turtles >>>
After some lovely fish we then met some rather creepy 'Japenese Spider
Crabs', these crabs are giants! Apparently their claws can grow 4m claw to
claw. I definitely do not fancy meeting one of these out in the sea
anytime soon!
Next up was the endangered 'Dugongs' apparently there's only 6 left
in the entire world! A personal favourite of mine, considering there size they
were so cute!
Last up was the sharks, safe to say they definitely saved the best till last!
Themed as the 'Great Barrier Reef' it's a massive walk through tunnel! I
don't think either of us had ever seen so many sharks! It's made me want to swim with them even more now!
Overall the aquarium was by far the best I have ever visited. Whilst it had all the usual fish you would expect to see, the last tanks with the dugongs and sharks easily make it the best.
Please click on the slideshow below to see all the Sea Life pictures :)
Hey, Dugong, who ate all the pies??!!!
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