It was Cerys’s last day of summer
holidays today and we still had tickets for the Sea Life Aquarium in Darling
Harbour so that is what we decided to do. After breakfast we got ready and
caught the bus into Manly. From there we caught the fast ferry into Circular
Quay again and then the normal ferry to Darling Harbour.
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| The Fast Ferry |
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| The ferry wharfs in Circular Quay |
We went straight to the aquarium
and skipped the queue because we already had tickets. We soon found out that it was a very
interesting place, quite different to the one in Manly.
There was much to see here and some of the first were these little sand crawlers which looked like fish but lived mostly out of the water.
There was much to see and do here as we made our way around.
There was even a small boat ride which took us into a very cold place where the Penguins lived.
When we reached there and left the boat to get a closer look at the penguins, there appeared to be two different types of them there. I believe one was called the Emperor Penguin but I am not sure about the other.
From there we went to see the star attractions of the Aquarium. Related to the Manatee these creatures are called Dugong and can weigh up to 300kg.
The Dugong is a medium-sized marine mammal. It is the only living representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae and is the only strictly marine herbivorous mammal. The northern waters of Australia between Shark Bay and Moreton Bay are believed to be the Dugong's contemporary stronghold.
The eats about 140 kilos of lettuce a day and we arrived as they were receiving their latest feed. The lettuce is inserted into frames which were lowered into the water so that they could 'graze' on the food. They are not surface feeders, normally feeding on sea grass seaweed which they shake vigorously to remove sand before eating. The lettuce you see floating would be left untouched.
having seen everything we decided to leave and we wandered back along Darling Harbour on the way to Wynyard Station. We had plenty of time to stop for some late lunch on the way though.
Then it was on the train back to Chatswood
There was much to see here and some of the first were these little sand crawlers which looked like fish but lived mostly out of the water.
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| Sand Crawlers |
There was much to see and do here as we made our way around.
There was even a small boat ride which took us into a very cold place where the Penguins lived.
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| It was dark during the boat ride to Penguin Island |
From there we went to see the star attractions of the Aquarium. Related to the Manatee these creatures are called Dugong and can weigh up to 300kg.
The Dugong is a medium-sized marine mammal. It is the only living representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae and is the only strictly marine herbivorous mammal. The northern waters of Australia between Shark Bay and Moreton Bay are believed to be the Dugong's contemporary stronghold.
The eats about 140 kilos of lettuce a day and we arrived as they were receiving their latest feed. The lettuce is inserted into frames which were lowered into the water so that they could 'graze' on the food. They are not surface feeders, normally feeding on sea grass seaweed which they shake vigorously to remove sand before eating. The lettuce you see floating would be left untouched.
having seen everything we decided to leave and we wandered back along Darling Harbour on the way to Wynyard Station. We had plenty of time to stop for some late lunch on the way though.
Then it was on the train back to Chatswood
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