Sydney sights

The pride Mardi gras was alot of fun. The parade was 3 hours long! Then the after party was packed with lots of people - needless to say it was a long night. Boy George was there as a DJ. Next year will be the 30th annual pride fest.

We started off our sightseeing with a harbor cruise. Then went off to see Wildlife world, which is kinda like a zoo with all sorts of Australian creatures. The aquarium was next then the sky tower.




Eustacia and I on a harbor cruise

city skyline with skytower to left

Sydney harbor - 456 feet tall and 1650 feet long. There are tours you can go on that lets you climb to the top of the bridge where the flags are - there's a group almost to the top which takes about 3 hours to climb up and back down.





















Sydney opera house


Thorny devil - they don't drink water at all. When they get thirsty they walk into a small pool of water and it absorbs through their feet all over their body where is finally drips from the horns near their eyes.

Wallabies - mom with joey


















Koala bear - interesting that they only eat eucalyptus leaves... about 2kg (4 1/2lbs) of leaves per day with gives them the nutritional equivalent of 1 steak. When the koala babies are born the first thing they eat is pap (a greenish stool) from their mother which gives them the bacteria to digest the leaves which are poisonous. They average on 20 hours of sleep per day.






Cassowary - Australia's largest animal. Most weigh 60kg (132 lbs) with the largest at 83kg (182 lbs). They have really strong legs and sharp toe nails that can kill humans. They lay the 3rd largest eggs in the world (1st being ostrich and 2nd being emu). There are only about 1500 left in the world and are an endangered species.

Python at the Wildlife world.

















Feathered torpedo penguin at aquarium














Lion fish at the aquarium















View of Sydney harbor from Sky Tower.