Trip to Sydney – Day 2: The Sydney Aquarium
Ahh Christmas Eve and barely a single Christmas decoration in sight. Australians really don't seem to get into the whole Christmas holiday spirit here, sparse amounts of decoration at best and maybe a few Christmas carols here and there. But anyway, onto the day...Craig and I took the train into Circular Quay (pronounced key) which is only a few minutes ride away from where we were staying. From there we spent most of the day at the Sydney Aquarium looking at all the neat underwater animals they had. There were all sorts of neat and weird looking creatures there including a shark tank that you can walk through via a tunnel that was put underneath it. Looking upwards we could see sharks, sting rays and other various sea creatures swimming above us.
Craig and I found this sign most humorous, but the message is so true.
As with most crocodiles in the zoo this one wasn't doing much.
On the way back to the train station from Circular Quay I spotted what looked like the base of a highly decorated (and very sparkly) Christmas tree inside a mall. I called Craig over to investigate with me and to our surprise we found that the tree was indeed huge. It took up all 3 floors of the mall with a total height of 24 meters or 78.7 feet and was made by Swarovski. According to the sign at the base of the tree (link) it had 15 000 Swarovski crystals, 40 000 lights, 8,000 baubles, 400 bows, 3700 branches and took almost a year to complete.
This is a picture of me and the top 3rd of the tree.
After a nice day out Craig and I went out for dinner at one of the restaurants overlooking the bay.
3 Comments:
What a fantastic vacation Val! I am glad you and Craig are enjoying yourselves.
They have the same tree at the Eaton's Centre in Toronto!
Well, it's not exactly the same tree, the one at the Eaton's Centre is much smaller than this one. In the picture I'm only standing next to the top 3rd of the tree.
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