Venture to Australia: Trip to Sydney

Monday, December 26, 2005

Trip to Sydney – Day 4: Taronga Zoo

We got up to go to the Taronga Zoo with our friend Glenn. It was important that we go early because Boxing Day is the day when the Sydney to Hobart yacht race begins. For those of you who don't know where Hobart is, it's in Tasmania (about 630 nautical miles from Sydney). Since we had to take the ferry to get to the zoo we wanted to make sure that the harbour hadn't filled up before we got there.

As expected, there were many different kinds of animals at the zoo, some big and scaly...

Some silly...

And some just plain cute�

The weather was quite nice for the day, and overall the zoo wasn't too busy. While we were there we stopped by a place near the water and saw an airplane doing some skywriting advertising. Apparently this is quite a normal affair and I can imagine considering the clear blue skies and warm weather.

After going to the zoo Craig, Glenn and I went back to the city for some lunch, and then for a bit of a walk around the harbour. There were a lot of performers out and about including a few didgeridoo musicians and some street mimes too.