I have just returned to the hotel after a final sirloin steak meal eaten Al Fresco by the quayside. Sadly, it's my last evening in Sydney. I'm checked in for my flight from Sydney to Singapore at 15.45 local time tomorrow so this will be the last couple of posts before I begin packing.
When I posted earlier this morning, it was raining but by 10.30am the rain had cleared, and it has been a warm sunny day with a light breeze although it can be chillier in shady spots.
I walked the short distance along Darling Harbour Quay Side to the Sea Life Centre. I love Aquariums and as this one goes another good example but not quite up to the best I have visited in Lisbon and Boston, USA and probably not as good as Plymouth, although I haven't visited yet, the family have and rate it very highly.
SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium opened in 1988, and features a large variety of Australian aquatic life, displaying more than 700 species comprising more than 13,000 individual fish and other sea and water creatures from most of Australia's water habitats.
The aquarium features themed zones, including Jurassic Seas, Discovery Rockpool, Shark Walk, and the world's largest Great Barrier Reef display. The fish and animals on display include one of only four dugongs in the world, sharks, stingrays, penguins, and tropical fish, amongst others.
Attached are a few of my photos.
The photo of the dugong is not the clearest in the world since it was playing with its toy buoys - no not toy boys – toy buoys!! I have attached a photo of the Centre's caption about dugongs and if you want to know more then this website is the one for you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dugong
It is a rare mammal related to manatees and mainly feeds on seagrass meadows in coastal waters in some 40 countries in the Indo-west Pacific. It has been heavily hunted for its meat and oil and seagrass meadows have also been destroyed through overfishing and commercial trawling – hence its rarity.
