SYDNEY OPERA AND KOALA

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Sep 4, 2015
4 min read

First thing that comes across your mind when you think of Australia are often koala bears and kangaroos. Well, here we are again in Sydney, the capital of New South Wales - which is also one of the most populous state in Australia.

Well since we had a short stay in Sydney. Without further ado, our first stop - the Sydney Fish Market. This time is HELLOWINGWINGxFamily travels, the more the merrier!

Prawns, lobster, scallops and clams cooked freshly from the kitchen. Hearty lunch! There are also alot of other shops in the Sydney Fish Market. But do bear in mind if you plan to visit, it usually closes somewhere around 3pm.

The pelicans were too at the Fish Market awaiting for their serving of fish.

Little brother showing some swag by Darling Harbour

#funfact did you know the residents of Sydney are also called Sydneysiders?

Proceeding our journey to Casino Wharf to catch the next ferry to Circular Quay

Ferry enroute to Circular Quay.

Sydney's more popular landmarks that attracts millions of tourists include the Sydney Harbour, the Royal National Park, Bondi Beach, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Watsons Bay, The Rocks, Sydney Tower, Darling Harbour, the Australian Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Queen Victoria Building, Taronga Zoo, the Blue Mountains and the Sydney Olympic Park.

We only manage to visit a few places, promise I'll visit again sometime soon.

Sydney Opera House after sunset.

The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney, one of the busiest arts performing centre in the world. Also listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Dinner by the riverside, having beef ribs on the menu!

Darling Harbour by night.

If you happen to be around Darling Harbour on a Saturday night, they have fireworks at 8.30pm.

And Darling Harbour by day.

Adjacent to Darling Harbour, Chinatown and the Paddy's Market are my favourite walkabout destinations. Occasionally I also love to walk across King's Street Harbour to dine as you lookout to the harbour enjoying the view of people walking by and the view of the harbour.

And the Sydney Opera House view in the morning from the ferry enroute to Taronga Zoo.

The Sydney Opera House could be recognised from afar for it's significant large concrete "shells", forming the roofs of the structure. Though the shells look amazingly white from afar, they are composed of 1,056,006 tiles manufactured by a Swedish company. The podium is also surrounded by open public places where regularly used as a open performance space. On some weekdays, you will see couples organizing their weddings in the area.

The first thing that caught my eye in the zoo, was the beautiful peacock well camouflaged by the bushes near the Zoo Gift shop.

We-fies with the Australian Wombat. This furry creature is nocturnal, it sleeps during the day and wakes during the night. They are also vegan and turns out to be really really cute too.

Family-fie with the Koala, Max.

Well koalas they are often known as Koala "bears" but they are not bears. They are marsupials which means they have pouches too.

One minute ago he was chewing

The next he was soundly asleep. We were not allowed to cuddle them or even to touch them, but grateful we can look at the koalas at such a close proximaty.

Well koalas they sleep up to 20 hours per day. They chew on Eucalyptus leaves and they don't drink much water, they usually get moisture from the leaves.

Family-fie with the wallabies.

Well wallabies, they look like kangaroos. They have long tails and legs and jumps great distances. But they are smaller compared to kangaroos when it comes to size. They too are herbivores and they chew on grasses.

Wallaby

Red Kangaroo

The red kangaroos are considered the world's largest marsupials. The baby of the kangaroos are smaller than a cherry at birth. But immediately they will climb into the mother's pouch and does not emerge for the next two months. Baby kangaroos are called joeys and often as they grow you would see their heads and feet hanging out from the mom's pouch.

These kangaroos can jump up to 9 feet far and yes they "box".

Guinea Pig

Watching the seal show

The Seal Show is one of the more interesting shows they have at Taronga Zoo.

Seal

Come get your freak on

The Sun Bear

While the Sun Bears are not of Australian origin. They look really healthy but we had absolutely no idea what our friend there was doing with the empthy container. Mind me, our friend bear there looks absolutely healthy. I am thinking they maybe looking from honey. It's really difficult to spot them though, we were lucky enough to see them while they're eating but not sleeping.

Come join the double chin gang

While at the Zoo, try not to miss the QBE Free-Flight Bird Show too. Kinda fun seeing birds flying freely above the skies of Sydney and them occasionally flying over your heads too.

The appearance of the tiger

The Himalayan Tahr enjoying the panaromic view of Sydney from it's amazingly comfortable looking throne.

There are plenty of other animals in the Taronga Zoo. Many of Australian, African and Rainforest origin. But I was too lazy to post about every single animal we saw in the zoo.

But do keep in mind the next time you visit, take note of the ferry and bus schedule. Just to be easy the Zoo has two exits. Grab a Zoo Map to ease your way through the zoo, making sure you see every animal and make sure you leave the Zoo on time and try not to miss the next most convenient ferry to return to Circular Quay.