A touristy weekend.

So we decided to have a touristy fun filled weekend, since we hadn’t done it in a while.  But due to lack of funds it needed to be relatively cheap tourist fun.  So on Saturday we decided to head for Sydney tower.  Mainly because we already had a ticket from when we bought tickets for the Wildlife centre and the aquarium a few weeks ago.  We got a multipass ticket for these two places and another thing over in Manly which we have still to do yet. 

So we arrived at the iconic tower.  You will have seen it in all the pictures of the Sydney Skyline.  It’s very famous.  We thought it would be really good and full of lots of info in the museum and fun stuff to do.  However, we were very wrong!  There was a museum, however, it is very small. And when I say small I mean 3 walls small.  One wall told us how it was built and what it is used for.  And the other just compared it to other tall buildings around the world.   That’s all it was, apart from some pillars, and on these pillars was…..nothing, apart from a small tv that showed gave you the same information on each of the tv’s on all the different pillars, this was the same info that was on the walls.  

So it didn’t take us long to get around the museum.  Then these was the gift shop, and then the lift up to the observation deck.  As you can see from the pictures, it wasn’t the clearest of days, but it wasn’t too bad.  All in all it took us about an hour to get round.  It was worth it for the views alone, but I don’t think I would be saying that if I had paid $35 for it.  

This is looking out over the harbour towards Manly.  Even though it wasn't the clearest of days, it was still a stunning view.

 This is towards our flat in Darlinghurst and way in the background, Bondi.

So on Sunday, we went to Taronga Zoo.  Many people had recommended the zoo to us and we had been wanting to go for a while.  So on Sunday we did.  And it was a great day out.  The weather was fantastic and the zoo was great.  It actually reminded me of Edinburgh zoo, the layout isn’t too dissimilar and it is also built on a hill.  

The views over to the city centre were also stunning.  The giraffe’s definitely have the best view in Sydney.  

Also, I brought this up in a previous post, but wherever we go we seem to bring out the frisky side in animals.  At the wildlife centre we had crickets and lizards going at it, at the Zoo we had two enormous tortoise’s.  The noise that the male was making could probably be heard at the other end of the zoo.  It did attract a huge crowd. Very weird. 

 

 Here is eyeing his partner/victim up.

And there we go.

The zoo also had penguins. The only reason I mention it is because Sydney actually has wild penguins living in the harbour.  We found this out a a few weeks ago when we first went to Manly, when a girl asked us if this was where the penguins came? She then proceeded to hang her head of the pier and look for them. At the time we just thought she was crazy. But it appears not, it turns out we were the fools.  Penguins come to Sydney every year.

Here are some of the highlights from the zoo.

I am tempted to sign this seal up for Killie!