A close up of an agile wallaby. This one was quite friendly and came right up to me to have its close-up taken, much to the envy of the other people around me.
Here is another of the tiny macropods. These are quokkas. They are just the cutest little guys and very curious. I kept taking pictures as they came closer in case they fled, but they got closer and closer.
See. Here is a quokka close up.
And, even closer.
An Australian black swan. It looks like a white swan, but it is black.
After the zoo, we went back to the hotel to rest before venturing out again to the Sydney Aquarium - it is open late.
This was the first thing we saw, and I could have watched them all night. Here is a platypus searching for prey. They are acrobatic swimmers. I will try to post a video clip later that shows this. They are going after the fish and crayfish.
A saltwater crocodile. Alligators are afraid of people, this guy thinks people are food. They had a great sign at the top of the open enclosure saying, "If the fall doesn't kill you, the crocodile will" -- it's true.
Beth next to a barrimundi (the giant crappie) and lungfish (with the glowing eye resting on the bottom). The barrimundi is a common food fish on the menus.
Another Australian lungfish. It has gills, but can also breath air when it needs to.
A Darwin prawn. They are tasty; we had some later that night.
The Sydney Aquarium has a tunnel through a tank of sharks and rays. It was quite an experience. They had eerie horror movie music playing the background.
Here is a wobbegong shark. It lives on the bottom and waits for prey to come along. Here is it resting on the top of tunnel, giving us a view of its underside.
Beth is looking up at a gray nurse shark.
A ray resting on the tunnel.
A lion fish. I have another video clip of several of these fish swimming in a tall tanking. It was very relaxing.
Beth watching a large community tank of large fish.
After the aquarium we went to a restaurant in the Darling Harbour area near the Aquarium. It had great seafood. This is a fountain outside the aquarium. It shows cranes in their mating ritual.
