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Hi guys

Just an update (a very lengthy one)...

If you guys are looking for a fun place to be with the family and yet enjoy REEFING along the way... Sydney is good... everything here is marine inspired...

I'll start with a very LONGGGGG update on the first attraction we went to... 3 hours upon touching down :lol::lol::lol:

Enjoy :)

The SQ night flight is good... departs hours after work, arrive the next morning... just in time for Chinatown Tim Sum

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Now this train will take us directly to the Sydney Aquarium... at first we thought the ride is free... then gotto pay AU$4.50 per person :lol:

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Sydney Aquarium is situated at the Darling Harbour itself... so it's very very accessible for tourists... can't possibly miss it ;)

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And they open extra long hours too... amazing for Australian standards :lol:

Date opened: July 1988

No. of animals: over 11000

No. of species: 650

Total volume of water: 6 million litres

Freshwater supply source: Sydney Water (tap water)

Saltwater supply source: Darling Harbour (water from the harbour itself)

This is my fourth visits... there are some new additions I heard :)

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I shall skip all the freshwater exhibits... mostly mangroves, hermits, crocs, platypus & etc...

Let's start with Seahorses... lovely :wub:

Categorized under Southern Oceans (Great Autralian Bight)

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First coral exhibit... kinda small :huh:

Fluorescent Coral? :unsure:

Refer to next pix...

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Lovely... looks like Cup Coral to me :unsure: That round fishy is very cute too :P Notice the shell bed...

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Emm... funny looking Suns... the tentacles are very curly and translucent white... they call it SUNSHINE CORAL :lol:

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A touch pool... she's holding a shark egg shell... lots of empty snail shells ;)

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A wave machine in action... to flush the touch pool B)

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Self priming... nice :eyebrow:

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Latest addition... a SEAL SANCTUARY :yeah:

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With underwater tunnels (see the person underneath the Australian Fur Seal)...

Did you know that seals can adjust their temperature by holding a flipper in the air? B)

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Ok... here's a pix of me... :paiseh:

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Very inspiring... what a beautiful sight :wub:

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Little Penguins... smallest of the 18 species of penguin and the only one to breed in Australia :)

Did you know that little penguins can sleep at sea and may spend weeks away from land?

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Anyone fancy some deep fried calamari :P

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it got a grumpy face.

Imagine being trapped inside a tank with some GIANT AUSTRALIAN LOBSTERS... :lol: I think it should look terrified :shock:

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Sydney Harbour exhibit... kinda messy actually :huh:

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The Open Ocean Oceanarium (still categorized under Southern Oceans)

This exhibit's temperature is being kept between 21ºC and 24ºC using heaters :lol:

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Australian Smooth Stingray... run for your life :ooh::ooh::ooh:

The aquarium relies on artificial lighting for this oceanarium... currently it is very dark probably simulating dusk :fear:

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Grey Nurse Shark... the largest shark in this exhibit... Grey Nurse Sharks are protected with fines up to AU$220,000 can be imposed for killing a Grey Nurse Shark :shock:

Did you know that about 180 species of sharks live in Australian waters but only about 10 of these are considered potentially dangerous to man? (Grey Nurse Shark not one of them)

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Grumpy ol' sharks with beards? :unsure:

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Now moving into the Northern Oceans... the Great Barrier Reef...

Start with a touch pool... the reef tank can be seen at the back :P

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