Hmmm, glad I added I think to the end of the last post *s*

Just as soon as we got outside, it started to rain – a little heavier than the past couple of days so we changed our plans. First off was coffee so that I didn’t suffer caffeine withdrawal again!

After that, we headed to the Sydney Aquarium (where we bought a combined ticket with the Sydney Wildlife World and the monorail). What an awesome experience the Aquarium was – the first animal we saw was a

platypus.
It was so cute. Just as cute were the

Little Penguins
– and I could even take a picture of them here, Lizz. After that we went through the other exhibits and were amazed at the different fish. We saw a

salt-water crocodile
that we were sure was a stuffed one until he opened his eye and looked at us. One of the highlights was the

glass tunnel
under the seal and shark exhibits. We were under the shark exhibit when it was feeding time and it was quite the sight to see all the sharks milling around the divers.

When we came out of the Aquarium, it was sunny but it was already after noon so we continued on to the Wildlife World exhibit. That was fantastic too – although if you have a fear of spiders or snakes, maybe you wouldn’t think so. There were

butterflies,

lizards,

birds
and nocturnal animals. Just when you thought you were almost at the end, there was another area to look at. We climbed up to the rooftop and found the

koalas.
Two were wide awake and chewing on leaves, the other two were sleeping. They were so cuddly looking but we didn’t get close enough to touch them.

One level down, were the

wallabies
– you could see them from the rooftop and hear the digeridoo playing. We went back down to the wallaby level and were entertained by their antics. At the end of the wallaby habitat, there was an employee holding a blue-tongue lizard – I tried to get a picture but it wasn’t light enough and there were a lot of children touching it.

Next up were the butterflies – they were everywhere and so pretty. One of them even landed on

John’s shoulder
– proving that they are not only attracted to bright colours.

Once outside again, we encountered more rain so we went to the monorail station and rode around once and then half way around again so that we could pick up a few more groceries.

It didn’t seem like we walked as much as the other days, but we still didn’t get back until 3:30.

Tomorrow – Bondi Beach and the suburbs. (Will try to post but I’m not sure when the internet expires – which reminds me, I should have looked around before purchasing because there are a ton of internet cafes, etc. around this area).

Temperature yesterday: 19 C with rain – heavy at times and very sunny at others.