Darling Harbor

Sunday, November 18, 2012

at the base of the tree

near the top of the tree

We went to visit the Whites this weekend.  We had a barbecue and spent the night on Saturday.  Sunday, we decided to go to Darling Harbor in Sydney.  We headed to the train station by their house and headed into the city.  Sydney and Dagan were excited to have some other kids along.  We got off at town hall and went upstairs to see the Christmas tree.  It was really big and pretty, but still strange to see when it is so warm outside.

Sydney looking at a ray.

platypus

dugong

Sydney liked the shark's teeth.

"Dory"

We then walked over to Darling Harbor.  The kids decided we should go to the aquarium.  We really liked it.  It had lots of fish and sea animals found in the water in and around Australia.  We especially liked the platypus, sharks, rays, great barrier reef fish, and the dugong (similar to a manatee).  These animals were in tanks that went over our heads.  It was fun walking through the tunnels with the animals swimming close to your head.

They are looking up at a ray.

Sydney, Dagan, Sarah, Lucy, Sophie, Georgia

We got a quick lunch and then headed to a park.  The parks here have these great spider web climbers that Sydney and Dagan really like.  Plus, there were areas where the kids could walk and splash in water.  What more could they want.

They are at the top of the spider web.

On Sundays, you can ride the public transportation for cheap, so we decided to take a ferry to a different train station.  The ferry stopped by Luna Park which has old carnival rides.  We will have to go back to let the kids try them out.  We got home late, but it was a great two days.