Yesterday we headed in to Circular Quay in the morning with Hannah, Camilla, and Kristy. Upon arrival we met up with Dale and then took the ferry from Sydney to Manly Wharf. We had some amazing views of the Harbour from the ferry.
When we got to Manly, we quickly got some lunch and then even more quickly ran to see the beach, snap some shots, and run back to catch the next ferry! We were in a rush because we had to make our 2pm tour at the zoo.
After swiftly navigating the ferries, and losing, and then finding our friends twice, we made it to the zoo right as our tour started. For our anniversary, Erika and I got each other tickets for the Wild Australia Experience tour at Taronga Zoo. We figured that at any zoo in the US we would see animals from around the world, like elephants, or tigers, or reptiles. But if we were lucky enough to be in Australia, we really wanted to get to know the animals unique to this continent.
The tour was absolutely stellar. Our guide, Robert, was an expert zookeeper who not only knew everything we could ever want to know about the animals, but he also knew his animals very well and could encourage (bribe) them to come out and pose for us while he'd describe them in particular. We spent over two hours with the Tasmanian devils, koalas, kangaroos, wallabies, emus, wombats, duck billed platypuses, a feather-tailed glider, and a yellow-bellied glider, among many others! We even got to go back into the animal kitchen and try some food, all safe for human consumption and not too bad.
After we the tour we found some surprises for baby Jackson (get excited Mr. Man!) and took the cable car down from the zoo, which is on a beautiful hill on the Taronga peninsula. We got some beautiful views of the Sydney Harbor.
Finally, we took the ferry back to Circular Quay, walked to the QVB building to catch our bus, and said goodbye to Dale until we hopefully see him in America. We took the bus back to Winston Hills and had a delicious dinner with her family.
We'll see you after the Blue Mountains!
-Simon & Erika
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