The rest of the Sydney trip

The remaining sights of Sydney:

On the day we checked out American Apparel on Oxford Street, we cut through Hyde Park.


We saw people playing chess.. cute!


We passed by the fountain and I believe that's St. Mary's Cathedral in the background...

On the day we checked out Taronga Zoo, we stopped by iconic Sydney sites to get some touristy snapshots.


Sydney Harbour Bridge. Trivia: The bridge is nicknamed 'coat hanger'.
And I believe like Story Bridge in Brissy, you can go on a climb and see the city from a totally different view. Just thinking about it makes my legs shake a little.


What's that? Of course it's the Sydney Opera House!

The day when we went all over the place because it was our last day in Sydney. I can't remember the running sequence of the pictures.


Fans of MasterChef would know Adriano Zumbo whose creations are often one of the more difficult challenges in the competition. Remember the macaron tower? This place is the wet dreams of everyone with a sweet tooth. I think we spent like what, $30 on macarons? And we just couldn't stop buying them. The flavours are really inventive and the macarons are easily the best I've eaten so far.




We put them in the car.. Bad move! The filling kinda melted into a mess but thank God the people at the Indonesian restaurant we had our dinner were nice enough to let us place them in their fridge.

We also stopped by Bondi Beach. Oh what a sight.. :) I think Sydney's a really awesome place to be in, with the city so close to the beach... Would love to be a Sydneysider though I'll always be a Parisienne at heart.



I really loved the weather and the sun while we were there. Perfect for FishEye pictures!





Then we also crossed the Anzac Bridge to get to Sydney Fish Market.






The place was totally different from how I envisioned it to be. I imagined wet floors with today's catch stacked, people wearing aprons and boots.. you know the usual. But it was sanitary, kinda like a supermarket to me.. and with places for people to eat both indoors and outdoors. Watching them gut fish and make fillets outta them still unnerves me a little.

We also stopped by Luna Park. There's one in Melbourne as well. We came too late, so we gotta make do with taking pictures outside. I popped in for a toilet break and.. it's kinda old.. but with its own charm.





And we found a nice place for pictures! I actually have an image of the bridge and the Opera House (without me in it) as my homescreen/lockscreen on my phone.






So sad to leave!

Taronga Zoo, Sydney

One of the places of interest we visited in Sydney was Taronga Zoo and boy, I love the fact that it's just a short ferry ride away from the city!


Our ferry tickets. (We got our zoo tickets from this travel agency in Chinatown, and we bought our ferry tickets separately.)



Upon reaching there, we took the Sky Safari up!






After we were armed with maps and knowledge of showtimes, we're off to catch the EnergyAustralia Seal Show! It's kinda cool how each sea lion comes on with their own presenter. :)


Seating in the stands, all ready to see the seals show off their natural abilities and learn more about them!


Presenter with Australia sea lion, I think her name is Lexi.






Explaining why it's not good to litter. I don't have the other picture of Lexi, the sea lion pretending to be dead by suffocation. But still, so cute!


And... I think this is the New Zealand fur seal, if I'm not wrong haha



We had a bit of time to walk around before the bird show...












Sam turning my cardi into some sort of a head scarf


I'm not short, I'm just fun-sized!




Better to hear you with :)




Meerkats, so cute!











Stunning view of the Sydney Harbour as the backdrop for the show.


Snapping silly pictures while waiting for the bird show to begin.






Barn Owl.






Galah




Must take a picture of the beautiful scenery after the show!



Then we continued exploring the place...


Giraffes and the host is giving a presentation. Do you know giraffes have 5 horns on their faces?


Shorter than a baby giraffe.







Because we take silly pictures best....






Do you know koalas sleep for about 20 hours a day?




Tassie devil sunbathing. At first glance I thought it was just some sort of a display of a roadkill. On second look, then I realise that the Tassie devil is breathing! *After coming back from the trip, I met up with a bunch of friends when they began talking about what they would do if they run over an animal on their road trip and I was rather put-off. >.<


Touching a blue tongue lizard. There's a guinea pig for petting as well. The volunteers are really nice and shared some information about the creatures that they were handling.

And then we ended our day in the zoo and headed back for the city, but not before a snapshot outside!






On the ferry back, with the beautiful view of Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge at the back.

Tips:

• Wear sunscreen! The sun in Australia is really strong, no kidding. I only left my shoulders unprotected for like what, 30 minutes (during the bird show) and I was a little sunburnt. I had my cardi draped over my shoulders after that. You know sun protection is not something to be taken lightly when you see people seated around you reaching into their bags for their sunblock and religiously applying/reapplying it.
• Remember to charge your camera, or pack along an extra battery cartridge. Sounds pretty duh right? Well, Sam didn't so we relied on mine halfway through the zoo. hahaha!
• Set aside enough time for the zoo. I don't like to rush, but about 3 to 4 hours at the zoo would be enough time to finish exploring the place. And take the Sky Safari!