On Wednesday (the 27th) we went to the aquarium in Sydney. It was really cool because there was a giant Lego sculpture of Poseidon in the lobby. There were a bunch of Lego sculptures like that all over the aquarium. The other really cool one was of Moby Dick. The first exhibit was supposed to be a platypus but I didn’t see it. All I saw in that tank was a giant lizard thing. The next few were kinda boring until the crab one. There was a tank with two huge crabs inside. They were like two feet wide! Then we went to see some penguins get fed but they were boring penguins that were really small so I just kept going by myself. I went to see the dugongs in their tank and that was really cool. They are huge! They are also really rare. They look like a mix of an elephant seal and a hippopotamus and all they eat is lettuce! The tanks were the kind where they have walkways for people in tubes inside them so we could get really close and see them really well. They came all the way against the glass so we were only a few inches away. The two dugongs in the tank had to share with a bunch of other fishes and stingrays so it was pretty crowded. I felt sorry for them because they are supposed to live in the ocean which is huge and they have to live in a small tank with a bunch of other animals. After the dugongs I went to the next tube tank full of sharks. That was my favourite I think. It was sadder than the other one though because they were even more closely packed with all kinds of sharks and even a bunch of fish that I am pretty sure they would eat in real life. There were also a few gigantic stingrays that were like six feet long with two foot long stingers. Some of the sharks were that big too but I don’t think they had any great whites because there were only the kinds of sharks that live in the Great Barrier Reef. There was also a sea turtle that looked really old. After that I went to the Great Barrier Reef exhibit and found mommy. She said that everyone else was at the dugongs so I went through that one and the shark one again. Then we all went to the Great Barrier Reef exhibit and listened to the shark talk before we left. Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Aquarium by mia
On Wednesday (the 27th) we went to the aquarium in Sydney. It was really cool because there was a giant Lego sculpture of Poseidon in the lobby. There were a bunch of Lego sculptures like that all over the aquarium. The other really cool one was of Moby Dick. The first exhibit was supposed to be a platypus but I didn’t see it. All I saw in that tank was a giant lizard thing. The next few were kinda boring until the crab one. There was a tank with two huge crabs inside. They were like two feet wide! Then we went to see some penguins get fed but they were boring penguins that were really small so I just kept going by myself. I went to see the dugongs in their tank and that was really cool. They are huge! They are also really rare. They look like a mix of an elephant seal and a hippopotamus and all they eat is lettuce! The tanks were the kind where they have walkways for people in tubes inside them so we could get really close and see them really well. They came all the way against the glass so we were only a few inches away. The two dugongs in the tank had to share with a bunch of other fishes and stingrays so it was pretty crowded. I felt sorry for them because they are supposed to live in the ocean which is huge and they have to live in a small tank with a bunch of other animals. After the dugongs I went to the next tube tank full of sharks. That was my favourite I think. It was sadder than the other one though because they were even more closely packed with all kinds of sharks and even a bunch of fish that I am pretty sure they would eat in real life. There were also a few gigantic stingrays that were like six feet long with two foot long stingers. Some of the sharks were that big too but I don’t think they had any great whites because there were only the kinds of sharks that live in the Great Barrier Reef. There was also a sea turtle that looked really old. After that I went to the Great Barrier Reef exhibit and found mommy. She said that everyone else was at the dugongs so I went through that one and the shark one again. Then we all went to the Great Barrier Reef exhibit and listened to the shark talk before we left. 
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Mia--Sounds like an awesome aquarium. I especially like the notion of walking through the exhibit in a tube. And seeing dugongs--I'd never even heard of them before.
ReplyDeleteSeems like Australia is turning into a good trip and one you all deserve. much love, bippy