Went to Taronga Zoo today. This is across the harbour and the quickest way is by ferry. Sydney has the world's biggest natural harbour, a very complicated shape, full of inlets, bays, points, and whatnot. Ferries are the favoured way of getting around.
The zoo itself has some African stuff - elephants, giraffes, gorillas, etc - but prides itself on specialising in native Australian animals. It certainly specialises in invisible ones: we especially liked the invisible orang Utan, and the invisible platypus was a sight to see.
The picture (above) is of one of the few visible creatures, the echidna, which (pay attention, quizzers) apart from the platypus is the only egg-laying mammal.
We were having a sandwich at lunchtime when the heavens opened. It didn't look as though it was going to get any better so, reluctantly tearing ourselves away from the remaining invisible creatures, we headed back to the ferry. We hopped off at Circular Quay, as it wasn't raining there, but as soon as the ferry pulled out, it was. We caught the next boat back to Darling Harbour, and back to our room for a game of scrabble.
Tomorrow, we're off at the crack of dawn to Singapore.
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