Day 10 The Taronga Zoo

I have to confess I didn't think a visit to another urban zoo made sense. But we heard so much about it, I just had to see it.  What makes this zoo cool is it's location. We have never seen a zoo with such a pretty backdrop. It's located on a hill on the other side of the harbor. You take one of Sydney's efficient speedy fast ferries to get there. Where else can you see giraffes with the skyline as a background.



We talked to an interesting lady with flaming hair on the ferry over to the zoo

. She highly recommended the bird show. It was fantastic, better than any animal show I have seen any where, including Disney. Of course it doesn't hurt to have the Sydney harbor as a backdrop.
And last but not least were the lemurs.  We got a guided tour through their habitat.
After the zoo we checked out Manly beach.

It's about a 15 minute ride on the Fast Ferry. It was not named after the great bodies that inhabit the place. It's named after Robert Manly.









After dinner, we went to the Sydney Opera House. This is our only picture of the inside. As for the performance  of Vivaldi's Four Seasons,  they decided to jazz it up a bit so it was more like Vivaldi meets Yanni.