Sydney – Day 3

Habiga’s feeling a bit better so we went on with our plans in going to Taronga Zoo. We took the train from King’s Cross station to Central station and took the ferry to Taronga Zoo. Ferry fare is A$5.60 each return ticket. We bought our zoo ticket at the entrance where we were able to get a 20% for our ticket which was reduced from A$39 to A$31+. Cable car included. Though there was a long queue to get the ticket, it was still all worth it. From the zoo, we can see the Sydney Opera House and Sydney harbour bridge at the same time. Believe me, view was really amazing. At the entrance I was so excited to see the Koalas. But you will be able to get a photo with them only if you pay A$19.95. A bit pricey but this is a once in a lifetime moment so we grab it  Didn’t take much pleading to ask Mr. Financier’s approval  Who wouldn’t want to have a photo taken with the most cuddly and cutest animal in the world? Plus we don’t have any of those high-end cameras with long lenses so yeah that’s our reason  The Koalas are just remarkable. The little baby koala is just so cute. Nibbling incessantly at the eucalyptus leaves while her parents are having a blast sleeping at the trees nearby without a care in the world. Koalas were said to be sleeping at least 20+ hours a day. We had our picture taken and we’re off to see the rest of the animals in the zoo. The kangaroos here are huuugeee compared to what we saw in Singapore Zoo. Joey’s are so cute!

We bought a Koala bear souvenir!

From the zoo, we walked around the harbour to see the harbour bridge and Opera house. We decided to go back to the hotel first. We bought some more souvenirs from the shop across our hotel which was a lot cheaper than buying it at malls or any other souvenir shops near opera house or Sydney bridge. We went out few minutes after that for dinner. Money left is only A$20 from the A$400 allowance we have. It’s only the third day! I don’t know where have all those money have gone. We found one foreign exchange at King’s Cross and change habiga’s SGD$300 for only A$225  We went back to the harbour bridge and opera house and took a lot of pictures at night. We walked a long way finding a cheap place to have dinner but couldn’t find one so we decided to go to the nearby Thai restaurant in King’s cross. We managed to buy a Panadol at one pharmacy store which didn’t require any prescriptions. Luckily, habiga felt better after taking the medicine. After dinner, we went back to our hotel and call it a day.

Expenses for the day:
3.60 train fare for 2 to Circular Quay
10.40 ferry fare each to Taronga Zoo
31.20 zoo ticket each
20.00 souvenir photo with koala bear
23.00 lunch
3.50 water
10.95 panadol
3.60 train fare each to Circular Quay
26.00 dinner at thai resto

Places we've been to:
Taronga Zoo
Sydney Opera House
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Circular Quay