Being in Manly

Yesterday after Edith left Ryan, Derek, Jamie, and I went over to the Sydney Fish Market, a location that I'd heard a lot about from our professor. It turned out to be quite small and disappointing compared to Vic Market in Melbourne. We had lunch there and I got a Seafood Medley with barramundi, calamari, prawns, and baby octopus for $9.50. It was a good deal and delicious!

Then we went over to catch the ferry to Manly Beach. It's a funny name, I know, I took a picture of about every sign there that said "Manly." I also got a shirt that says "Manly Beach." The beach actually wasn't that fun and it was very cold, so we ended up just wandering around and looking at the shops before going back to the city center.

This morning, I got up really early to catch another ferry to Taronga Zoo with Ryan, Jamie, and Derek. I was very impressed by the layout and it's a very nice zoo (a step up from the Melbourne Zoo). Most of the zoo is laid out on a hill overlooking the bay so many exhibits have the ocean for a backdrop, which is really beautiful. We unfortunately are only about six days early for the opening of their new Elephant exhibit which will also have binturongs, langurs, gibbons, axis deer, and an aviary. We were kind of sad about that. But yeah, Taronga Zoo was very fun.

Derek is leaving tonight so we're very sad. Tonight is Jamie and Ryan's last night and my last night in Sydney. It's sad, but I'm pretty excited to see Cairns.