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Hi all!!

Was away during the weekend in Sydney and I managed to visit the famous Sydney Aquarium, located at the famous Darling Harbour and one of the best public aquariums in the world!! Took lots of pics and here's some to share, some didn't turn out well as the place was pretty dark and very hard to take decent pics...

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Tickets for adults at AUD27.50... almost 40% more than our own Underwater World...

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If the shark doesn't eat you alive, the ticket prices would...

Priced at SGD$30+ (current exchange rate at 1.22)

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Being a public aquarium, there's a section on freshwater and marine animals...

The nasty platypus, super active little fella, very hard to take a sharp pic, it keeps moving...

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Another pic of it under the root of a tree...

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Besides the finned animals, there some feathered ones as well...

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A long-necked turtle...

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The crocodiles lair!!

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The big fat crocodile was baking under some 1000W MHs!!

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Check out this funny warning sign!!

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1st tank on the marine section (FINALLY!!!)..

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Forgot the name of this coral liao...

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For the seahorse lovers!!

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Look at those tubastreas!!!

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Look at all the tubastreas on the walls... Imagine target-feeding every polyp!!

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Blurred pic of the octopus stretching itself... a combined effort with the dark premises and my limited photography skills...

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A species tank on the cuttlefishes... aren't they endearing? ?

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