Fish, fish and more fish.

Another one of my mother's hobbies except for popping out children is to find fun places to take Lydia.

One place that we visited over the summer was the Sydney Aquarium.

It's a world famous location that most tourists make sure they visit when they visit Sydney whether they are young or old.

Since we don't live in the city, we had to bus to Town Hall station and walk from there.
It's not a long walk so it's do-able even if you have kids!

Location of the aquarium

Usually there's a enormous line of people waiting to buy tickets and get in.
But luckily, we had a Merlin pass which allowed us to go through straight away!

NOTE: If you have young children, make sure you pre-buy your tickets or buy a Merlin pass in advance to ensure that you're not waiting around in the line for a long period of time!
As most parents know, kids have a very short attention span and therefore you don't want them to get bored and make a fuss in the line!

As soon as you walk through the doors, there is a photo area where they take a couple of snaps for you in case you want to buy it after your visit.

(Usually, I would pass on this photo time but since it was my sister's first visit to the aquarium, I reluctantly smiled for some photos)

Walk through display areas

When you think of aquariums, you just think of fish on display.

BUT!

There are more than just fish to look at in this aquarium.
Sydney aquarium offers a large variety of different sea creatures in beautifully coloured displays that really enhance the viewing experience.

But the main feature of the aquarium I think are the WALK THROUGH TUNNELS.

Walk through tunnels

The tunnels lets people to walk through whilst looking at sea creatures above their head, on the side etc.

Kids love it as it's like an up close experience with sharks, fishes and there's even a dugong!

If you don't know what a dugong is, let me enrich your minds!

A dugong!

There are so many other features to the aquarium such as:

• Touch area where you can touch certain sea creatures
• The glass bottom boat
• Glass floor displays
• and so much more!

But the main thing parents are concerned about is KID-FRIENDLINESS

If it's not kid friendly, I ain't going. Is the motto I now live by.

My sister usually rides in a stroller as she'll go out of control if she's not strapped down.
Therefore, the main concern for me when visiting the aquarium was whether I would be able to go round easily with my sister.

Luckily, I went on a quiet day which left a lot of space for me to push her stroller round.

HOWEVER, If you decide to go on a busy day when all the tourists go, you're going to have a bad time!
Make sure you try and go on a week day and preferable in the afternoon or early morning!

Overall, a great experience for kids to have fun whilst learning about sea creatures!
I would highly recommend the Sydney Aquarium to all parents!

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