Sydney 31 Jan - Sunday

The outlook for today is good, some cloud but more sun, up to 29°C. As Liz and Dorothy were going to do the hop on, hop off bus tour of Sydney and Bondi. Pat and I decided we would go to the zoo, as we have been in Australia for nearly 3 weeks and have not got any photos of kangaroos.
We were told that the best way to get to the zoo was to catch the ferry from Central Quay, wharf 2. So we walked down to Central Quay and took the 15 min ferry to Taronga zoo.
The entrance to The zoo was a little way up the road, there was a bus, but it did not accept money, Opal card only (similiar to Oyster cards in London), but the driver very kindly let us on the bus, as he could see Pat was struggling with her broken foot and elbow crutch.

The first thing we saw in the zoo was a lizard, not sure what type of lizard It was, as it was in with the ducks

Also with the ducks was a pelican, as you can see below.

Still not got a photo of a kangeroo, below is a Northern Nail-tailed Wallaby

At last, a mob (this is the correct term for several kangaroos) of Red Kangaroos with a smaller Swamp Wallaby

I didn't know the difference between Kangaroos and Wallabys.

More Red Kangaroos.

And finally a real life crocodile behind a safety glass screen. Although it was not very liveley, in fact it just layed there, soaking up the sun. 

Pat and I had a coffee outside the zoo cafe, the view over the harbour was magnificent.

We then got the ferry back to Central Quay, and returned to our hotel, as we are all going out for dinner with Tony Crawford and his wife Rosie. Tony was on the Coast to Coast walk with me back in May 2010.

Tony very kindly pick us all up from our hotel reception, then took us to "Ripples", on the Harbour in North Sydney, which was just over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The views over the harbour from the restaurant were spectacular.

Then as the sun went down, the views became even more impressive.

We had a fantastic night with Tony and Rosie, catching up on each others family afair's, along with reliving most of the Coast to Coast walk we did together back in 2010. The food in the restaurant was superb and the wine (which Tony and Rosie brought with them) flowed freely. A really enjoyable night was had by all. Many thanks to our host's, Tony and Rosie for making us all feel so welcomed and making it such a great evening.