Sydney Aquarium -

Sydney Aquarium

Whether you are a tourist to Sydney or a local Sydneysider, Sydney Aquarium provides a great fun day out for families and friends right in the heart of Sydney. Just a short stroll from the Sydney CBD will get you into Sydney Aquarium and away from it all, as you explore the wonders of Australian aquatic life.

Sydney Aquarium is located in Darling Harbour, overlooking the spectacular waters of Sydney Harbour. Darling Harbour is a great place for a day trip in Sydney, with sight-seeing tours and tourist activities within minutes of Sydney Aquarium.

Nowhere else will you find a larger collection of Australian aquatic life with over 12,000 animals including huge sharks and rays, platypus, seals, fairy penguins, crocodiles and much more! Take a journey through one of the most spectacular aquariums in the world and explore Australia's rich and diverse waterways, marine ecosystems and unique aquatic environments ñ located right in the heart of Sydney!

No day trip to Sydney is complete without a visit to Sydney Aquarium.

Kids love the cute Fairy Penguins, Octopus and Cuttlefish inhabitants of the Great Australian Bight. Plus, don't let the kids miss the Open Oceanarium where you will be surrounded by one of the world's most extensive collection of sharks - some over 3.5 metres long and weighing 300kg! Watch the endangered Grey Nurse Sharks and giant stingrays passing overhead as you walk through our underwater tunnels!

The Seal Sanctuary offers kids the chance to view one of the worlds first known all natural Seal Sanctuaries. Get closer than ever before, by walking through the underwater tunnels to see the seals racing through the water at full speed or just frolicking around. The exhibit features a 2 million litre tank where the water is pumped and filtered directly from Sydney Harbour creating a natural environment for the seals to live in.

Kids can visit the home of Nemo and see clown fish dart amongst the wavering tentacles of an anemone, as well as sea stars and cucumbers silently creeping amongst the coral. Observing this spectacle from a tunnel with totally transparent floor, ceiling and walls is a Sydney thrill not to be missed!

Sydney Aquarium also has two interactive touch pools which are a great hit with the kids.

Sydney Aquarium is great fun for kids during the school holidays, or at any time of the year.

Postal Address
Sydney Aquarium
Aquarium Pier
Darling Harbour
Australia NSW 2000
T: +61 2 8251 7800
F: +61 2 9262 2385

justask@sydneyaquarium.com.au

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