Day 56: Something fishy at Darling Harbour...

Well, we cranked out the sat nav and headed for Darling Harbour this morning. Driving over the Harbour Bridge was kind of exciting (yeah, I know, we're real rurals) and the whole five lane highway thing was fairly freaky to navigate.

Anyway, we did finally get to a parking garage in Darling Harbour and made our way to the Maritime Museum. The displays here are really interesting and worth a look. We particularly enjoyed the Mythical Creatures section, describing how some creatures were dreamed up through misinterpretation/misidentification of bones found, etc. Unicorns, yetis, dragons, and several others were all speculated over.

Spot the Yeti

Heading outside we were able to board and explore the submarine HMAS Onslow, a navy ship (HMAS Vampire) and Captain Cook's Endeavour. We all quickly decided that a submariner's life would be absolutely awful. I bumped my head twice in the submarine and was very self controlled, much to Duncan's relief (head bumping brings out my most un-lady-like language). I don't know how anyone could live down there for an extended period of time, let alone with 60 other bodies in the same space. Makes our caravan look positively spacious by comparison.

HMAS Vampire

HMAS Onslow

Captain Cook's Endeavour

Air conditioned loo on Endeavour

After lunch we opted for a round trip on the monorail. The temperature was really heating up (35.5 degrees) and we thought it a good idea to have an air conditioned ride and take a load off. Quite a few other people had the same idea...so it was quite stuffy in the compartment and quite full of bodies too.

Anyway, we hopped off at the Aquarium stop and headed for the cool indoors. I spotted a sign saying 'Free entry for teachers on 21 March', so whipped out my teacher's registration card and Duncan and I got in for FREE! Yay! We love free stuff! Andrew particularly enjoyed the Aquarium, as he has not experienced one before (he was a baby last time) and got quite excited at times.

We all enjoyed the day, and plan to head back there tomorrow. Early. To avoid the traffic.