Our tour bus from Akaroa brought us to the Christchurch Canterbury Museum, where we were supposed to relocate to the minivan for the Christchurch sightseeing tour. The Museum is world-renowned for its natural and human history collections.
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The most French town in New Zealand, Akaroa impressed us with its historic buildings, magnificent harbor and passion for fine food.
Akaroa, a charming town on the Banks Peninsula, that retains some of its French heritage from 1840, when the French settled it before the British. Although the British took possession, the French chose to stay. It’s situated at the mouth of a harbor, but all around it steep hills rise up from sea level.
After the wildlife cruise, a bus was waiting to take us to the Penguin Place, where the rare Yellow-Eyed Penguins reside.
As our cruise ship was moving closer to the disembarking port, we started noticing the beautiful, picture perfect shores of the New Zealand’s South Island.
On this day, our 12-day New Zealand cruise has begun. Our Celebrity Solstice ship departed from Sidney towards New Zealand’s South Island to Fiordland. This remarkable natural environment features stunning fiords, spectacular waterfalls and snow-capped peaks.
The Rocks is the oldest historic part of Sydney’s city center. This area is a reminder of the colonial era and a convict past in Sydney. Dave and I signed up for the Rocks Walking Tour, which claimed to provide an entertaining portrait of Australia’s first European settlement of 1788.
After visiting Wild Life Sydney Zoo, we went next door to the Sea Life Sydney Aquarium, which has the world’s largest collection of Australian aquatic life. This aquarium offers 14 themed areas from sharks and dugongs to stingrays and seahorses.
Dave and I spent a whole day at Darling Harbour, which is known for marvelous entertainment, delicious waterside dining and amazing wildlife. Darling Harbour is located in the heart of Sydney within walking distance from our hotel. It was a beautiful sunny day, so we enjoyed our morning stroll through the quiet as of yet, Sydney’s streets to the harbor and delicious coffee with pastries on the way.
We met penguins and dugongs at SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium and got up close to koalas at WILD LIFE Sydney Zoo. I will tell all about the Sea Life Aquarium in the next post. Here I would like to share our experience in Wild life Sydney Zoo, where we walked through iconic Australian habitats and encountered some of the most loved, feared and unique animals.
Sydney is Australia’s famous harbour city and capital of New South Wales. We spent only 3 days in Sydney, but we were able to see the main attractions there. Sydney is a beautiful city and we explored it by walking everywhere. To me, there is no better way to feel a city’s atmosphere than by foot. First thing first, we started our journey by visiting Sydney Harbour with the gorgeous Opera House in it. That building is magical. I felt like I couldn’t get enough of it.
Pumpkin Season is here. While driving on Franconia Road, we noticed this cute Pumpkinville. This is a family owned business, which offers various Halloween decorations. We stopped there to enjoy their festive atmosphere with pumpkins, gourds, hay bales and mums.
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