Sydney Aquarium - Sydney, Australia
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Sydney Aquarium is located in Darling Harbor in Sydney, Australia.
Waymark Code: WM414F
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 06/21/2008
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Sydney Aquarium is a public aquarium located in the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the eastern (city) side of Darling Harbour to the north of the Pyrmont Bridge.
The aquarium contains a large variety of Australian aquatic life, displaying more than 650 species comprising more than 6,000 individual fish and other sea and water creatures from most of Australia's water habitats.
Its key exhibits are a series of underwater, see-through, acrylic glass tunnels where sharks swim above visitors, and recreation of a Great Barrier Reef coral environment.
The Sydney Aquarium was opened in 1988, during Australia's bicentenary celebrations, and is one of the largest aquariums in the world. It is regarded as one of Sydney's premier tourist attractions with over 55% of its visitors each year coming from overseas.
Physical address of aquarium: Aquarium Pier, Darling Harbour, Australia NSW 2000
Website address: http://www.sydneyaquarium.com.au
Hours of operation: 9 am - 10 pm
Admission cost: 29.00
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Visit Instructions:
To get credit for logging a waymark you must:
1. Take a photo of the front entrance with the public aquarium's name on it. Optional photos include pics of the exhibits inside the aquarium but of course, admission and/or entry is not required to log this waymark.