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102  SY DNEY

rSea Life Sydney king and gentoo penguins.
Aquarium, Wild Life Wild Life Sydney Zoo offers an
Sydney Zoo & authentic Australian wildlife
experience, with more than 100
Madame Tussaud’s native species in 10 different
habitats. Highlights include the
Aquarium Pier, Darling Harbour. Map
4 D2. Tel 1800 614 069. @ Sydney koalas in Gum Tree Valley and
Explorer. g Darling Harbour.  Town the kangaroo walkabout.
Hall. v Paddy’s Markets. Aquarium: Madame Tussaud’s is another
Open 9:30am–7pm daily. Zoo: Open fun destination, with life-size
Apr–Sep: 9:30am–5pm; Oct–Mar: wax figures of the famous and Night lights at King Street Wharf,
9:30am–6pm. Madame Tussaud’s: powerful, including sporting Darling Harbour
Open 9:30am–7pm. Last adm: 1 hr heroes, historical figures, actors,
before closing. 7 8 & - musicians and celebrities from the city. The complex is flush
∑ sydneyaquarium.com.au Australia and around the world. with bars and restaurants that
∑ sydneywildlifeworld.com.au vie for the best views. Midway
∑ madametussauds.com.au along the wharf is the Pump-
tAustralian house boutique brewery, with
These fascinating attractions are National Maritime more than 40 beers. This is not
adjacent to one another on Museum just a party circuit, there are also
Darling Harbour, with good low-rise residential apartments
discounts to be had by buying a See pp104–5. set back from the water.
multi-attraction ticket.
The aquarium’s themed zones
include more than 13,000 yKing Street Wharf uChinese Garden
animals from 700 marine and Lime St, between King and Erskine sts. of Friendship
freshwater species in 6 million Map 4 D1. v Paddy’s Markets. @
litres of water. One of the high- Sydney Explorer. g Darling Harbour. Darling Harbour. Map 4 D3. Tel (02)
lights is Shark Valley’s 100 m ∆ 0 - = 7 ∑ kingstreet 9240 8888. @ Sydney Explorer. 
(110 yd) of acrylic wharf.com.au Town Hall. v Paddy’s Markets. g
underwater Darling Harbour. Open 9:30am–5:30pm
tunnels, Merchant bankers daily (Apr–Sep: 5pm). Closed Good Fri,
25 Dec. & 7 about 60 per cent.
allowing and city workers ∑ chinesegarden.com.au
close views of from nearby offices
sharks, sting- A tang fish in the Great flock to this harbour- The Chinese Garden was built in
rays and many types Barrier Reef display side venue, which 1984. It is a tranquil refuge from
of fish. Other exhibits combines a modern the city streets. The garden’s
include a Great Barrier Reef glass-and-steel shrine to café design was a gift to Sydney from
display, dugongs and a raft ride society with a working wharf. its Chinese sister city of Guang-
through an exhibit simulating Passengers arrive and depart in dong. The Dragon Wall, in the
a rugged sub-Antarctic style on harbour cruises, ferries lower section beside the lake,
environment with a colony of and water taxis, or on foot from has glazed carvings of two

Structuralist design of the Aquarium Pier, the home of Sea Life Sydney Aquarium, Wild Life Sydney Zoo and Madame Tussaud’s
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp482–3 and pp504–7