After the cruise I met this truly nerdy British journalist and we had lunch at Doyle's on the Quay (not quite Doyle's on the Beach but they didn't take Amex all the same) and walked around The Rocks, the oldest part of Sydney, now restored with shops, pubs and the like. I would have liked to go to the zoo, but I couldn't shake this guy long enough.

Eventually, after a lengthy "tea" we separated and I went up to the Sydney Tower for a wonderful night time view of the city, and then took the monorail to Darling Harbour for dinner at the large but quite nice shopping center.

I then crossed back towards the city, stopping at the Aquarium -- the best I've ever seen. The exhibits were great and there are two tanks where you actually walk in tubes so you are right next to the fish. Some are even resting on top of the tube so you can see the undersides of, for example, Manta rays.

After the Aquarium I went back to the Rocks for an evening stroll before returning to my hotel.

written by  shoshtrvls on April 21, 1990 from Sydney, Australia
from the travel blog: Australia (1990)
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