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February 06, 2025

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Taronga Zoo

February 06, 2025

Please keep in mind that my first degree was in botany and zoology. I have never seen a koala in the wild as clearly as I saw this one. Usually, they are way up in the sky, just dark lumps in a tree. We booked an overnight stay in Taronga Zoo , and it was well worth the price, because in the early morning, we spotted a koala just below the window. Look, it cost quite a bit, but if you want to mix it with the wildlife, minus the crowds, this is the way to go! Taronga Zoo is on the northern side of Sydney Harbour, and you can get there by bus or ferry. The ferry ride is more pleasant, and there is an entrance gate at the bottom. but the hill is quite steep, and a lot of people catch a bus up from the ferry wharf to the top, and make their way down. The number of the wharf at the Quay can vary, so check the signs or your Tripview travel app , which you need to have on your phone. The 100 bus leaves from the Queen Victoria Building, every ten minutes, but the ferry ride is nicer. The zoo i...

Opal cards

February 04, 2025

Public transport in Sydney is cashless, and you need an Opal Card . That will change in the next few years, so check your facts after 2026. If you are arriving by air, you can get a train into the city, and you will find machines that dispense Opal cards as you approach the turnstiles. You cannot use cash to pay for travel, but you can use the Opal card on all ferries, trains out as far as Kiama, Newcastle of the Blue Mountains, and all buses. In most cases, you need to "tap on" and "tap off", so the system knows how much to charge you. An exception is the Manly Ferry , where you need only to tap on, because everybody is chased ashore at the other end. There is an Opal One Day Travel Pass is valid in the Opal network on trains, buses, ferries and light rail services. This includes public transport in Sydney, the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Hunter, Illawarra and Southern Highlands. It is not valid on private ferries such as the Manly Fast Ferry, they say. There ar...

Dobroyd Head

February 07, 2025

This is largely covered in the Manly to Spit walk , because you walk over and through the Dobroyd area. Under construction.

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