Day 41 - Sydney, Australia - Day 1

Early Tuesday morning we sailed into the Sydney harbor. We sailed in while it was still dark and we saw sunrise after we had docked. We had to dock at White Bay. Only the larger cruise ships that don't fit under the Harbor Bridge dock at the Circle Quay near the Opera House. We had to take shuttles to get to the main downtown area. Our tour today was to visit the Sydney Taronga Zoo.

the pilot came on board about 4:30 AM

first sights of Sydney

sailing into the harbor

approaching the Sydney Harbor Bridge. you can see a silhouette of the Opera House to the left of the bridge

flags on top of the bridge

getting ready to sail under the bridge

the city skyline

the Sun Princess docked in front of us for the day

the bridge

sunrise over Sydney

we used a temporary terminal for the day

our ship docked behind the Sun Princess

The main entrance to the Taronga Zoo

first we saw Koalas

views of the city from the zoo

seal

penguins

Australian White Ibis

an Emu

a rocky kangaroo

more koalas

kangaroos

Long-becked Echidna

owl

Tawny Frogmouth

different birds here that look for food at outdoor restaurants. This is an Australian White Ibis that we saw all around town

back to the ship after the zoo excursion

late in the afternoon they moved our ship up to the cruise terminal building after the Sun Princess left

the Harbor Bridge

the ANZAC bridge

the city from the front of the ship

bridge climb group on top of the bridge

sunset

downtown Sydney after dark