We're alive!

And we're back in action! I apologize for my extended absence.  I admit I became a bit lazy in the blogging department, but I promise I will try not to let that happen again. Key word here being "try." So where were we? Oh, yes. On Monday February 28th, Sarah and I headed over the the Sydney Aquarium. While there we had the pleasure of seeing all the beautiful and deadly creatures in the sea. A few of our favorites included sharks of all varieties, jelly fish, octopi, etc. It was pretty much your standard aquarium. Here's me as I am about to be dropped down to the depths of the ocean!

We spent a good deal of time with the dugongs at Mermaid Lagoon. At first I thought dugongs were the same as manatees, but I have just learned now with the help of Wikipedia, that dugongs and manatees are different species but belong to the same order Sirenia. Here's Sarah sitting besides a lovely lego mermaid at the lagoon.  Legos were a theme at this aquarium.

And here's a dugong in the flesh:

The highlight of the trip for me was seeing the platypus. He was a very fast swimmer so it was hard to capture him with my camera. This venomous mammal was just so darn adorable.

On Tuesday March 1st, Sarah and I went to Coogee beach. It was rather deserted on the day we visited so we almost had the beach to ourselves. Here are a few pics: