At Darling Harbour is a very nice aquarium. It's possibly not as nice as Monterey but it does have two HUGE tanks with underwater tunnels. One tank has Dudongs or sea cows which are what the ancient mariners used to call Mermaids, and the other tank has sharks and rays. The dudongs are quite boring but the shark tank is fabulous. There are thousands of fish including about 40 sharks and rays which can swim right over your head. I did ask one of the docents about the sharks eating the other fish but apparently they are kept very well fed and eating each other is just too much effort. Better to just wait for food to be dropped right into your mouth. In addition to these tanks are lots of smaller tanks containing jelly fish (including the Aussie poisonous ones), gorgeous reef fish, sea horses etc. A great diversion for a few hours.
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