Letting sleeping koalas lie

Koalas are cute, there's just no denying it. Since their primary food source is the semi-poisonous leaves of eucalypt trees, they spend most of their day just digesting the stuff, sleeping up to 20 hours a day. Still, we managed to catch a few on the move while visiting Sydney's Taronga Zoo.

This was an amazing zoo for me, which had the largest group of animals I'd never seen before, mostly because of Australia's unique set of marsupials. Platypus, kookaburra, bilby and the leopard seals just to name a few. This zoo has been around for almost a hundred years, and has very nice natural enclosures including this one where the emu, kangaroos, and wallabies roam.

Their bird show is excellent as well, and gives the best views of Sydney from across the water. You have to take a ferry from Circular Quay to get to Taronga, and its well worth the trip.

After seeing the zoo in fact, we used the ferries to take a tour of the Sydney waterfront. The sun set while we were on the water, and it was very nice as all the lights came out.