Taronga Zoo Addendum

 The koala looked notably less creepy in person

 Spotted on a ferry ride...

...New Zealand's America's Cup boat!

Special thanks to Ben Staples

Sydney Olympic Park

 Braving the winter weather before the ferry ride

 Atop the Novotel with Sydney in the distance

 Crazy Americans standing under the Cauldron

A reminder of home

Sydney and the Harbour Bridge viewed from the Novotel

Home to Australia's oldeset rocks and the world's smallest frog

 A frog sanctuary discovered during construction of the park

 Sailing gold medalists

 An exotic foreign car - the Ford

Ian Gill!

Outside the ANZ Stadium where the Opening and Closing Ceremonies were held

Rainy Day Trip to the Sydney Aquarium

Go-go-gadget neck?

Plants are cool too

 The Weedy Seadragon

 A splash of color

 Likely the protagonist in many nightmares to come

Just whistle while you work

A gentle giant

 Found him

 Patrolling the waters

 A stingray gracefully gliding around

 Linckia laevigata

Largest Great Barrier Reef exhibit in the world

Saving up money to pet a real kangaroo someday

Adventures at the Taronga Zoo

 

 Kanga playing dead

  Wallabies soaking up the sun

 The Tasmanian Devil is a speedy little guy

 A majestic penguin

 A meercat looks longingly into the crowd

 Some interspecies mingling

 'Porpoising' during the seal show

 Munching on eucalyptus

 Ultimate relaxation

Passing the Opera House on the ferry ride

Coogee Beach

 A vast and open horizon

 Waves breaking over the rocks

Local artwork

The sun did not know how beautiful its light was, until it was reflected off this building

 First view of the Harbour

 1,056,000 Swedish tiles

View from the Harbour Bridge

 Creative construction wall

 An old friend

Shadow from the Harbour Bridge