Underwater World

Yep, that's a stingray swimming above Jonathan

I don't think I need to tell you what that is

One of my favorites: a dragon fish

A seal feeding during the show

One of the displays of fresh fish at the wharf - prices in kilos (I can't begin to tell you how fun it is to constantly perform conversions in your head -both from lbs. to kilos and australian dollar to U.S. -I'm not very good at it, to say the least...)

It's been rainy here for the last week, off and on. There was a bit of a break on Friday and since Jonathan has that day off each week, we were able to enjoy the beach for a few hours together. Then rain returned soon after, though, and when you have a scooter as your form of transportation, it's not a very good combination (rain + scooter =bath). So, we looked into some indoor activities this weekend. We decided on Underwater World.

Underwater World is a nice little aquarium just south near the wharf. We spent a good part of Saturday there, enjoying the marine sights and sounds (sights I guess mostly, as none of the creatures made much noise:)). We enjoyed the seal show and the underwater shark and stingray exhibit the most. It was kind of crazy, watching sharks swim right above you! That's as close as I hope to ever come with the species.

Since we were right on the wharf, we had to take advantage of the fresh fish & chips again. This time we were wiser and decided to split a basket of the fresh goodness:). All of the places along the spit sell fresh seafood as well, so we're hoping to pick some up and do some cookin' one of these days. It was a fun day, although we're hoping for the return of the sunshine really soon!