Melbourne Australia Day 5

Today Dad, Zak and I went to the Sealife Aquarium while Mum went shopping. We saw lots of fish, sea horses, crabs, sharks, stingrays, a saltwater crocodile, jelly fish, a manta shrimp and a lot more.

The scariest by far had to be the saltwater crocodile because it was massive and it stayed so still, without even blinking until it had to come up for air (which was every 20 minutes or so). Some people even commented and said that it was fake. The saltwater crocodile was Zak's favourite thing at the aquarium.

My favourite thing at the aquarium was the stingrays because some of them were huge and some of them had cool patterns on the top. Some stingrays were triangular on the sides and flapped when they moved, others were more circular and there bodies moved in ripples. One of the other things I liked in the aquarium was how many blue dorys there were.

Dad's favourite thing was one of the humungous crabs which had a pincer more than twice the size of a human hand. Unfortunately we do not remember what type of crab this was.

After we had looked at everything in the aquarium we checked out the gift shop. Then in a sheltered area near the exit/entrance of the aquarium we waited for Mum. When she got there we ate our packed lunch together. Then Zak and Dad went to visit the Melbourne gaol while Mum and I went shopping. While looking for the shops we found quite a few cafes and chocolate shops. We went into one of the chocolate shops and bought a milk chocolate caramel bar and a milk chocolate peppermint bar which Mum and I shared. There was one place we passed through which had a tearoom with people queuing out the door. There was a big display of all the cakes and slices they sold in the window. When we finally got to the shops I tried on quite a few things but in the end only brought one top.

Photo of tearoom display