Melbourne - Sea Life Aquarium

Melbourne

"The Travellers" giant steel sculptures on the Sandridge Bridge, depicting the immigrants who travelled to make Melbourne their home

We woke up to rain on our first day and our first port of call was the Sea Life Aquarium as requested by the boys, so we caught the tram round to the south bank side of the city and took a leisurely stroll along side the river to the aquarium admiring all the fancy buildings along the way, cute little foot bridges with sculptures and one bridge which people had started attaching padlocks to… trying to emulate Pont Des Arts bridge in Paris. 

South Bank Love Bridge

Unfortunately we then had to pass under the railway bridge which was littered with homeless people curled up in their sleeping bags. We lead such a sheltered life and I think the boys found it quite shocking to see people sleeping rough, with the quite ironic back drop of super sleek skyscrapers filled with people busy making their millions. 

The aquarium was pretty much in the same theme as all Sea Life Aquariums and we do have some pretty fantastic ones back in the UK, but we did see some new fish we’d not seen before, namely the Elephant Fish and the most humungous manta rays ever.

Pub Quiz fact: The Elephant Fish use their unique nose like a metal detector to search the sea floor for shellfish.