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Our day started with a ride on the train to the city and a muesli bar for morning tea.
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From the station we walked through Hyde Park.
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You can touch some of the exhibits at the museum. Here is Isaac with a koala.
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Isaac with an echidna, making sure he pats it the right way.
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Giving a Minmi paravertebra (a dinosaur from Queensland) a hug.
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Isaac admires the Styracosaurus skeleton. He was very impressed with this one.
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Saying hi to the diprotodon (giant wombat). These things roamed Australia until about 40,000 years ago.
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Watch out he doesn't close his mouth Isaac.
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Saying hello to an ancestor of the Tasmanian tiger (thylacene).
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A marsupial lion (thylacoleo). Roar!
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The elephant skelton. Surprised Isaac recognised it without its trunk.
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Darren and Isaac have lunch in Hyde Park.
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Keeping an eye on the ibis that wanted our lunch.
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Admiring the fountain at Hyde Park.
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Isaac enjoyed watching the giant bubbles, even if the bigger kids burst most of them before he had a chance to.
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Funny that Isaac and the guy playing white are striking the same pose. Not sure what that means.
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Devouring an ice cream on the ferry back to Parramatta.
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Looking out over the edge on the ferry.
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Isaac watches a yacht sail past us.
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The Gladesville bridge, which Isaac, Nay and Darren spend too many days driving over. Today we went under it.
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Nearing Parramatta - Isaac plays hide and seek with a boy a few rows in front.