Melbourne Aquarium

This afternoon's stop on the circular tram was Melbourne Aquarium, which is not too far from Flinders Station or the Yarra river.

It is home to a colony of Gentoo and Emperor Penguins, many of which were imported from NZ's very own Kelly Tarltons Sealife Aquarium.

Some of the Gentoo penguins were moulting, resulting in a very fluffy coat.











Others were happy just to swim around and show off to their adoring public.






There were a number of very brightly coloured fish, both native, freshwater and marine.





Along with some native jellyfish, which we saw plenty of out in the harbour in Docklands, fortunately not this close up.




The main tank complete with underwater glass tunnel contained sharks, stingrays and large fish.