Sydney, day one, 9 Jan.

Welcome to Sydney! The famous Harbor Bridge as seen from our hotel room. Third day of our journey, I think. Left LA at 8 pm Saturday and landed at dawn on Monday. Sunday didn't happen but they say we'll get it back. I don't believe them. We're here, we're exhausted and we're heading out anyway to a do a zombie-walk through Sydney.

Our small band of innocents meet in the lobby to plan our attack.

Entrance to Taronga Zoological Park, dated 1916. A lovely spot for a crew of animal lovers (that is, we love animals) to begin our first day in Australia.

Well what did you expect for my first Aussie animal shot?

Local bloke doesn't seem that happy to see us.

Surprised? I must admit, after one zoo and three different wildlife sanctuary tours, I've seen enough Roos and wallabies to last me. This is a red I think.

Wallaby. What is the plural of wallaby? Wallaby, wallabys, or wallabies?