28 Oct 2024
Year 10 Marine Studies students went on a 2 day excursion up to Sydney. They went to the Sealife Aquarium at Darling Harbour where they got to see fish from all over Australia, from prehistoric lungfish, many species of sharks, colourful tropical species, a dugong and the very cute arctic penguins. A special ferry trip over to Manly saw us drive by some amazing naval ships lined with sailors that we later discovered were saluting the King and Queen who were in a boat nearby. The next day was an early start to go to the Sydney Fish Markets where we had a behind the scenes tour seeing all the amazing seafood that gets auctioned every day. Learning about how they grade the sashimi levels of the tuna. We ended day 2 with a trip to the Australian Maritime Museum where we learned about the Seabin initiative helping stop plastic pollution in Sydney Harbour. We got to drive underwater drones to explore further into Sydney Harbours depths. Students also got to explore the Submarine HMAS Onlsow and the last of this country's big gun ships HMAS Vampire. This was a real highlight seeing how these seamen live and work in such cramped quarters.
