If you are a reptile lover – or want to develop a love for this slimy and scaly group of animals, Australia which is world famous home to world’s most amazing animals is the place to see them – and the Australian Reptile Park at Sydney is the precise place to do that.

The Australian Reptile Park is located a considerable distance from the city center – precisely about a hour’s drive away – and this means a trip to the place will give you the opportunity to see most of Sydney. It is located near what used to be the old Sydney town theme park – an old time popular haunt for youngsters and parents visiting with Sydney with their youngsters.

The signpost which heralds your entry to the Australian Reptile Park at Sydney are signs you surely won’t miss. On the diversion which leads to the park from the freewheel for instance; there is a huge dinosaur-themed billboard sign, which announces that you are around the Australian Reptile Park at Sydney. And at the park’s exact entrance, there is a huge lizard sign – based on a lizard species called the Priscilla Queen of the Desert Lizard – and which besides announcing your entry to the Australian Reptile Park, is also quite a sight in itself.

The reptile park was made with the whole family in mind – and the whole tour to the Australian reptile park is clearly family themed.

And apart from the actual creatures on display here, there are even some reptile shows – with amusing (and possibly illuminating) tales about reptiles which your youngster (if you happen to be visiting with your young ones) will surely enjoy.

What almost everyone who gets to visit the Australian Reptile Park affirms is that the park has a remarkable collection of all reptiles one can ever imagine – from lizards to crocodiles – and including snakes, spiders and alligators.

Some of the rare reptiles on display at the Australian Reptile Park at Sydney include the Cassowary – which can prove to a scary sight for a sensitive youngster. As it turns out, Cassowaries are classified as an endangered species and are indeed very hard to find, which means that the Australian reptile park must have gone to very considerable pains to get its very own cassowary which is proudly on display here.

And to underline its family theme – the Australian reptile is also equipped with facilities specifically targeted at the child visitors to the park – and these include the children’s park, the picnic area (for whole family enjoyment) and an area with animals that would not be considered reptiles – Kangaroos and emus – but that nonetheless make enjoyable sights for the whole family.

The complaint that might be raised about the Australian reptile park is its lack of water tours- which most other parks of this nature offer, though again it could be that the park desists from offering these because of safety concerns.

All in all though, a tour to the Australian reptile park gives good value for money.

If you are an animal lover – or are visiting Sydney with your young ones, the Taronga zoo in Sydney is one spot you won’t want to give a miss in your tour.

The zoo is an extensive affair – with the main zoo, the kiddies’ zoo, a playground and an animal farm to name but of a few of features here. The zoo also has a good stock of animals – including a number of lions somewhere in the zoo.

Taronga zoo also makes a great place to have a moment of quiet and peace on your Sydney tour, as it a considerable distance away from the huge crowds that make up Sydney, and that can feel a bit choking for people who want their peace.

It is not just the animals that you get to enjoy at the Taronga zoo in Sydney. As turns out, this zoo is the ideal place to visit if you are keen to have some post-card standard photos of you taken – with all the background features – including the Sydney harbor bridge, the Sydney house and the wider Sydney skyline that will prove to the folks back home that you were indeed in Sydney.

Getting to the Taronga zoo in Sydney should not be hard – and so wide is the choice of transport means to get you to Taronga zoo (and this includes water means) that you will find yourself spoilt for choice as to how you actually get here. You can, for instance, choose to get to the Taronga zoo by the cable car or by the bus. If you choose to get to the Taronga zoo by water, the simplest thing for you to do will be to catch a ferry at the Circular Quay, and in a short period of time, you will find yourself canoodling with the animals at the zoo. You cannot, however, walk into the zoo – that is – unless you are totally out of your mind.

One thing you will have to put up with on your visit to Taronga zoo is the kids’ screaming. A funny thing with kids is that they love to be taken to the animals alright (they will even beg to be taken to the zoo) but once there, they tend to get a little bit too scared of the creatures – hence the occasional screaming to be heard in various corners of zoo, ironically even in the corners where the relatively harmless animals are kept.

And in between your visit to the Taronga zoo in Sydney, it is hoped that you will find the opportunity to give a visit to one of the Zoo’s fine restaurants – and see what they have to offer in terms of both exotic and traditional cuisine. These cafes can also come in handy if the lunch hour happens to catch up with you while you are visiting the Taronga zoo, or if you are visiting with your young ones and they get hungry while here.

All in all, a tour to Sydney’s Taronga zoo is likely to be a memorable event.

The Sydney open air cinema is another of the city’s greatest attraction – and for lovers of the big screen visiting Sydney, a visit to the Sydney open air cinema often turns out to be the one of the major highlights of their tour. You only get the opportunity to watch a movie at the Sydney open air cinema if you happen to be visiting the city in summer – because for one reason or another, this is the only time when the Sydney open air cinema opens.

Getting to the location where the Sydney open air cinema is located should not be hard. The cinema is located near the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens – just next to Missus Macquaries Chair, a popular spot in Sydney that every taxi driver should be familiar with. But while getting to the location where the Sydney open air cinema is located might be easy, getting into the cinema itself is quite another story – since seat places tend to be quite limited. Indeed, the Sydney open air cinema is considered one of the hardest cinemas in the city to get into and also one of the most expensive. Although Sydney has numerous other great cinemas, it turns out that the Sydney open air cinema occupies a special spot in the minds of movie lovers in the city. And because of the great demand it enjoys, it is advisable that you book your place at the Sydney open air cinema as soon you get to it – because competition for seats at this cinema can get rather hot on some days. And if you are staying a considerable distance from the movie and will not be driving yourself to the movie, you are well advised to make a taxi reservation well in advance (and at least before checking in for your movie) because competition for the taxis can also get rather stiff after a movie at the Sydney open air cinema.

There is much more to enjoy at the Sydney open air cinema besides the movie that happens to be showing when you give the cinema a visit. The Sydney open air cinema, for one, gives you a good vantage point, giving you an unparalleled view of the city and its beautiful surroundings. From the Sydney open air cinema, for instance, you get a good view of the city’s world famous Sydney Harbor Bridge, the Sydney Opera house and much more of the Sydney skyline.

There is a nice place at the Sydney open air cinema that you can buy the drinks to enjoy alongside your movie too. There is even a place you can grab a bite as you wait for your movie to get underway. Clearly, if you want to enjoy the eating and drinking part of your visit to the Sydney open air cinema, you are well advised to grab a table well in advance (competition for these can get stiff at times too) – use it for your drinking and eating, and then discard it for other users to have it before your movie gets underway, so that you can enjoy your movie unencumbered.