We love Funday Sunday, it’s the day when NSW public transport cap their prices on travel to anywhere in the state of NSW to $2.50 each. All you need is an opal card and you are on your way!
The other Sunday we packed up some lunch and snacks and caught the train down to Sydney to the Australian Museum!
The Australian museum is the oldest museum in Australia and is situated at 1 William St, Sydney. Easily accessed by 3 train stations, found right in the heart of the city and worth a visit when traveling to Sydney.
The Australian museum boasts a variety of exhibitions, a new one to us was the Wild planet Exhibit which has over 400 animals on display. Each animal has further information on it on interactive iPads such as their location and conservation status.
The search and discover space is hands on for the kids, it’s an area they can use projected microscopes to investigate many items. They also have (stuffed) animals that you can pat, resource books to look through and really cool stick insects to get up close to and explore. If you are really keen you can search through the stick insects poop to find their eggs!
But too be honest the main reason we go to the Australian museum is for the dinosaurs! They have dinosaur skeletons and fossils on display, some hands on activities and a skull of a Tyrannosaurus Rex you can put your head in! This alone is worth the entry price!
The Australian museum does host other exhibits that change and are offered for an extra cost, at present the Spiders alive and deadly. We didn’t visit this exhibit, most of us in the family have a fear of spiders, but I have heard it’s pretty cool! Keep an eye out on the museums website for update info on what exhibits are coming.
Where: 1 William st Sydney. It is accessed via Public transport easily. Museum, St James and Town hall stations are all in walking distance.
How much: $15 Adult, $8 Concession and children under $16 are free! Note that special exhibits incur a cost on top of this, check website for more info.
Need to know: Some parts of the museum are being refurbished at the moment so are closed to the public, you can bring food into the museum or they have a cafe you can purchased a meal at, there is a under 5’s play space on level 2 and make sure you get a map, because it can be a little confusing!
Have you been to the Australian museum?
If not, where is your favourite?
Safe travels
Kerrie
We visited the Australian Museum with our kids several years ago. It was fabulous and the kids really loved it. We spent a week in Sydney and I think we managed to visit 5 museums! Visiting from #TeamLovinLife
5 museums! Wow! Sounds like you had a amazing time when you were in Sydney!
Oh wow, the museum looks great but I mostly love the idea of the capped public transport prices. I’m in a small town now and it’s not really a thing, but when I lived in Brisbane, public transport prices increased a lot and going ‘to and fro’ anywhere got expensive – especially if you take a family!
Yeah that’s one of my favourite parts too! At $2.50 it makes the day so economical travel and explore with the family!
What a fun family day out! I haven’t been to the Australian Museum. I must add it to my list for next visit to Sydney! #TeamLovinLife
It awesome! The Kids love it there!
I love going on little adventures on Sundays with my son using public transport. The Australian Museum is a favourite of ours too.
SSG xxx
It’s a great economical day out! Thanks for your comment!
Hey, we just went there yesterday!!! NOT KIDDING! I’d never been. Funny how we went out of our way to visit the Museum of Natural History in NYC but have never visited the one in Sydney on our many many visits. Until yesterday. We did the spider exhibition as well (which is also funny because it is by Questacon and was in Canberra … where I live … and it took a trip to Sydney for me to see it).
Thanks for linking!
See you next week.
#TeamLovinLife
Isn’t it funny how you either live or go to a place so often and just not visit!?! Hope you had a great day there!
This looks like an awesome museum. It’s definitely somewhere I’d visit on a trip to Sydney. Great for kids too 🙂 #TeamLovinLife
Absolutely! It’s awesome and worth the visit!
I used to make an annual pilgrimage to the Australian Museum and loved everything about it. It’s been many years since I last visited. I should take advantage of the Sunday price cap and take the kids for a visit too!
Yes! Definitely do it! It’s such an amazing and reasonably priced place to visit!
As I never studied History at school I always missed the Museum excursions and I have still never visited it. I must add it to my list for next time I’m in Sydney. Love the cheap train fare idea too! Maybe Queensland should be doing this as well.
The cheap fair is amazing for families, makes the day reasonably priced from the start!
It is a great place and I’ve visited from time to time since I was a kid. I have taken school excursions there and grandkids too. It could take many visits to see all that is on offer! Thanks for linking up for #lifethisweek Denyse
It is a great city to explore! Thanks for your comment!