Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World » Kelly Tarltons Underwater World

08-02-2008

Neither could I, any other links Zoo Boy..? Is it just Penguins or any other exhibits too..? I thought was doubling the size..?

08-02-2008

If Kelly Tarlton's underwater world is only a couple of hours, then it sounds about the same size as the Melbourne Aquarium, which I was terribly disappointed in. Sydney and Seattle both have decent aquariums, but Monterey Bay and Vancouver are both excellent and worth 3-4 hours. Of course San Diego Seaworld is an entire day.

08-02-2008

In the mdeia section on the website.

08-02-2008

In my opinion Melbourne is far superior than Kelly Tarlton's but I also found Sydney to be a disapointment...

08-02-2008

i haven't been to melbourne since the opening weekend when the good people there exposed me to legionella.

08-02-2008

I don't know what this is but it doesn't sound good...

08-02-2008

patrick never got over it.

But this is meant to be a thread about Kelly Tarlton's not Melbourne....

08-02-2008

do they have many native freshwater fish display? Galaxias in particular

08-02-2008

The only two freshwater displays (I saw) were the NZ eel tank and the Piranha tank... I think I loaded photos of both...

I'll do a review about the National aquarium over the weekend, they had MANY more freshwater species including North and South American, Asian, African and of course NZ...

Nigels views
13-02-2008

I got this feeling from their website thats why I said trying... Whats your opinion Nigel as a Wellingtonian and zoo fan, yay or nay..?


Having spoken with the people that are trying to set the whole venture up and running , I personally would go against alot of Wellingtonions and vote Yay -- with some improved designs .
The coastline is nothing really spectacular compared to many other places in NZ , and Wellington could do with another conservation attraction to compliment the zoo and Karori sanctuary .
The centre is going to be NZs equal of Monterrey aquiriam in California , which I have visited and give top marks
It will be conservation and education first and foremost
There are alot of nimbys living in Wellington who think the "pristine " South Coast is wonderful ...... they obviously havent seen much of their own country .

21-03-2008

Kelly Tarlton's has just been sold for NZ$13 million to Village Roadshow, which also owns Sydney Aquarium, Manly Oceanworld and Sea World Gold Coast.

And on a related note, apparently the Wellington Aquarium people are applying for a permit to try and open at a new site after the debacle over the last one.