{"id":1063,"date":"2009-09-17T18:50:50","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T15:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.all-things-me.net\/blog\/?p=1063"},"modified":"2009-09-17T19:01:12","modified_gmt":"2009-09-17T16:01:12","slug":"taronga-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.all-things-me.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/17\/taronga-zoo","title":{"rendered":"Taronga Zoo (Sept 6)"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was the Fathers’ Day in Australia when we took off to Taronga Zoo<\/a>, bright and early. We drove to the city and took a ferry from Circular Quay.<\/p>\n

\"Harbour<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

Of course, there were koalas:<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Pffft. Old news. \":)\" They seem to like staying in that curled position. Saw countless of koalas like that (koalas here, koalas there, sleeping koalas everywhere).<\/p>\n

There were some lovely giraffes:<\/p>\n

\"Giraffes
\n\"More<\/p>\n

They had had to grow some pretty long necks to get a better view behind those trees there.<\/p>\n

There was a baby chimp<\/p>\n

\"Baby<\/p>\n

and a baby elephant (Luk Chai)<\/p>\n

\"Baby<\/p>\n

who is a bit of a celebrity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We were there right on time to catch both the seal and the bird show. It’s amazing how the animals can be trained — especially the seal show was very funny!<\/p>\n

OK then, the animal I came all this way<\/em> (15,000 km\/9,400 mi) for: the kangaroo. Did I get to see them this time? Yes. Well, sorta.<\/p>\n

\"Lazy<\/p>\n

It must’ve been a bit too hot for them to be jumping around. On the way out of the zoo we went by the enclosure one more time:<\/p>\n

\"Buzz<\/p>\n

Is that kangaroo trying to tell me something…?<\/p>\n

Then it was time to head back. This time we took the Sky Safari cable cars down to the wharf.<\/p>\n

\"Sky<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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