half way into the 3 hour journey to the zoo... the heavens opened and it didn't stop all day!
despite the rain we still had an amazing time and had a laugh at our own expense!
the zoo was really good and you can tell that steve irwin still has a major influence over it. there was a tribute wall for him, full of flowers and his famous khaki shirts and there were loads of pictures detailing his life.
onto the animals, finally we saw some of the australian icons that we have been looking out for since we arrived 10 weeks ago.
although we caught a glimpse of a koala whilst on the great ocean road, we hadn't seen one close up. we got chance to stroke one and get really close.
our favourite experience was getting up close to the kangaroo's. again this was an animal that we have been looking out for and really wanted to see!
they didn't disappoint! we even saw one with a joey in it's pouch. the most exciting part was getting really close and being able to stroke and feed them.
we also went to watch a few shows at the crocoseum, a 5,000 seat arena.
in another show we saw some spectacular birds flying round the audience.
and the final show was the legendary salt water crocodile, which was really good. with steve irwin being known as the crocodile hunter a large proportion of the zoo was focussed on crocodiles.
amy got to feed an elephant.
we also saw some tigers, dingoes, camels, wombats and tasmanian devils.australia zoo was home to the oldest giant tortoise in the world. she was called harriet and lived to be 175, however she died last summer. we did see some of harriets friends, who were also massive.
we had an amazing day at the zoo, and even with the drenching we got, we're glad we went.
ps. more news on the dvd. we're going to john's daughters house tomorrow and she has two little kids, so we've asked john and jo and are hoping that they have a dvd player / playstation2 that we can watch it on! fingers crossed!
3 comments:
looks like you`r had a great ( wet ) time the at the zoo, was that george clarke with you greg ? oh no i see now its a kangaroo haha, love mum and dad xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hey guys, It's great to see you made it to the zoo... I told you you could stroke the Roos, they're soo soft!! Thankyou for your email. You were perfect house guests. Considering we've opened our house to the vast majority of Greater Manchester's backpackers, you guys were the most "house trained" of the lot of them, come back anytime. Although maybe when we've got more room... lovely to see you both, Steve says hi, all the best for the rest of you adventures. Ez x.
I forgot I never commented here. the zoo looks brilliant even in all the rain.
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