A day at the Taronga Zoo

Sorry that we have been out of touch for so long. We're going to do some catching up of what we've experienced over the past week. I can't believe all this has happened in just a week. We forgot to share our fun day at The Taronga Zoo with you all. Last Thursday we took the ferry over to the Zoo, a 7 minute ride. Once off the ferry we hopped on a gondola and rode OVER the zoo. We got to see a 2 month old baby elephant from up there. Rob thought it would be fun for the kids (and us) to do a 90 minute private tour of the Australian Animals with special guides. Our guides were 2 woman who brought us back into all these areas that were strictly for "Gold VIP" tours. We got up close to koalas (their policy was no petting) and to pet snakes, lizards, kangaroos, an emu, a possum, and a wallaby. It was amazing. Ella finally got to see her tasmanian devil, that she'd been dying to see. The platypus, however, was playing hard to get and would not show his little fury, egg laying self. We stayed at the zoo until it closed and took the ferry back with the sun setting behind the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

posted by Marileen