We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo.

On Friday it was my birthday. This year to celebrate 100 years of Taronga Zoo they have a deal where it costs $1 for the birthday person's entrance ticket. James spoke with his boss about taking the day off so he could come too and she was amazingly supportive of it so after Alexander's weigh-in we all hopped into the car and headed to the zoo. We followed Jenny's back street directions and parked on the road and headed over.

First stop was the koalas. There were 2 sleeping in the trees. They looked so cute and cuddly. I had my own little koala on me who was very cuddly in the ergo.

Next we went to the reptile exhibition. I didn't want to spend heaps of time here because we see most of these animals at the Reptile Park but the kids loved looking at every window at every reptile. 

Eliza patting the turtle

The other difficulty was that being a week day there were a lot of school kids on an excursion so we had to wait for them to move on at different spots which made it take longer too. Daniel loves sitting in the pram and Eliza enjoy walking so they did this for the start, however, it did get a bit annoying having Daniel get in and out of the pram so I told him that he was to walk (and also because he is almost 4, he is more than capable of walking).

After getting the token photo on the Komodo dragon 

we continued down to the giraffes. They are such beautiful animals. We asked someone to take our photo and he did a pretty good job to get all 5 of us looking decent. 

We then went over to watch the orangutans. There were a few little baby/kids who were having fun playing together, chasing and rumbling. They then had some fruit thrown into them so they all sat down and enjoyed their food. We too enjoyed a snack and Alexander had some milk. 

After a toilet stop we headed down to the African animals. Eliza was now in the pram because she wasn't wanting to hold our hands and kept wanting to go her own way so for ease we clipped her into the pram. Daniel was enjoying walking and looking at the different animals and chatting about them. The kids paused to look at the zebras. 

Our family also got photos being fennec foxes with the tall ears. 

The kids loved watching the meerkats. There were 3 ones that were playing/fighting with each other. Daniel and Eliza thought it was hilarious watching them bite each other and roll on top of each other. They definitely got the giggles. 

We tried to see the gorillas, however, the real ones weren't there. We did enjoy having some photos with the fake gorillas though.

We continued past the male elephant and found the female elephants where we sat down to have lunch - tasty peanut butter sandwiches. It was so nice watching the elephants eat their lunch too. The way they use their trunks to hold branches it very cool. 

After lunch we walked through the rainforest walk, looking at some beautifully coloured birds and at massive fish. Daniel was keen to keep walking, taking me by the hand. He enjoyed pushing the doors open to enter the different rooms.

We then went to the marine animals section. Daniel climbed into the boat at the 'beach' and wanted someone to row him somewhere. James was very obliging. He also was excited to see rainbows each time the water was sprayed in the air.  

We then walked past the seals having a lovely swim in the water and went down to the Pelicans. James was fascinated by these birds. He poked his head towards one but pulled away as the pelican straightened his neck slightly. 

We continued down the ramp and again enjoyed watching the seals. They were just having feeding time and it was cool to see how well trained they are. I love watching the seals move around on land, climbing up the steps, diving into the water. They are amazing creatures. Lastly we watched the Penguins having a feed too. Pretty cute that they come when their dinner bell is rung.

We then headed around to the gondola - the highlight of the day. Daniel had been asking to go on it since we arrived. It didn't disappoint. We got some pretty cute photos of the kids on it too. 

We finished off with a quick play at the park (well, the coloured poles) with Daniel counting how many there were. 

What a fun day it was! We were all exhausted by the end of the day but it was very worth it. Alexander was very happy in the ergo which was great! I love having ergo babies!

This year at Taronga Zoo they are involved with vivid lights. The different animal sculptures look amazing in the day time. I think it would be fantastic to see at night!