Today I caught a train and ferry to the Sydney Taronga Zoo. It was a bit windy on the ferry but a nice trip.
As we left the city behind
We had a great view of the Opera House as we passed
and the Sydney Harbour Bridge as well.
There were a lot of tourist on the Ferry and I guess they had the same
idea as we did...going to the zoo.
Looking back, I caught sight of another ferry coming in to Circular Quay
We traveled from the ferry terminal to the zoo entrance in a chair lift.
In the same car was a Russian airline hostess who was in Sydney for the day.
The very first exhibit we saw was the elephants.
This is Tukta, the first female Asian elephant calf to be born at Taronga Zoo.
She was born 2nd November 2010 so was only 3 months old here.
Tukta raced around putting on a display for us, playing with different
objects in her enclosure
After the elephants we saw the brown bear. He looked bored or lonely.
We decided to watch the bird show and this is the view sitting in the stands.
The first bird to come down was a Crane
Next was a Wedge Tail Eagle who waited up in the tree until the handler came.
Then she flew down and showed how she cracked Emu eggs with a rock.
Of course this wasn't a real Emu egg but there was still a treat inside for her.
The keepers hid a device that had recorded sounds of frogs. This owl flew in and
found it straight away, devouring the food that had been placed there for her.
Next to arrive was a giant Condor who flew in silently and gracefully.
On our way out we passed the Pelicans
and the seals, some swimming...
and some just basking in the sun
The Leopard Seals would not get out of the water but just kept bobbing up
every now and again.
All in all it was a pretty good day at one of the Worlds greatest zoos.
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