This was an unexpected trip to the Melbourne Zoo. Chris’ work colleague, Greg Ogal and his family were down from Koraleigh, NSW for work and they threw in a few extra days of sightseeing. So we met up with them at the Zoo. We spent 5 hours walking around seeing the animals in their various enclosures.
If I had to choose what animal to be I would be an Orangu-tang. They have a newly built enclosure which is very impressive, well to the human eye, don’t know what they think though. The new elephant enclourse next to the Orangu-tangs houses three newest residents, Dokkoon, Kulab and Num-Oi. I sometimes wonder if these animals get bored with their small enclosures, I guess it would be the equivalent to human prisons, have some of the necessities of home (shelter, water, food) but not the freedom of the outside world (wild).
Charlotte enjoyed the animals and Bethany seemed happy to be lying in her pram with the occasional feed. By the end of the day we were all exhausted. Charlotte was generally good with a few whinging moments, but that was acceptable considering she didn’t have an afternoon nap. To tortour the sleep deprived girls a bit more, we went out for dinner in Fiztroy (The Standard – nice pub, looks a bit dodgy from the outside but really nice on the inside) with Chris’ boss, Mike and his family and the Ogle’s. Must say the pork belly was absolutely delicious. That distrupted my 8 week liver cleansing diet a bit.
Bok voljeni moji,
evo me opet na vasoj stranici.:read:Vidim da ste sproveli lijepi dan u zoloskom vrtu.
Charlotte jesi se bojala te valike gorile:shock:a i drugih velikih zivotinja.
Jos ste malene da sve razumijete, kad budete vece onda ce i baka ici s vama.
Bethany je uhvatila veliku gusjenicu, kako je uhvatila?
Baka vas neizmjerno voli:bleh:
Boooooooooook!:bya:
Hello Lindorff family,
nice to see you all again…your pics reminded me of Melanie’s first trip to the zoo many years ago…the reason I always mention Melanie is because she was an only child for 7 years and we remember a lot with just her…whereas the other 3 came in quick succession and we didn’t do as much or even remember much…which really irks them.
Oh well , we hope at least Charlotte remembers this day with you…she looks like she had some fun.
Bye for now.
Maria{Melanie’s mum}
:bya::bya::bya:
Hi There,
Love the pic ‘checking out the Emu’ Kids descovering new things. Must be amazing for you both to watch. Saw pictures of Bethany at Mum and Dad’s the other day. She’s grown so fast in just a couple of months.
Hope all’s well,
Naomi and Justin