The Zoo!!!

Sunday June 28th

Got to sleep in for a bit today which was really nice. It turned out to be a gorgeous day with little chance of rain so I decided to go to the zoo. While I was waiting for Dan I went to the art store on the corner and picked up some trace paper for our charrett tomorrow and then stopped in the bakery. They had this pastry that I couldn't figure out what it was so I thought it be a good day to try it. It ended up it was an apple turnover with cream. It was extremely good!! but had a little too much sugar for me that early in the morning. 

We checked out where we are meeting tomorrow for studio on our way to the station. Then headed down to Circular Quey/Que (I never remember how to spell it). Then we took the ferry over to the zoo. When you get there you can either take the sky lift, bus, or walk to the top. We opted for the bus so that we could get to the Koala exhibit on time. Up until 2:45 you can pay to go into an area with koalas and get your picture taken and take all the pictures you want. It was well worth it. We were able to get within inches of them. The one had a joey in her pouch that you could see moving around.

After that we walked around and saw all kinds of animals, as you typically do in a zoo lol. The neat thing was that they not only had animals from all around the world but they had a lot of animals only found in Australia. We saw koalas, kangaroos, platypuses, wallabies, emu, and tons and tons of other birds. We didn't get to see any dingos though... there exhibit was closed for the mean time. One of the best parts was that we got to pet a momma wallaby who had her joey in her pouch. 

We were able to take the sky lift down to the ferry right around sunset and got some fantastic photos from there and while on the ferry. We just missed the rain, it started while we were about half way back to the shore. The lighting and colors were amazing!! We also saw a rainbow. It is interesting how many we have seen while we have been here. When I got back an uploaded my pictures I noted that I am up to 513 pictures!! 113 from today alone!! Overall it was a really good day and I got to see a lot of animals I have never seen and there is a good chance I will never see again.