The Taronga Zoo in Sydney must be the world's most scenic zoo! Many of the animals live in habitats that have a view of the Sydney skyline. Giraffes never had a better advantage (Picture 9)!
J and I spent almost the entire day there and had a great time. It was really nice to see that at least one third of the animals on exhibit were exclusively from Australia. The highlight of our zoo stroll was witnessing the "gorge" feeding of the Tasmanian devils, which apparently only occurs once per month.I had a particularly amusing moment when I overheard a little Australian boy pointing to ostriches and calling them emus because just a few hours ago I had been pointing at emus and calling them ostriches (Picture 7).
Australian Animals
1. Dingo
2. Koala
3. Kangaroos
4. Australian White Pelicans (my personal favorite of the day)
5. Tasmanian Devils
6. An Australian Ladybug?
7. Emus vs Ostriches
Non-Australian, but interesting
8. A pregnant gorilla
9. Giraffes living on some prime real estate
Views across Sydney Harbor from the Taronga Zoo
10. Areas east of Sydney CBD
11. Sydney CBD
12. Downtown Sydney
