Fun-Filled Day - Taronga Zoo, Sydney
Today we took the kids to the Taronga Zoo. Andy adn I were here during our last visit to Sydney, so we already knew it was a fabulous zoo. Looks like they may have added some more stuff as well. They're planning a new "ocean adventures" section for 2008.
We did the Koala Encounter again -- this time it was $16.95 instead of $2, but they take a nice photo, and it's all very professional looking.
Instaed of seeking kangaroos laze around, some were actually hopping. We saw all the Aussie classics: koala, echidna, kangaroo, wombat, tasmanian devil, dingo, crocodile, bilby, etc. The meerkats were rather docile. IT was kinda chilly (40deg F?) so some of hte animals were just hanging around their heat lamps, staying warm.
Good thing I bought a coat yesterday at Myers department store -- they were having an annual sale, or something, so it was crazy busy. I got a warm Esprit poncho for the baby, and a beanie hat and mittens, and a nice warm fleece hat for Sally. Got myself a lovely scarf for warmth, as well. Everyone wore their new stuff and we were toasty warm all day.
Ate bangers and mash for lunch (yum yum) and did I mention our friend/business associate Sherry joined us? We were quite the crew.
Sally is back to normal -- she was perfectly behaved today (thank goodness, I don't think I could have taken much more of the demon child) so she got a great big lolly (candy) on the way out.
We were also given some money and a list of treasures to buy for Sally's Montessori school. Apparently, any time one of hte families travels someplace exotic, they ask them to bring stuff back for the school.
We found some of hte things on the list here at the Zoo, including:
- Small hard plastic animals (echidna, platypus, koala, wombat, tasmanian devil, kangaroo). They have these felt mats with scenes on them -- the children use hte animals on teh scenes, determining which animals go with which scenes adn where in the scene (birds in teh sky, fish in the water, etc.)
- toys or games. Got some Australian dominos, with Aussie anmials on them.
- coloring books. We went one better and found a book "how to draw Australian animals." The book includes instructions, plus interesting facts about each animal, pictures to color, and a riddle about each. Nice!
The school also asked for pairs of matching postcards, child's outback clothing, Australian cookbook, and a small digeridoo.
We'll keep an eye out for the rest...
We did the Koala Encounter again -- this time it was $16.95 instead of $2, but they take a nice photo, and it's all very professional looking.
Instaed of seeking kangaroos laze around, some were actually hopping. We saw all the Aussie classics: koala, echidna, kangaroo, wombat, tasmanian devil, dingo, crocodile, bilby, etc. The meerkats were rather docile. IT was kinda chilly (40deg F?) so some of hte animals were just hanging around their heat lamps, staying warm.
Good thing I bought a coat yesterday at Myers department store -- they were having an annual sale, or something, so it was crazy busy. I got a warm Esprit poncho for the baby, and a beanie hat and mittens, and a nice warm fleece hat for Sally. Got myself a lovely scarf for warmth, as well. Everyone wore their new stuff and we were toasty warm all day.
Ate bangers and mash for lunch (yum yum) and did I mention our friend/business associate Sherry joined us? We were quite the crew.
Sally is back to normal -- she was perfectly behaved today (thank goodness, I don't think I could have taken much more of the demon child) so she got a great big lolly (candy) on the way out.
We were also given some money and a list of treasures to buy for Sally's Montessori school. Apparently, any time one of hte families travels someplace exotic, they ask them to bring stuff back for the school.
We found some of hte things on the list here at the Zoo, including:
- Small hard plastic animals (echidna, platypus, koala, wombat, tasmanian devil, kangaroo). They have these felt mats with scenes on them -- the children use hte animals on teh scenes, determining which animals go with which scenes adn where in the scene (birds in teh sky, fish in the water, etc.)
- toys or games. Got some Australian dominos, with Aussie anmials on them.
- coloring books. We went one better and found a book "how to draw Australian animals." The book includes instructions, plus interesting facts about each animal, pictures to color, and a riddle about each. Nice!
The school also asked for pairs of matching postcards, child's outback clothing, Australian cookbook, and a small digeridoo.
We'll keep an eye out for the rest...
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