Melbourne Zoo

Saturday was a work day for Dan so we sought advice from the concierge to pick his brain for ideas on how the boys and I could spend the day. After a process of elimination we caught one of the Melbourne trams to Melbourne Zoo.

Given my boys love their animals combined that it was a gorgeous warm sunny day we had a fab time wandering round Melbourne Zoo. There was loads to see, but the animals that particularly stick in our mind were a cute little platypus and wombat which was a first as we've never seen either of them before. Other zones that we loved and should probably get a mention were the butterfly house and the never ending aviary - honestly it was truly massive and the longest we've ever walked through.

Platapus

The longest aviary ever

Emu 

Koala 

Baboon

Sting ray

Giant Tortoise 

Frilled Lizard

Death Adder

Australian Pelican

Butterfly House

Gorilla 

Red Panda 

Red Tree Kangaroo

Mandrill

Red Panda

By the time we left the place was chock-a-block with people. We went to see the tigers and elephants but we were just drifting along at a shuffling pace due to the hoards of people that had opted for a zoo day… time to make an exit me thinks, so after a few quick snaps we trotted off back home.

Now here is something we don’t get every day… on arrival back at our room in our Marriott hotel we were greeted with little prezzie from the consierge… a bottle of vino and a plate of sweets and chocs for the boys…

... now how nice is that?

Just for the record we never made it to the goal today, roll on tomorrow!