Taronga Zoo

We are enjoying a 3 day weekend right now as Monday is the observance of the Queen's Birthday.  When I looked at the forecast on Friday, I saw that Saturday was going to be beautiful with full sun and temps in the mid-60's Fahrenheit.  Then, the rest of the weekend would be rainy.  So, we decided to make the most of Saturday.

We woke up and headed to our favorite breakfast spot, Cafe Preggo.  Sean loves it because it has banana pancakes.  Then, we went on our next adventure to explore Taronga Zoo.  Once again, we are pinching ourselves that we get to live in this beautiful city.  It is a delightful zoo and we can get there by an 11 minute bus ride.  Actually, we could even walk there since it is less than 1 1/2 miles away.  But, since we knew we would walk quite a bit once we got there, we opted to catch the bus.  Since the zoo is located so close to us, we got a family annual pass and we are already looking forward to future visits!

The main entrance to the zoo

Not many zoos can give you these kind of views!

We have been in Australia 2 1/2 months now and we finally saw kangaroos!!

The famous Tasmanian Devil

We did an Australian walkabout at the zoo.  This was an emu we walked right next to with no fence between us.

A wallaby

The kids' favorite; the cuddly koala

Aww....

Our monkeys getting a closeup view of the other monkeys

I tried to figure out what this bird is once I got home, but to no avail.  (After I initially wrote this I found out it is a rose crowned fruit dove.) I have never really been into bird-watching, but there are some fascinating birds in Australia.

View from the sky safari

The Bridge from the sky safari

The elephants from the sky safari

This is the entrance to the zoo at the bottom of the sky safari.

Lastly, I will include a picture of the exotic turkey.  They have been known to be found in North America......

After spending several hours at the zoo, we went home and rested.  Aubrey and I took a nice little nap curled up together.  Then, we went to dinner at an awesome hamburger place called Ribs and Burgers.  It was the best hamburger I have had in 2 1/2 months.  My mouth is watering right now thinking about it.  Even though the restaurant is technically 2 suburbs away, it is only a mile from our home.  So, after dinner we got some gelato and walked home basking in our perfect day.
  
Now, we are just hanging out at home, hibernating from the rain.  Sometimes, that can feel pretty good too.