Melbourne Zoo

As our flight back to Canberra didn't leave until 3pm, we decided to check out the Melbourne Zoo. WOW what a place! I think we only covered about a third of this amazing zoo. Gorillas, monkeys, pygmy hippos, butterfly house and tigers were exciting to see. Then Josh, Mia and Susie joined us as we were finishing our lunch.

The elephants were the highlight especially the 2 very cute littlest elephants - Ongard is 6 weeks old, while Mali is 7 months old. They were both joining in with the zoo keepers games and tricks. All I can say is that I'm glad I'm not an elephant - 22 months gestation, 50+ labour and baby birth weight around 140 kg!

The butterfly house was fascinating as well as very humid! Loads of butterflies fluttering around occasionally landing on people. At the far end of the butterfly house, was several glass boxes housing caterpillars, cocoons and newly hatched butterflies. Ella was very intrigued with the whole process. She even sat sit trying to encourage a butterfly to land on her hand - no luck though.

The orang-utans were another hit and we spent about 25 mins watching and playing.

Of course even with this wonderful zoo, nothing beats climbing a tree!!

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