The Taronga Zoo!

Well you’ll first have to excuse me for not updating my blog for an entire month (assuming anyone actually noticed :P) I moved into a new apartment a few weeks ago and there was no internet set up when I moved in.  I don't quite have wi-fi yet, but this lousy internet-stick thingy will suffice for the present.

Rest assured plenty of exciting (and tragic) events have happened over the past few weeks and I plan on sharing most of them with the few of you who keep up with The Southern Half!

But I want to start off the re-emergence of my blog with a post that is way overdue and has been on my list-of-things-to-blog-about for several weeks:

THE TARONGA ZOO!

Ryan and I decided to take a daytrip and head to the zoo!  It’s one of the top tourist attractions in Sydney and is located on the Northern Shore which means we got to take the ferry! w00t. 

Taronga is by far the most spectacular zoo I have ever been to.  It has an amazing array of animals, many of which I have never seen before or even knew existed (like this bird that looks like a first grade art project).  

But the location of the zoo makes it truly exceptional.  "Taronga" is the Aboriginal word for "beautiful view" and could not be a more appropriate name!  The zoo is located on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour, directly across from the CBD (Central Business District).  Because it is built into and on top of a hill, it offers some really fantastic views of both the cityscape and the animals. 

The most amazing thing was that you could get so close to the animals.  Many of them I could have literally reached out and touched, like this Koala!

The kangaroos weren’t even in a special environment, they were just in a fenced off area with a little path for visitors to walk through; the kangaroos and wallabies were just laying around havin a lazy day.  There were so many great photos but I thought I would just end the post with a few of my favorite! For all of the photos just check out my Facebook or Google+! The next post will be about my recent adventures with the local Music Festivals, and let me tell you - it's gonna be epic!