Taronga Zoo

On Christmas Eve, David, Cindy and I went to the Taronga Zoo. We had to take a ferry from Circular Quay before getting to take a gondola ride to the zoo entrance.


As soon as we arrived, Cindy and David were quick to start looking for animals.


We were able to see giraffes up close and personal. They were much taller than us even though we were elevated! Did you know that a giraffe's tongue is dark blue to prevent sunburn as they eat the leaves at the top of trees?


We saw some elephants do some tricks, but afterwards, they just headed towards their barn.


Throughout the zoo, they had different animals that you could pretend to be. David and I decided that the gorillas were the best!


We saw some lions...


tigers...


and bears!


We've also been watching a show called "Meerkat Manor" and we were able to see the meerkats in person. This one was just sitting around!


The zoo was located at a distance where it had some amazing views of the city.


David discovered a new favorite animal. The ostrich.


We watched the gorillas fight over some long leaves after this courageous one went out into the water to retrieve them.


We watched the koala feeding which was very cute and a lot of fun! We learned that baby koalas eat their mother's poo so that they can develop the bacteria needed for them to digest the eucalyptus leaves.


Finally, we were able to go into an exhibit with kangaroos and emus. We were able to see the kangaroos jump around after the emu attacked them!


If you look closely, the kangaroo in the front has a joey in her pouch. Unfortunately, it wasn't as cute as you exhibit since the legs and tails are the only parts sticking out.


We also saw wombats, which were Cindy's new favorite animal. But this wombat was MUCH bigger than we thought wombats would be.


Isn't this kangaroo so cute? It's feasting on his holiday meal.

Overall, the zoo was definitely worth visiting if you had 4-5 hours to walk around. There were so many exhibits of animals that you can't see in the US.

Merry Christmas everyone! Our Christmas was spent on a 3 hour hike from the Spit Bridge to Manly. After we returned and had lunch, we rested before we made a Christmas dinner of a roast beef, roast veggies, homemade stuffing and chocolate cake!

We hope everyone else has a great Christmas!