Taronga Fauna Fix

It was Mandy's day off yesterday so we made some plans to head for Taronga Zoo. Weather wasn't looking too hot, but we decided to take the ferry from Manly to Circular Quay and then from there over to Taronga Zoo.

I'm really enjoying this get about by boat thing, it's so mucb more fun than sitting on buses or in traffic jams.

At Taronga the weather cleared and I managed to tick off a few more native Australian fauna. Be prepared to scroll, there are quite a few photos in this post.

These kangaroos were sleeping (honest). And whilst they slept this little fella was working out >

"Put em up"

The echidnas were, of course, busy rooting around for insects.


The chimps busied themselves with being angry.

But the gorillas were pretty mellow.


Hide your eyes from the tortoises though, who were also pretty busy in their own way.

Other animals just relaxed in the shade to get away from the heat.
Malayan Tapir

Pygmy Hippo


And now we have the galley of contenders for cutest animal in the zoo.
Red Panda (my favourite)
Meerkats (everyone's favourite)
Koala (possibly Australia's favourite)

Mandy had a near miss with a Leopard Seal. Good job I was there (to take a photo that is).


Not only is it a good zoo but this is the view>


It was hot, so we had a Mojito then headed back on the ferry to Manly.