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Goolwa
2 Comments »20th August, 2009; Category: Travel
On one of the days we were away in South Australia we felt like going for a drive – we drove down to Meadows for morning tea at the bakery there (yummy!) and then continued to Strathalbyn, where we sat by the river and watched the ducks. We started getting hungry for some lunch, so decided to head down to Goolwa for fish and chips by the beach. We didn’t quite make it to the beach, instead opting to sit in a park by the river (although technically I guess it is part of Lake Alexandrina since we are upstream from the Goolwa barrage).
While Leanne and Andres played on the playground, I took the opportunity to do some photography.
Australasian Darter - Goolwa
Fairy Tern - Goolwa
Great Egret - Goolwa
Welcome Swallow - Goolwa
Low water - Goolwa
Hindmarsh Island Bridge - Goolwa
Monarto Zoo
3 Comments »18th August, 2009; Category: Zoos
We flew back home to Adelaide for a few days to see our parents – my parents had not yet seen Andres except on Skype video calls.
We spent one of the days with my parents at Monarto Zoo – one of my favourite zoos.
Hyena Pup - Monarto Zoo
Lioness lazing on a mound of dirt - Monarto Zoo
Lion enclosure panorama - Monarto Zoo
Cheetah enclosure panorama - Monarto Zoo
Giraffe enclosure panorama - Monarto Zoo
Adelaide Rosella (wild) - Monarto Zoo
Taronga Zoo
No Comments »5th August, 2009; Category: Zoos
Took Andres to Taronga Zoo today for the first time. This was supposed to be an outing for our adoption support group, but nobody else turned up at the allotted time, so we spent the day there on our own instead. I prefer it that way anyway!
I got some good photos – although I still need to practice my technique more for taking photos of birds in flight … difficult subject!
Zebra - Taronga Zoo
Wedgie - Taronga Zoo Free Flight Bird Show
Juvenile Andean Condor with a "Miner" problem - Taronga Zoo Free Flight Bird Show
Juvenile Andean Condor comes in to land - Taronga Zoo Free Flight Bird Show
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo - Taronga Zoo Free Flight Bird Show
Leanne and Andres at Taronga Zoo
Leanne and Andres with the elephants at Taronga Zoo
Luk Chai and Thong Dee at Taronga Zoo
Rainbow Lorikeet (wild) at Taronga Zoo
I’ll eventually upload some more photos to the Taronga Zoo gallery on ZooChat.