Howdy howdy once again all. Seeing as I have been extremely busy with with University this week I thought that I could give you a review of somewhere that I went earlier this year (luckily I have photos).

Now some of you might think it sounds really corny however I decided that I wanted to go to Taronga Zoo. First of all I would have to entirely recommend that if you are in Sydney you go and see Taronga, if you are going to make sure you do it on a nice day as if it starts raining you will be struggling to find cover anywhere.

Taronga has some great sites, a lot of the usual animals, such as the gorilla:

The Hippo:

And the Giraffe:

Of course for those of you coming to Australia the one that I would not miss is the Koala. One thing that is interesting to note is that while the Koala looks cute and cuddly they can actually be quite an aggressive animal. However they do look so darn cute:

The day was truly spectacular. It was a nice temperature and luckily the sun was not too fierce. The walk through the Zoo was lovely and there was always a show, event, or other such item that you can sticky beak into. This is one that is not only great for the kids however great for adults as well.

The food was nothing spectacular or something that I would write home about. There were several restaurants and cafes that are available. I ended up getting a burger from one of the larger food courts. It filled a small hole. As a note if you are wanting to get food go a little before lunchtime and you will save yourself a LOOONG wait in the queues. A better idea is to pack a picknik lunch and take a seat in the shade at many of the comfy rest areas overlooking the zoo or the city. This will let you just kick back and relax for lunch rather than having to wait in a queue.

So to sum it up:

The good: Great walk to get the cobwebs out of the system, lots of events at different times through out the day, many animals both native and otherwise, lots of rest areas to give your legs a break on the long walk.

The bad: Food was nothing spectacular and was a tad on the expensive side, also the food court was extremely crowded during lunch times.

Definatly one that you should throw on your list of things to do when you are next in Sydney.
For all the photos of my excursion to the Zoo see:
Taronga Zoo Photos - 2007

Until next time *waves* behave yourself.
Stuart