The one at the zoo

As most everyone knows (or maybe you don't)...Jaret and my first date was at the Houston Zoo.  So whenever we go somewhere we try to see the zoo...we would have seen the Scotland (Edinburgh) zoo on our honeymoon had it not been closed.  But this past weekend also happened to be our 6 month anniversary, so what better time to check out Perth's zoo?

It was actually a really nice zoo...and a lot of the exhibits are open and you are very close to the animals. So most of the pictures are zoomed in...but not much, we were that close.

 

First we checked out some pretty birds.

 

 

Then we went to check out the crocodiles...and while he WAS in an enclosed cage, I still thought this sign was funny.

 

Then it was time to see the famous kangaroos.  Their exhibit was a series of trails...and they were just hanging out all over the place.  And had they not been sleeping, the apparently just roam around and will walk right up to you.

 

The koalas clearly had a crazy night the night before :)

At the elephant exhibit...they actually had a couple of the elephants painting pictures.  Which they did sell later...it was really cool to watch them paint.

 

And one elephant was playing with his toys.

 

We saw an animal called the sun bear.  I have never heard of one or seen one...but this guy totally posed to have his picture taken.

 

We saw the little guy hanging around with the other orangutans.

 

 

This sign made us laugh.

 

Then we saw this tree that made Jaret giggle :)

The lions were taking a snooze...and one was VERY comfortable in his afternoon nap.

 

Last but not least was Jaret's favorite...the penguins!  And they had their own river which was pretty cool.

 

 

We had a great day and beautiful weather at the zoo!  It was a BIG zoo, so it wasn't a surprise that we came back and took a nap.  But it was a great way to mark a small milestone in our marriage and to celebrate that we were FINALLY in Australia!