We took the ferry across to South Perth to go to the zoo. The sun was shining, a cool breeze is coming off of the water and the zoo was the perfect place to be. We had to wait to get there as a motorcade came by. It was complete with a police motorcycle escort. The ferry as only $4 for the pair of us and was a fun ride. We walked along a trail of meerkat statues to get to the zoo. We passed by the South Perth Bowling Club where a group of folks were lawn bowling in their uniforms and hats. Then we were at the zoo. There was the usual group of habitats. We breezed through the African zone as we have "been there done that". We spent more time with the primates, the Australian bushwalk and the birds of Australia instead.
VIP's coming through
We saw the flag of Japan on one of the cars
Down on the waterfront we saw a carousel
On the ferry
Under the bridge we walked along earlier
A huge frilled lizard statue
The meerkat trail begins
Got some free grooming from the meerkats
Established in 1898
A mixture of animal parts, eyes and legs and such
A bit of bowling
Get the big ball next to the small ball
Irises
Tree Kangaroo
Humans
Sleepy rhino
More meercats
Sunning himself
A willy Wagtail
Spider monkeys in walkways above out heads
They really liked running along these pathways
Nice mustache
Competition
A grove of bamboo
Huge galapagos turtle
This zoo is the first to house their orangutangs in adjacent but separate enclosures
Food is in the box
Each of these platforms is for a different orangutang
Nice digs!
A western Wattlebird out in the zoo proper
Australian White Ibis is also out in the zoo
Komodo Dragon
A tree chocked full of flowers
A New Holland Honeyeater
The honeyeater was right outside the Quokka enclosure
The quokka are found on only a few islands in Western Australia
Tasmanian Devils
Very cute pink ears
I was surprised to see them out in the daylight
This Koala is all sleepy in the tree
Back to sleep
A cool blue faced egret
This Brolga crane was five feet tall
The royal spoonbill has pretty neat beak
Iridescent glossy ibis
Lots of cool colors
Wowzer the blue billed duck is impressive
Green Pigmy Goose is actually a duck
The little blue penguin
Penguin AirBnB
A scrap iron rhino
We stopped in here for dinner and drinks
A crazy self driving electric van
Pink Gin, Huzzah!
These mariachi are out of place
We saw a ruby practice,
A funky looking boat at the ferry terminus
Heading back and we pass the other ferry
On the water
Cool fringes in the reflections on this building
A gondola?
More art
Back to see the sunset and the belltower lit up.
A fine end
To a fine fine day
It has been 140 days since we began lout Migration
