Werribee Zoo

The other day during the school holidays, well kinder in our case, we decided to go to the Werribee Zoo for the morning with a couple of mum’s from mother’s group.  As a friend of the Zoo we didn’t have to pay and we were driven there as well so no complaints from me at all for the cheap day out!!

We were on the first safari bus of the morning with four very excited children.  All hands inside whilst the doors were closed, seat belts secured and off we went for our 30 minute plus tour of the zoo.

First up were the camels.  Not much interest from the little man at all for them, for what reason I am unsure but they were being lazy and sitting down for the morning. 

Next we came across the Ostrich’s or Emu’s as he insisted on calling them.  There was a daddy ostrich guarding a lonely egg on the side of the road and further along there were many more eggs beside the road.  The photo below looks like he is trying to feed the ostrich his pretzel, which he wasn’t but my photo skills are not great!

 We then went into the big paddocks where there were giraffes and rhino’s.  We were so close it was fantastic, well to the giraffes as the rhino’s were snoozing in the autumn sun.  There are quite a few male giraffes only at Werribee and they seemed extremely friendly coming quite close to the bus.

 On the home stretch we passed the lazy hippo’s basking in the sun as well.  It was then the end of the bus ride and on foot to find the lions as the boys were desperate to see them.  We found them after creeping quietly through the walkways and saw a lioness and a lion (no photos as they were too far away).

 

 We had a great day and will definitely go back again and if you decide to head out there, sit on the right hand side of the bus as you tend to see more animals on that side!!