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Monarto Zoo, South Australia
01-01-2004

Today I took my kids to Monarto Zoo, an open range Zoo just about 60klm out of Adelaide on the Princes Highway.

Entry was $16per adult and $10 for kids over 4. (kids under 4 were free).

The Visitors Centre has a great interactive attraction for kids, skeletons, bones, furs, freeze-dried animals, you can pick them up, feel the fur, open the skulls mouths etc.. They also have an adult giraffe skeleton which was fascinating.

The only live exhibit that you can see on foot is Meerkats.

The rest of the Zoo is toured by bus, they have a range of impalas and they have White Rhinoceroses, giraffes, 2 male lions, 5 cheetahs, and more which I forget.

The bus trip is about an hour. The lions are exciting! they lock the doors first and put up a barrier to hold the doors shut. The two adult lions came right up to the bus.

Well worth a visit.

Regards,

Duncan.

02-01-2004

Hey Dunc, we went to Monarto Zoo on Tuesday - the lions are great aren't they !!

I have been a bit critical of Monarto Zoo in the past, but with the continual expansion and the large numbers of interesting animals they have now, I think it is a great zoo.

Hint: last tour of the day (3:00pm or 3:30pm) often allows you to see other things like the lions being let into their night enclosures, which was preceded by them running through the tall grass, chasing the keeper who was bringing their food - I got some great photos (pity about the windows needing to be closed !).

I'll write more about my trip in a couple of days when I have more time.

I'm off to the Western Plains Zoo at Dubbo tomorrow - so I'll have even more to write about !