Taronga Zoo

Hi guys, it’s me Grace again. On Sunday I went to Taronga Zoo in Sydney – it was AMAZING!

We had to catch a ferry again to get there …

We saw loads of animals including Koalas and Kangaroos. They were two of my favourites. The Koalas looked so cute and fluffy. The Kanagroos were very laid back and when I was walking back to my Dad one hopped right across the path between us.

In the zoo there were these weird looking birds wandering around everywhere that looked a bit like turkeys frightening my Dad! When me and my Mum went into the Australian Enclosure, I pointed at an Emu which are quite big and said to my mum ooh look at that. When my mum looked there was one of those weird birds next to the Emu and she thought that was the Emu!!

We also went to see the seal show which was AWESOME!

There was one called Max who was young and excited that he could jump off the high bit. There was also Bondi who was found on Bondi Beach after being bitten by a shark – eek! There was another seal called Diego who was found on San Diego beach – I’d love to go there soon. One of the seals did a backflip at the end and soaked everyone. At the end Max pulled a string to reveal an MCS banner telling us all to eat fish caught safely and not harm seals.

We went on a simulated plane to view Tigers in Sumatra.

We saw two tigers – Kartika and Kembali. There are less than 400 Tigers left in Sumatra. They are endangered as lots of the forests have been chopped down for Palm Oil. The zoo were encouraging people to use sustainable palm oil and there was a simulated supermarket where you could send emails to companies asking them to be more environmentally friendly.

I sent 6 emails to companies including Mars and Snickers to ask them to use certified sustainable palm oil to help keep the tigers habit from being destroyed.

Bye guys see you soon.