Adelaide Zoo

We parked in the Adelaide Festival Centre parking -$14 for the day. We walked down to Elder Park and caught the Popeye Cruise.

 This is a 40 minute round trip cruise on the Torrens River to the zoo and back.

 The commentary was good, telling us about the history and the workings of the river.

 This lock keeps the water level the same for the city.

 The peoples bridge, crosses the Torrens to the revamped Adelaide Cricket Ground.

 There were many black swans and ducks on the Torrens.

 The new entrance to the zoo is around near the Botanical Gardens. Only a short walk from the Popeye drop off.  

There are many interesting sculptures around Adelaide. This one is just outside the zoo. 

 The old elephant house. Hard to imagine that the poor elephants had to be kept in such a small cage. There are no elephants in the zoo anymore.

 We watched these two giraffes for a while, and the crazy meercats running around.

 We let Jonnie take us around, thinking he would want to see the giant pandas first,  but he wanted to see seals. We saw so many seals on Kangaroo Island,  but he still wanted to see more.

 Jonnie also wanted to go to the Australian animals section. The only animal that was out for patting was this solitary potaroo.

 The giant pandas were really cute.  There are 2 pandas and they are the only giant pandas in the Southern Hemisphere. This is Funi, the female.

 Here is Funi eating bamboo. There is bamboo growing all around the zoo. The pandas are here as part of a conservation breeding project.  Keepers at the exhibit said that Funi was willing, but Wang Wang didn't know what to do.

 Wang Wang walking around. They were interesting to see and looked so cuddly.

This concrete one was fine to cuddle. 

 Jonnie had taken us all around the complex from the hippos to the hippos.

So we decided to have lunch before heading back on the Popeye boat and walking around the cultural area.






Happy Travels
Allison