Archive for the 'Adelaide' Category

The Mongolian Wild Horse, or Przewalski’s Horse was once very common throughout much of central Asia. It is thought that they became extinct in the wild, but conservation efforts by zoos like Monarto Zoo in South Australia have been instrumental in reintroducing this species back into its natural habitat. The breeding programme here at Monarto [...]

Monarto Zoo near my home town of Murray Bridge in South Australia is only about a ten minute drive from home. It is a part of the Adelaide Zoo and only about a 40 minute drive down the south eastern freeway from the capital city. Monarto is an open range zoo. It has many walking [...]

Adelaide Zoo has had a great influx of visitor numbers since last December when the Giant Pandas Wang Wang and Funi went on display. You can read about them here and see many of the photos I took. Right alongside their wonderful enclosure is a smaller display featuring their smaller cousins, the Red Pandas. I [...]

One of the larger animals on display at the Adelaide Zoo here in South Australia is the Common Hippopotamus.It is quite often hard to get good photos of them because they are largely aquatic animals, preferring to spend most of their day in or under the water. This one came up within camera range and [...]

I enjoy visiting zoos and take every opportunity to visit the Adelaide Zoo where I am a member. I usually take a great interest in the birds on display so I can show my photos of them on my birding blog (click here). I don’t only have eyes for the birds. I enjoy looking at [...]