Meeting the Elephants

One of the advantages of being a zoo member is that you get invited to things.

I didn't pay much attention to the invitation to meet the elephants in their new home. It was at 8:30 in Werribee, Monday to Friday for two weeks. It was tempting, but the 8:30 start seemed a bit of a stretch for a non-working morning.

Then Freyja and Simon said that they were going on Thursday and did I want to join them.

So I did.

For mysterious reasons, my sat nav decided that when I said I wanted to go to the Werribee Zoo, I meant that I wanted to go to the Werribee Station. I got to the station at 8:20, which was when I was aiming to be at the zoo. As it happens, the station isn't all that far from the zoo. I got there at exactly 8:30 and just managed to join the group that Freyja and Simon were with.

It was a keeper-led tour of the new elephant home and the human walking trails, before the zoo opens to the public,  and it was well worth the early start. The elephant home is beautiful and very spacious, and the elephants seemed very happy - although that might have been because it was breakfast time, which was clearly very exciting!

Coffee and snacks for humans

Then we went on the safari bus tour and watched more animals having breakfast, or morning tea, or brunch, depending on which animals we were looking at. Some of the animals were only just getting up as we went past. Others had clearly been up for some time and were happily snacking

Brunch/Lunch time for Freyja, Simon and me and then we went to visit the hippos before heading home

Hippo playing with a fountain

While I was playing with elephants, rhinos and hippos, a new skip was delivered to my place. I must get on and start filling it up. Although Freyja and Simon are coming later this morning and I should perhaps make up their bed before they get here!

Morning view as I left home at
6:45 on Thursday morning