Werribee Open Range Zoo

At Stella and Tony's wake on Sunday, Freyja. and Simon said that they were planning a visit to the Werribee Zoo on Tuesday and did I want to join them.

Definitely, I wanted to join them. I am back at work this week, but I only go into the clinic on Wednesdays and Fridays and spread my remaining hours over the rest of the week at home. I could arrange to be free on Tuesday.

And it was a beautiful day. Sunny. Pleasantly, but not too hot. Light breeze. I drove along back roads to Werribee, mostly because that's the way the SatNav took me.

It's a lovely zoo.  We had gone because the elephants have moved there from the Melbourne Zoo, although they are not yet receiving visitors. They are settling in and getting to know their new home. Didn't matter. There lots of other animals to visit, paths to explore, trails to wander, and a safari bus to ride.

There are hippos in here, if you look carefully 

It's not only about the animals:

But there are, of course, animals:

We will go again, when the elephants and their new home are open to visitors.

I bought an annual membership for the zoos. I haven't done so before because it's quite expensive. The advantage to only having to think about me is that I only needed to buy one annual membership. Of course, it will still be VERY expensive if I only go once, but I expect I'll go more often if I can just drop in whenever. Freyja rang me from the Melbourne Zoo the other day. She had been going past and dropped in for an hour or so Just Because. (She and Simon have annual memberships). And I get a discount because I am old and have a Seniors' card.

On another matter, my vegetable garden this year is small but has been quite productive. This was my dinner selection the other evening:

Not a bad late summer dinner,
accompanied by a small
piece of steak