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<\/a><\/p>\nOne of the big AUSTRALIA! things is the Wallaby Walkabout, which is similar to the Kangaroo exhibit at the Columbus Zoo, except for the part where the Columbus thing is way better because it’s bigger and with kangaroos and the kangarooos don’t look miserable. Here’s a picture of the poor wallabies trying to escape the enclosure because everyone is loud and up in their business.<\/p>\n
We did like the dingoes:<\/p>\n I thought this giant saltwater crocodile they shipped in from AUSTRALIA! would be bigger:<\/p>\n Also, I got really worked up about how the Zoo should have special no children or no stroller days to accommodate the curmudgeonly and reasonable amongst us after some dumb bitch with a double-wide stroller told me to move so she could get by me with her stupid giant stroller while we were looking at the crocodile. STOP RUINING EVERYTHING, BREEDERS. Try not going to the Zoo with a huge inconvenient unwieldy contraption full of babies too small to care about or even see the animals if you’re having a hard time by yourself.<\/p>\n We still bothered to see some of the not-so-excitingly-new-or-newly-encaged animals, like the elephants (hope you enjoyed your year on the spotlight, animals of Tembo Trail. You’re old news now.):<\/p>\n We followed some AUSTRALIA! signs that said “Great Barrier Reef” into the Museum of Science, and the result was so non-exciting that I didn’t even take a picture of it (<3 you and miss you, aquarium!), but I did take a picture of the sign over the building entrance:\n\n My Dad came over with cherry tomatoes for me and I ended up downloading him 2 CDs worth of Pointer Sisters’ music because he is one weird cat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Even though we were just at the Zoo, we went again today to see the newly-opened AUSTRALIA! exhibit. Before crossing the Trail to get to AUSTRALIA! excitement, we saw the baby polar bears being cute, and we also saw this … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n