Yesterday, we all decided to visit Adelaide Zoo. By ‘all’ I mean Mum, Stephanie (sister), Jordan, Luke (nephews), and Sean. That’s our crazy group there.

So, we got there about 2pm, and visited the childrens zoo first. We got to pet the Kangaroos, a Quocca, and a grumpy billy goat.

This is us with a Quocca – it’s part of the kangaroo family, found only in a small area in Western Australia. This little guy is hand raised, and he’ll eat out of you hand (the zoo provides the food).

Luke got attacked by some kangaroos, which he didn’t mind until they scratched his face! We think they thought he was food. Don’t worry, these guys aren’t vicious at all – Luke laid down on the ground to get a good photo, and they came to see what this human was up to.

And this is the lion that we met at the zoo. There was only about 6 feet and a chain link fence between us and him. And he wasn’t very happy about it. He kept on looking for a way to get out. Luke ran past, and he started to roar and chase him. This was the highlight of the zoo for me. Being that close to a Lion and his lionesses was awesome, but also strange that we were so blase – these creatures are so powerful! I felt really bad for him and all the animals that they were kept in such small spaces.

We had a really good day, and so we signed up for a years membership to the Zoological Society, which gives us free access to all Australian zoos, which is great, cause there’s another 2 zoos we want to visit while we’re here. Both are large country zoos, where the animals are ‘free range’ rather than kept in small enclosers.

I have a bit of a love hate relationship with zoos. I hate that the animals are kept in such tiny enclosures, and I was sad to see a few animals clearly exhibiting ‘crazy’ behaviour, due to loneliness and not having enough room. But I love them because so many animals are endangered, and the only place that we are preserving them are in the zoos. There’s poachers and bounty hunters everywhere, and their greed is killing off the beautiful creatures given to us by God. So, I see zoos as a place where we can keep animals safe, and I’m glad to see that more and more western zoos are beginning to realize that these animals need more room – so they are moving the animals out of the city and into the wide open spaces of the country.