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Taronga Park Zoo

Posted in Animals, tagged on November 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Carol and I travelled to Sydney for the weekend earlier this year and spent quite a lot of time at Taronga Park Zoo. Here’s the pick of the photos. The elephant calf is Pathi Harn, whose birth is a fantastic story that can be found at http://www.taronga.org.au/animals/asian-elephant/pathi-harn-miracle.

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The Headless Pelican

Posted in Animals, Photography, Travel, tagged , on April 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The plan was to head to the Red Hill Brewery for lunch and a taste of some fine ale. The plan was thwarted by this thing called Easter. “We can get you a table at 2:00pm tomorrow” wasn’t really what we wanted to hear, but so be it. The dining rooms at three wineries down [...]

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Mali – Melbourne Zoo’s New Baby (and Friends)

Posted in Animals, Photography, tagged , on April 2, 2010 | 3 Comments »

How stupid would I have to be, thinking that no one in Melbourne could be bothered going to the zoo on Good Friday! It’s been nine months since my last visit to the zoo. I wanted to see Mali, Melbourne Zoo’s new baby elephant. Mali was born on 16 January – you’ll find more details [...]

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Melbourne Aquarium Trip

Posted in Animals, Photography, tagged on January 4, 2010 | 8 Comments »

Damn I had a great day today, on what I think was my fourth visit to Melbourne Aquarium (http://www.melbourneaquarium.com.au/). I love trying to take good animal photos. You’ll find other attempts in other posts in this blog. Unfortunately the aquarium always presents some significant challenges. One can’t use a flash because of the reflection off [...]

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Honestly, He’s Like A Dog With A Bone

Posted in Animals, Photography, tagged , , on January 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

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Farewell Wolfie

Posted in Animals, Family, tagged , , , , on November 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I spoke to my brother Ian tonight. He, Josie and the boys returned last weekend from a month-long holiday in Europe. They had a ball. Unfortunately, the joy of that trip was tarnished yesterday when they had to make the decision to have Wolfie put down. Wolfie was a beautiful collie. He had a wonderful [...]

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Eastern Water Dragon

Posted in Animals on September 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I was lucky enough to be on the Gold Coast this week, staying at Jupiters Casino for the Microsoft Partner Conference. I managed to sneak a bit of time in the spa and pool at Jupiters – very relaxing. The pool area is absolutely crawling (literally speaking) with these guys, the Eastern Water Dragon. I [...]

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New Pygmy Hippo Calf At Melbourne Zoo

Posted in Animals, Uncategorized, tagged , , on August 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Melbourne Zoo has a new nine-month old pygmy hippo calf freshly arrived from Taronga Zoo in Sydney. Fantastic. Read the story here –> http://www.zoo.org.au/Melbourne/News_Events/pygmy_hippo.

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Melbourne Zoo

Posted in Animals, Photography, Travel, tagged on July 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I love a zoo. Most importantly, I love going to zoos on my own. Why? Because it means I can spend as much time as I like looking at my favourite animals and getting the perfect photo. I can spend a good half to three quarters of an hour tinkering with settings on the camera [...]

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Werribee Open Range Zoo

Posted in Animals, Family, Photography, Travel, tagged on June 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

We’ve had a couple of free tickets to the Werribee Open Range Zoo stuck on the fridge for a while. When we looked at them the other day, we realised they expired in a week or so, so decided to go and check it out today. I’d been to Werribee Zoo a couple of times [...]

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