Taronga Zoo is the city zoo of Sydney, Australia and is located on the shores of Sydney Harbour in the suburb of Mosman. It was officially opened on 7th October 1916. The quickest and easiest way to get to Taronga Zoo is by public transport, the Zoo is located 12 minutes from Circular Quay by ferry.. Which is how we were getting there and do a combined ticket/package offer which includes transport fare, park entry and gondola ride, plus outstanding views of Sydney harbour fim ferry. Once their we took the gondola lift to the top to begin our zoo visit and experience the vast amount of animals. Taronga Zoo is a world class facility. In addition to displays of animals native to Australia, there are many others from all over the world. One of the first places we went was the night animals and was sign for bilby so had to take pucture as thats what Ann calls me. The special shows (ie Seals, Snakes, Birds, etc.) are short and highly entertaining, we only got to see the seal show. The seal show was very funny and was 4 seals involved in the show, Lexie and Malie (155kg small male) both australian sealions then Marv and Ronny both New zealand fur seals. You will see natural habitats that make you feel like you are are immersed as a visitor rather than just an observer. It is good that Taronga has tried to place the animals in more natural habitats and the kangaroo's in open area but Tasmanian devils were hiding again. The platypus was very cute but wouldn't stay still long enough to get a good picture but looked like it was having fun, swimming the speed of light in a special tank. I think my favourite animal was the giraffe I just there are lovely animals just look so splendid and unique even more breathtaking with the sydney harbour in background. This time I got to see the penguins but not as good view as I would of liked and saw the sea lion up close as was having a photo shoot.The only downfall was food prices at the zoo which was outrageously expensive (ie $9 for a burger) so may want to fetch your own picnic. I was looking forward to a hot as had one when I was here last but couldn't find any this time so had to make do with a toastie instead.
Got home 5ish and was quick change as off out tonight with work, Michelle picked me up at 5.45 and had to direct but she already had directions but we still managed to get lost but soon found our way. We were first there and got parked very easily in the spacious carpark next to restaurant and also has a train station near by which is how Creg arrived. A group of us from work 9 in total had planned a trip to Se Jong Korean BBQ Buffet in Campsie just for a night out. Although it was a Thursday night we were told this place gets pretty packed luckily we had made a booking in advance. Which was a good thing that we did as was very busy and lot of tables were already taken in the spacious restaurant. We were promptly seated and the hot coal was bought and placed in our table. I was surprised at how large the place was, and especially surprised at the whole range of food available. For $30 per person, you have ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT! We were overwhelmed by the wide selection of marinated meats, seafood, fresh Korean sides and salads (Kim Chi!!!) and even sushi, your water would be replaced whenever it appeared that your bottle had none. Your BBQ tray also was replace regularly so your meat wouldn't taste burnt of the last meat cooking. On our table was Me, Michelle, Greg and Josephine and Josephine did most off our cooking but had to have a try aswell. For dessert there was tubs of ice cream and lots of Watermelon. I would definitely go for Korean BBQ Buffet here again as this place definitely had plenty of variety to choose from just a shame not more desserts. For the price, it is definitely value for money especially if you're in a large group and you're really hungry! It was very good fun and we decided that we should try to go out at least every month when got home I could smell the BBQ on me so had to jump straight in shower.
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