The Zoo - by Destiny Reigh

I thought Tuesday was going to be another average day but instead we went to the zoo. After hopping off the motorway and turning onto the road the zoo was on, we couldn’t find a parking until what seemed like a whole day. We got a good parking spot, right across the road. As fate would have it these holidays, it had been raining and fortunately today was one of the first sunny days. However, despite the sun, it was still chilly.

After we paid and walked through the entrance, a worker asked if we wanted to take a free photo.  It really turned out to be a trick question - a gimmick!  Oh yes we got free photos taken but then, can you believe it, we had to buy it! Anyway, off we went to explore..

First we went to see the water dragons. They looked like lizards with wings and scaly skin, but then we got bored because they didn’t move a muscle. Next we went to see the red panda but despite closely scanning the entire setting, but we couldn’t find it.  After approximately two minutes we were about to give up when a rustling noise alerted us and at that point we spotted it high up in the tree.  The giant saucer  eyes of the Panda looked down at us, the kind of stare that you can feel when you walk away. Next we went to see the meerkats. The design for viewing these interesting creatures was formed by concrete tunnels where people were able to pop their heads up and get a closer look of the meerkats in their natural habitat - or at least one that had been constructed to represent that.  Seeing them munch away at the nibbles they found, was enough to remind us that  we had not eaten lunch.  Some hot chips, sandwiches and some treats soon provided us with the energy needed to continue our zoo adventure.

After lunch we went back to the entry and followed the path leading off in the opposite direction to the one we had already been. It was very different.  One foot in front of the other, with both excitement and some hesitance, we went to see the wild animals, like lions, giraffes, hippos and more. Exploring and looking at all the wild animals was like being in the wilderness. The giraffes were really tall, they ate green leaves from a towering tree. The lions lazed about like someone sun bathing in the sun this was certainly not like the tigers we saw, they were in walking around like they were guarding a chamber of gold. Entering the elephant house, I was a bit disappointed to find the enclosure empty, we couldn’t spot any elephants but we saw it come out to take it’s daily exercise. My dad bought us some ice creams to watch the show. I got plain chocolate, my favourite.

We visited the rest of the animals. After visiting the kiwi’s, we met with the elephant who was going for it’s walk. Everyone took photos while it stopped to eat. A few other animals we saw were tortoises and alligators. The last thing we went to see were the spiders. There were two big ones and I couldn’t imagine what would happen if they got out of their glass cases. We took my little brother to the park and then we were off. My dad decided to buy the photo of us.