Our Trip to Auckland Zoo/Kelly Tarltons June 07

June Visit To North Island 2007

We visited the Zoo with Brendons parents and his sister Vanessa and daughter Hannah. We had a very action packed day. Caleb and Hayley had a lot to take in! For them it was like the picture books that we quizz them on becomming a reality. Yes that is a real Elephant...Giraffe...Monkey....Flamingo. Hayley will be 3 in March 2008 and she is at the perfect age to take to the zoo. Caleb nearly told me just about every single animal! He was very proud of himself. I would advise any of you intending taking kids to the zoo under the age of 4 to take a stroller. There is a lot of walking involved and the kids were able to last a lot longer by having a stroller.

There is something about the Zoo and children that is really special! It is not the same with out taking your children. Last time I went as an adult I found it a bit boring. This time it seemed much more fun!

We also went to Kelly Tarltons Underwater World. Yes we did decide to do the rip off theme park thing in Auckland! However I have to say that the zoo prices were not too bad! However I found the food was a RIP OFF at the cafe there!

Kelly Tarltons was a real eye opener for the kids and has got a lot bigger that what it used to be in the 1990's which was the last time I had been there! More fish than the kids had seen in there life time. They had a really interesting public display of a man feeding a tank full of Stingray's! And of course he had to be standing right in the middle of the tank with these GIGANTIC big stingray's brushing past him on all sides and eating food out of his hands! After the Crocdille Hunter got killed by one I thought it was a bit freaky! Aparently the barb that went through the Crocidlle hunter's heart would have killed him Instantly. There would have been no suffering or delay in his death. Which is good from a humane point of view.

The Penguins in the photo above were at Kelly Tarltons.