Leonie Dukes
The main building of Jamala Lodge includes a very impressive aquarium, which you walk through to get to the dining room. The day started off with another impressive breakfast, and some free time to walk around the zoo again. The highlight of the day was a walk with a cheetah.
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The second day at Jamala Lodge included another tour, some free time around the zoo, and of course, more great food. In the afternoon we moved to the giraffe treehouses where we would spend the night. The highlight was feeding the giraffes from the balcony. The giraffes spend the evening
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Mum and I headed up to Canberra and spent the night at the Avenue Hotel, in the heart of Canberra. Dinner was at the hotel restaurant, Marble & Grain, where I had beautiful melt-in-your-mouth slow braised beef cheeks. For breakfast we headed across the road to Gather Cafe, which was
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I took advantage of the light public holiday traffic and Melbourne Zoo’s early 8am opening to make a visit before the crowds and heat of the day. It was a great time to visit – by the time I left around 10:30 the crowds were building up and it was
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It has been years since I have visited Werribee Zoo, and as I was on that side of town I thought it would be a good opportunity to visit. It was very enjoyable (except for the number of squealing children) and I might have ended up doing the safari tour
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