Category: Entertainment
Meerkat Madness With Excitable Toddlers at Taronga Zoo
My babies are growing up far too quickly, especially when they demand that we “go dee meerkat”. The latest smack in the face realisation of this came last week when we went to Taronga Zoo. Lara (two years and five months) and Olivia (11 months) stood and talked to the meerkats. Of course, Olivia wants…
How to Celebrate a First Birthday
Lara’s first birthday was a massive occasion that we celebrated with many family and friends for many days. Thankfully, after recovering from all that partying Lara and I were able to have a relaxing mother-daughter outing that involved two of our favourite things; animals and food. Mark and I knew that our little lady would…
Book Review: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
The book “A Discovery of Witches” made such an impact on me that it has inspired me to write my first book review post. This is probably an attempt to remind myself how much I enjoy reading, and that I should do it more often. It always seems that I only make the time to…
The Atlantic Restaurant, South Wharf
I will get to telling you about The Atlantic, just let me baffle for a moment first. I’m in Melbourne South Wharf for a conference this week (thus I haven’t been writing much and I’m missing my little ‘outlet’), and Mark has been left at home to look after the animals-word has it the girls…
Giant Gorilla at Taronga
In the wild the giant Gorilla typically live in packs that consist of one dominant male with multiple females and babies. This is how the family at Taronga Zoo Sydney live. The male of this family is massive, and must weigh close to 300kgs. Then there is a Mum with a gorgeous 8 month old baby that clings…