Melbourne Zoo - WHAT AN AWESOME DAY!!

We caught a bus into Melbourne CBD this morning and then jumped on a tram to Melbourne Zoo where we met up with Jaime’s mate Dan (who he met on the Wipeout show). Dan is an elephant trainer at Melbourne Zoo and he arranged for us to come behind the scenes with the elephants. First we went into the bull elephant’s enclosure, where the zoo keepers bring him inside and give him a wash every day to check him over. We all got to help out washing him, using a broom dipped in soapy water. They then got him to pose for some photos for us after his bath.

Dan then took us up to see the baby and female elephants where we were going to be able allowed to pat (the bull elephant is too dangerous to do this with.) We were very lucky because there are 2 baby elephants at Melbourne Zoo at the moment and they were very inquisitive of all of us. They would wrap their trunks around our arms and sniff our shoes and let us pat and rub their trunks and heads. This whole experience was FANTASTIC!

After visiting with the elephants we spent the rest of the day wandering around the beautiful Melbourne Zoo, checking out all the rest of the animals, like a normal zoo visitor.

We didn't get home until very late that night because after the zoo closed we went and walked along the banks of the Yarra River in the middle of Melbourne before going to Dan's place for dinner, then caught a tram and bus back to the caravan park.
 
Off to Phillip Island tomorrow.