Given that it was lunch time, before we got the tram we had lunch. Jess went to her favourite haunt "Sushi Sushi" and chose the Crispy Chicken Hand Roll.
I went to the "Snag Stand" and chose a German Bratwurst on a rustic roll with onions & German mustard which was quite tasty - given the selection this choice was not easy!!
On the way there was the obligatory art/sculpture to look at and the group of people all dressed up for a specific occasion - in this case it was "Team Red Bull" heading for Albert Park for the last day of the Grand Prix.
We got there about 1pm and given the zoo closed at 5pm - we thought we had plenty of time!! That was before I found out that there was a SEAL show on at 1:30pm!!
So we easily spent an hour watching the seals do their thing! Then made our way to the seal shop via the penguins!!
Before the seals we made a fly by visit of the lions and African Dogs. After the seals we visited the orang-a-tans and elephants.
After the big animals we visited the small and gentle - the butterfly house. Jess managed to experience the thrill of a butterfly or two landing on her. There were some awesome specimens in there!!
By now we were running out of time so we did a quick trip to the Pygmy hippo and the meerkats!
We were now being asked to leave the zoo!! They were having a special Twilight Concert with Vanessa Amorossi. The Melbourne Zoo holds these concerts on a regular basis during the warmer months - it wound be something worth attending I am sure.
After we left the zoo we made our way back to Flinders St Station for the train to Brighton Beach - the home of the expansive ( around $200k) yet colourful beach shacks!!
Sadly it was not long after arrival my phone "died" and I was unable to take too many more photos - but I was able to take one of the huts and given it was sunset time - one of Jess in the glow of the sun going down.
Given it was daylight savings in Victoria it was close to 9pm by the time we caught the train home! We stopped at Melbourne Central for a burger and THE best chips at "Grill'd" then back to the room!
It was a really big day - but thoroughly enjoyable!!
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