Jay Lake (jaylake) wrote,
Jay Lake
jaylake

[photos] Australia: Werribee Open Range Zoo

I didn't take any photos during the Worldcon itself. This was in part due to loaning out my camera In A Good Cause, and in part because I generally don't much photograph stuff I'm participating in. However, the day after everything ended, jackwilliambell, catvalente and I rented a car and went a-driving. Our first stop was a wildlife park south and west of Melbourne, the Werribee Open Range Zoo. Most of the zoo was dedicated to African wildlife, but we visited the Australian section.

And the meerkats, of course, because how can you not visit meerkats?

IMG_2416
We arrive en scene.

IMG_2427
This little fellow was first to greet us. A superb fairy wren, I am told.

IMG_2428
Sadly, no demos were being mounted at the time.

IMG_2456
A bandicoot, apparently not breeding. Unless bandicoot breeding is a very zenlike experience.

IMG_2435
Suspicious, resentful emu. Much like cats, really.

IMG_2517
More suspicion and resentment.

IMG_2462
Cape Barren geese.

IMG_2438
Another Cape Barren goose.

IMG_2575
Mama and gosling.

IMG_2469
Big and leggy.

IMG_2471
Ducking the camera.

IMG_2507
Magpie.

IMG_2532
Kangaroos are lazy bastards.

IMG_2551
At least until I walk away.

IMG_2589
Meerkat giving the kangaroo a run for his lazy money.

IMG_2599
Even lazy doesn't last forever.

IMG_2583
The rare and elusive jackwilliambell Australis.

IMG_2614
catvalente in southron plumage.

IMG_2615
Birds on a wire. (This photo by catvalente.)

As usual, more at the Flickr set.

© 2010, Joseph E. Lake, Jr.

Creative Commons License

This work by Joseph E. Lake, Jr. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Tags: australa, nature, photos, travel
Subscribe

  • Post a new comment

    Error

    Anonymous comments are disabled in this journal

    default userpic

    Your reply will be screened

  • 2 comments