Dgrin Meet - Werribee Australia

SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
edited December 4, 2006 in Wildlife
Hi there folks.......what a great day we all had at the Werribee Open Plains Zoo on Saturday.

David met up with Jon, Andrew and Hien, Lizzy already lives in the area so she took herself, and I came up with Donna and Leah, and the Daggy Pink Hat :rofl

All up the Tour was for 2hrs, in an open Truck that seats 12 people and one Daggy Pink Hat :rolleyes .... and our young Tour Guide was very friendly indeed.

The time seemed to go so fast, but a wonderful time was had by all :D
The new Hippo enclosure is finally open, and has two females and one male, though I am not sure that the Male is able to get in where the Females are, but I bet he wishes he could :wink

Here's just a few that I've managed to get through so far.

Enjoy...... Skippy (Australia)

First off we have most of the Group making silly faces at the Cheeta's

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Zebra Grazing

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Giraffe Sticking His Tongue Out

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Buffalo Resting

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Buffalo Profile

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Lioness's Sleeping

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Lioness Tree Hugger :D

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Hippo's Sunbaking

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A Litte Bit of Monkey Business

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  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2006
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    A very nice series...I am curious about the buffalo...is that a North American Bison ??thumb.gifthumbthumb.gifthumb
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2006
    Art Scott wrote:
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    A very nice series...I am curious about the buffalo...is that a North American Bison ??thumb.gifthumbthumb.gifthumb

    Heck no its a Special breed call McBuffalo's rolleyes1.gif NOT! just joking :D
    it wasn't long after we visited them that we started smelling burgers cooking hehehe........ Skip
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  • methdmethd Registered Users Posts: 71 Big grins
    edited December 3, 2006
    NIce pix skip, I'll post some of mine up when i have time :)
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  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2006
    very nice series skippythumb.gif did they give you much time to shoot on the ride?
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  • pug8pug8 Registered Users Posts: 113 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2006
    Back when I lived in Dubbo (for two years), I was a volunteer guide at Western Plains Zoo, and I came up with the idea of the volunteers running a photo (and art) competition. Some of these pics would have been worthy contenders, that's for sure - though differen zoo, of course. :D
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2006
    No food? blbl.gif
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  • methdmethd Registered Users Posts: 71 Big grins
    edited December 3, 2006
    A few here that aren't too much of an overlap (I've got 100 odd more to edit!)

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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2006
    clap.gifGreat series thumb.gif
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2006
    dbaker1221 wrote:
    very nice series skippythumb.gif did they give you much time to shoot on the ride?

    Ohhhhhh yes indeed, we had a full 2 hrs out with the animals and stopped for Morning Tea for a little while, the time just went so fast.

    None of us really knew what to expect, this was a first time for all of us.
    It's a wonderful way to see them up so close.

    Thanks for looking ........ Skippy (Australia)
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2006
    pug8 wrote:
    Back when I lived in Dubbo (for two years), I was a volunteer guide at Western Plains Zoo, and I came up with the idea of the volunteers running a photo (and art) competition. Some of these pics would have been worthy contenders, that's for sure - though different zoo, of course. :D

    Thank you :D well unless we travel overseas, we have no hope of seeing such magnificent creatures in Australia, so these Zoo's with the breeding programs are of benefit for everyone.

    Thank you for the comment...... Skippy (Australia)
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2006
    Andy wrote:
    No food? blbl.gif

    Ohhhhhh we smelt it....... does that count ?? rolleyes1.gif ......Skippy
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2006
    methd wrote:
    A few here that aren't too much of an overlap (I've got 100 odd more to edit!)

    Ahhhhh cool you got the male Hippo in the water clap.gif good job!
    It was nice to meet you and I'm glad you enjoyed the trip too ... Skippy
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  • DnaDna Registered Users Posts: 435 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2006
    Big thanks to Skippy for organising it all, great to meet some fellow smuggers.

    I looked at the shots above and have all the same ones ...

    Here's a couple of different ones from me.


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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2006
    Dna wrote:
    Big thanks to Skippy for organising it all, great to meet some fellow smuggers.

    I looked at the shots above and have all the same ones ...

    Here's a couple of different ones from me.

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    Andrew

    I love this guy, he just kept saying Eat More Chicken! Eat More Chicken! rolleyes1.gif

    I'm glad you had a good time, I really enjoyed it, I'll see the girls at work today and see if they have checked any of their shots.

    Thanks for sharing Andrew........... Skippy
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  • Dick on ArubaDick on Aruba Registered Users Posts: 3,484 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2006
    Great series, well done!

    Thanks for sharing.

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2006
    Looks like y'all had a good time and came away with some fine shots too. clap.gif
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  • devbobodevbobo Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,339 SmugMug Employee
    edited December 4, 2006
    Great photos guys :D

    I have been doing the single parent thing since I got back from the shoot, so I haven't had much time for processing...but here's a few hastily prepared landscapes from the morning shoot...

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    Cheers,

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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited December 4, 2006
    devbobo wrote:
    Great photos guys :D
    I have been doing the single parent thing since I got back from the shoot, so I haven't had much time for processing...but here's a few hastily prepared landscapes from the morning shoot...
    Cheers,
    David

    David too the guys on a shoot before meeting up with the rest of us at the Zoo.......looks like you got some lovely sunrise images thumb.gif .... Skippy
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