Greenways2012: Thursday 16th February 2012 - Adelaide to the Coorong National Park

We packed up and said goodbye to our wonderful friends in Adelaide Sharon and Peter. Thank you for your wonderful hospitality in Adelaide. I ambushed them this morning and took a morning photo!

We were treated to fine dinners each night, especially the ones cooked in the wood fired oven. The pork was to die for!!!
We headed straight for the Adelaide Hills and out to Monarto Zoo. It's an open plain zoo which is easy to get around and see the animals on the bus with the volunteer guide. Before we got on the bus we went for a short walk to see the Yellow footed Wallabies and then onto the large Chimpanzee enclosure . They have 8 Chimps which they are currently trying to breed. They have a large outdoor area, an indoor play area, a rest area and night quarters. They are all easily viewed from the raised walkway around the enclosures. It's just a short walk back to the visitor centre to catch the bus. You can do a number of separate tours as well as hop on and off the bus for keeper talks. As we were heading to the Coorong and we were familiar with most of the animals we just stayed on the bus for the whole loop of all the enclosures of the zoo. It was great driving through/past all these animals which are separated with electronic gates.
Toclisher (I haven't spelt it right) is the Cheetah from Perth Zoo who now calls Monarto home.

These are just a few of the animals we saw. The photo's don't do it justice!
We moved onto the Coorong National Park. I was hoping to see loads of birds....not as many as I expected. We found a quiet spot close to the water and went for an explore of our little bit of the Coorong. Before we got there we had to cross the Murray River on a ferry/barge!