Coffs Harbour zoo

We decided to go to the zoo at the weekend, just for the hell of it, and it was a slightly disappointing experience. We got there with an hour to spare before it closed, and we trudged round in the heat... There were some interesting birds - several colourful varieties of parrot - some cute guinea pigs and rabbits, some ducks, geese and hens, and I saw an emu in the distance. We saw some koalas, backs turned towards us as they clung to tree trunks in their enclosure, but the stars of the show were the kangaroos and a pea hen with baby pea chicks, something I've not seen before.

The zoo is quite dilapidated, staffed by people who don't seem to care very much, and lacks interesting information and amenities, so I think it's safe to say that we won't be going back there very often. But it was good to go and see it for ourselves. Michael and Patrick have both been there before, but a very long time ago: Patrick can't have been more than 5 or 6 years old as it was before Michael and Jennifer divorced, when her parents lived at Sapphire Beach, near Coffs Harbour.