No mere cat: the Meerkat encounter at Wellington Zoo

Welling­ton Zoo is now offer­ing MEERKAT ENCOUNTERS. The cap­i­tal let­ters are there to try to con­vey my excite­ment when I heard the news. I don’t think even cap­i­tal let­ters can con­vey how excit­ed I was when the zoo invit­ed us along to meet the meerkats for our­selves. I’m mak­ing it my aim to touch all […]

A lion (and others) in winter

Right now the mag­no­lias are in bloom along Roy Street in New­town, and it’s gor­geous. But of course, it’s around this time last year that it snowed, so don’t be fooled — it’s still win­ter. The good news though, means that Welling­ton Zoo has entry for only $5 on Wednes­days through­out all of August. Nat­u­ral­ly […]