Adelaide Zoo, Adelaide

Absolutely wonderful zoo. Heaps of history, heaps of great animals, and a great emphasis on education and conservation. Obviously the pandas are a huge highlight, I did the panda experience, which Involved entry to the zoo before the public, which is when they feed the pandas, so they were very active. Other highlights include the incredible lyrebird which sang minutes of crazy noises like a radio and laser and a range of bird calls, very impressive. The zoo is set in the old botanical gardens, so it's gardens and trees are amazing and the animals get great use of some of the very large trees, especially the primates, which is great to watch. All facilities were lovely, and the food available on site was delicious.

We had a great afternoon at this old and a little dated zoo.Adelaide zoo was my 'first zoo' with many subsequent visits in childhood. It still features many birds, some rare reptiles and beautiful gardens with well established trees and other natural looking vegetation. Pandas are a bonus, but don't visit based on these rather uninteresting animals (the huge enclosure overshadowed the inhabitants..)The nocturnal house was not great and some construction closed a small area near the entrance, otherwise a fun and stimulating place.