Another city, another zoo!

I find all of the animals we have on our planet so interesting and beautiful, so whilst in Auckland and able to visit such a big zoo I jumped at the opportunity!!
Dads cousin A, lives in Auckland and I organised to go with her and her two young boys (F and Al) today to the zoo!
I met them this morning and we arrived with incredibly sunny skies over the whole city!!
The enclosures were so open and lovely, with lots of space and vegetation - it was nice to see so many of the animals happy! We saw monkeys, lions, hippos, rhinos, otters, peacocks, and even went exploring through the tunnels and domes below the Meerkat enclosure. It was a fabulous day, with F's enthusiasm the whole day fantastic, leading us around the park. Poor little Al has been a bit poorly but I think he enjoyed a day outs and A really provided a great day out - so nice to catch up!
A quick cup of tea in the reknowned area of Ponsonby, and i hen I came back to the house and have spent the rest of the late afternoon planning the rest of my week - It is cram packed, I hope the weather holds out, and have some true tourist events to do this week!!
Another view of the Auckland sky line I know - but it really is fabulous!!