Dubbo Zoo Excursion

On Friday the 18th September, Stage 1 went to Taronga Western Plains Zoo. We went to the zoo to have fun with our friends and learn more about animals.

In the morning, we had to arrive at school by 6.45am! If we all didn’t arrive at that time, the coaches would be late! 2/3S and 1/2M went on the first coach and KD and 1N went on the second coach.

We watched Bolt and Bedtime Stories on the way to the zoo. We stopped in Coonabarabran for a crunch ‘n’ sip break. We also had to go to the toilet. As we drove through Coonabarabran, kids were only just going to school!

When we got to the zoo we had morning tea near the souvenir shop. Then we had to go to the toilet and put sunscreen on. After we had morning tea, we went to our first stop.

Our first stop was the black rhinoceros and the camel. After we saw the rhinoceros and camels, we saw lots and lots of deer! After that, we saw the giraffes, white rhinoceros and the elephants on the African Viewing Tower. Then we had lunch near the ice-cream shop and zebras.

After we had lunch, we saw the lions! While we were watching the lions, the teachers took some photos. We then got back on the caoch and saw some wild horses. We then saw the siamang apes. We really wanted to watch them swing but they were lazy and didn’t swing!

Then we had afternoon tea in the savannah lake area and played on the playground. After lunch, we saw the meer cats first and they were very jumpy! Then we saw a very big and fat wombat. The last exhibit we visited was the bird aviary. There were some very nice birds in there. Then we walked back to the coach to go home.

On the way home we watched Shawn the Sheep and Barnyard. My favourite part of the day was seeing the hippos. I had a really good day.

By Jenna Baxter 2/3S

Dubbo Zoo Excursion

On Friday the 18th of September KD, 1N, 1/2M and 2/3 went on an excursion to the Taronga Western Plains Zoo. We went to learn more about animals and see what they look like in real life.
We had to arrive at school at 6.34am so the coaches could leave at 7.00am. 2/3S and 1/2M went on the first coach and KD and 1N went on the other coach. My coach had a toilet and the other one didn’t.

On the way to Dubbo we watched Bolt and Bedtime Stories. Jenna was sitting next to me. She let me borrow her book called ‘Courageous Dogs’ because I didn’t want to watch the movies. Then we stopped in Coonabarabran for crunch ‘n’ sip. Mrs Smith told us to go to the toilet because it was the last stop before Dubbo.

When we arrived at the zoo we had morning tea outside the souvenir shop. We all went to the toilet again. In the toilet I saw a lady cleaning her fake teeth! We all had to put sunscreen on so we didn’t get burnt. After that we got on the bus and went to our first stop.

The first animals we saw were the black rhinoceros and camels. Then we saw antelope and the common eland. Later on we had lunch at the milk bar. Then we took our bags with us to look at the lions. One of the female lions had had surgery on her ear. We also saw giraffes and cheetahs.

Then we got on the coach and went round the zoo and saw lots of animals. We saw wild horses, galapagos tortoise, kangaroos, ostrich emu and white rhinoceros. Then we got off the bus and saw siamang apes. I sat down on the seat. One of them was energetic and the other went away so we wouldn’t see it.

Then we had recess at the playground. I didn’t get to play on the playground because I was eating my food. Then we went to see the meer cats, wombat and bird aviary.
Finally we went home on the coaches. At Coonabarabran we stopped to have some fruit and cordial. Then we got back on the coaches and went home. My favourite part of the day was seeing the wombats and siamang apes.

By Emily Stiller 2/3S