skywatch with elephants #2

by Wren on December 10, 2009 · 13 comments

in Skywatch, animals, zoos & gardens

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since this is skywatch, we’ll start with the sky and two views of the elephant enclosure at the australia zoo.

sky and water in elephant enclosure australia zoo

waterfall australia zoo

the zoo has three asian elephants, bimbo, sabu, and siam. i don’t know which two these are, but you can read more about them, and about asian elephants in general, at the australia zoo web pages.

elephants at australia zoo

elephant at australia zoo

to one side, protected from both animals and observors, is this statue of Ganesha. You can read more about Lord Ganesh at hindunet.

statue of Ganesha at australia zoo



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{ 13 comments }

1 Dewdrop December 11, 2009 at 9:50 am

Oh this is simply lovely! I would love to travel to the Australia zoo, one day! Beautiful skies for this day.

2 Anthony Samson December 10, 2009 at 7:45 pm

A Great place to visit and nice set of photo’s, very interesting they have Ganesha’s statue

GS Hills

3 Photo Cache December 10, 2009 at 7:44 pm

This post just reminded me that it’s been way too long since I visited a zoo. Great photos.

4 Happily Retired Gal December 10, 2009 at 7:24 pm

Lovely skies and wonderful zoo photos too ;-)
Hugs and blessings,

5 Rune December 10, 2009 at 7:11 pm

A beautiful place and pretty blue skies! Happy SkyWatch from Norway :)

6 Sylvia Kirkwood December 10, 2009 at 6:47 pm

What a beautiful place, Wren! Love the elephants! And such a lovely day and wonderful skies! Doesn’t get any better! Thanks for sharing the visit!

Have a great weekend!

Sylvia

7 J Bar December 10, 2009 at 6:46 pm

Great shots in a great location.

8 Eileen December 10, 2009 at 6:24 pm

Wren, they are pretty blue skies. I love the elephants, what a nice habitat area.

9 NatureFootstep Sweden December 10, 2009 at 6:07 pm

what a great place. Both the sky, elephant and the pool is stunning.

10 NatureFootstep Photo December 10, 2009 at 6:05 pm

i like this, sky is blue with some cloudsin it and the elephants with the pool. Really nice.

11 Jill December 10, 2009 at 3:39 pm

Aw, elephants! like the Ganesha. I have a little carving of Ganesha that my friend sent me from India..i keep it on my desk :)

12 Tara R. December 10, 2009 at 3:01 pm

Beautiful day for a visit to the zoo. The enclosure looks so natural.

13 Fishing Guy December 10, 2009 at 9:37 am

Wren: What a neat sky over the enclosure. I saw the god statue before on another site.

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