We started out the next part of our trip in Werribee, where friends live, and they took us to the Werribee Open Range Zoo, run by the Melbourne Zoo. There you can ride in a bus around the safari area, seeing plenty of mainly African animals along the way. You can also walk around other areas and explore other animals. They also took us to other sites in Werribee. The next day we wandered around the entire Melbourne Zoo, which is quite an amazing place.

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Rhino following ostrich

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One of the many giraffes, who had plenty of room to roam.

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The zoo also maintains the area around this lovely river, which has attracted plenty of native wildlife, including platypus and wallabies.

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This baby zebra was only two days old when we visited.

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Two of the hippos.

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Fiona and Ingrid at the Victoria State Rose Garden in Werribee.

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One of the many beautiful roses.

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Sheryl, Jeff and Fiona at the Grotto at Werribee Mansion.

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A lovely scenic view along the Werribee River.

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The Melbourne skyline from across the bay.

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A wombat at the Melbourne Zoo.

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Monkey.

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Black-and-white colobus monkey.

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Oriental small-clawed otters.

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Australian pelican.

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Turtle.

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Common Eggfly butterfly (female) on Ingrid's head.

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Common Eggfly butterfly (female).

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Wandered butterfly. We were surprised to find monarchs in a native Australian butterfly exhibit, but turns out they've been in the country since 1871.

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Orchard swallowtail butterfly.

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Butterfly....

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Common Eggfly butterfly (male), which had beautiful blue iridescent spots on its wings when viewed from the right angle.

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Aldabra giant tortoise, who had just discovered that the vegetation around his enclosure was tasty!

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Giraffe.

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Blue-faced honeyeater.

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Inland Bearded Dragon.