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~ “Boo at the Zoo for Halloween” ~

Instead of the usual trick or treating around the neighbourhood, my daughter bought tickets for a Halloween event at Perth Zoo. Thinking this would be an exciting treat for the munchkins we headed off – three ghosts and a bee.

We arrived just after 4pm to find a huge queue, good to see so many people dressed up. Heading inside we were excited to see what was on offer. Hoping for lots of treat stalls only to find more queues for these. However there were many tricks ahead!

Homemade ghost costumes made from old sheets. Needless to say they lasted for five minutes. I was the only one dressed up after that.

I think there should have been a warning as there were so many babies, toddlers and young children who could be quite scared. We walked through to see a few animals only to be scared witless by a swampy bush jumping out of the bushes. Up ahead we saw a statue or was it? Lucky for us we passed just in time before it stretched its hand out to tap someone on the head.

**Spooky statue, graveyards and blood curdling brides**

Walking to the giraffe and zebra enclosure we wondered what everyone was looking at. What a show they performed – two zebras fighting each other, with four giraffes galloping over (although they couldn’t get into this enclosure) to see what was going on. We stopped to watch the giraffes galloping round and round – it was just amazing.

With swampy bushes and moving statues we were on the alert for other spooky happenings. We certainly were not prepared for what lay ahead.

Scenes from The Walking Dead and Zombie Brides

We did see some animals at least.

After seeing the Walking Dead things went downhill fast. Frightened out of their wits, the munchkins wanted to go home.

In my opinion Perth Zoo charged far too much for these tickets. There are not many animals left now so maybe they needed a cash injection.

Luckily we arrived back at the house for a quick trip around the block for some trick or treating.

🐝 Anyway, I’ll bee seeing you! 🐝

Joining in for Six Word Saturday and Last on the Card

~ The Changing Seasons – November 2024 ~

It’s been a fairly quiet month here in Perth for me. Many outings with Rosie of course, including one to the zoo. A few dinner dates, a concert in the park and a trip to the cinema. The weather has been very changeable, with a few hot days, extremely windy ones and too many cold ones!

On the day we went to the zoo it was slightly overcast and a few rain clouds about. Ideal for walking. I thought I had arrived early enough to find a carpark near the entrance, but not early enough as it was full. We drove around up and down the side streets and eventually found one, around ten minutes walk. Rosie seemed happy to walk. We hired a stroller once inside, but I ended up pushing it mostly empty! We had a lovely few hours checking out all the animals.

From here it all went downhill pretty fast. We walked back the allotted ten minutes and I said to Rosie, “hmm, I don’t remember walking past this building”. Well, after dragging Rosie up and down for almost 40 minutes, I called my daughter. I said, “Sorry, but you will have to come and pick us up. I’ve lost the car.” This was supposed to be her day to herself. We had to wait another 20 minutes but I was glad of the rest. Anyway, of course we found the car pretty quickly, I had missed a turning. Needless to say, the zoo is off the list for a while.