Photos of Port Pirie? or Photos of the Zoo?

Let's go to the Zoo! 
That was more fun and a lot less tiring, although I did fall asleep as soon as I got home.

Once I'd seen the Dinosaur exhibit, I thought I might as well see more of the Zoo animals. 
I remembered the last time I'd been there with the grandchildren 16 years ago. 
There were bison there then and lions, neither of those is there now.
There are still giraffes, but I didn't go there this time.

I saw the alligators, their hides are so thick and smooth I almost thought they were life sized rubber models. Then this one started moving towards me, so I moved on....

I found the seals, but missed seeing them feeding by about five minutes. I'd heard the announcement, but I was a bit too far away to get there in time. I remembered my last visit when there were quite a few seals, now we have only two. 
(No Polar Bears either, I remember those from my last visit.)

one was sunning on the rocks,

while the other swam circles in the pond. Round and round, every time he passed the red ball, he'd pop his head above water then duck straight under again. I must have taken a couple of dozen photos just trying to capture that heads up moment, but this is as close as I got. He was just too fast.

These animals looked like goats to me....

but they are Barbary Sheep. 
There is a mountain of angular rocks in the enclosure and at first I didn't notice the sheep right near the top, then a child nearby pointed them out to his dad...

They were up quite high, with these three being more clearly seen, while the rest were in too much shade to photograph successfully.

Moving on.....

look at these cute little Otters, posing so sweetly while cameras clicked all around them. Every few minutes they would sit up like this, then go back to darting around in and out of the water.

In the Baboon enclosure, at first I couldn't see anything, then I spotted this big fellow hiding in the shade. I took the photo, then showed it to two children beside me, so they'd know what they were looking for. They got quite excited when they spotted him. I couldn't see any others, so followed the path around and there they were! I hadn't seen them because there is quite a bit of vegetation and of course they were all on the shady side.

This quite young one appeared happy to sit and be photographed, while the others moved away from any attention and those photos are too blurred.

I moved on, only to find that in the heat of midday, most animals were hiding and sleeping in shady spots.