More Puffins!

The Alaska SeaLife Centre in Seward on the Kenai Peninsula has quite a number of Horned and Tufted Puffins that you can get up very close to in the Seabird Habitat section of The Rocky Coast Gallery. This gallery has the deepest seabird pool in the United States at 6.4 metres deep (21 feet) holding…

Georgia Aquarium – Ocean Voyager and the Whale Sharks

The worlds biggest fish and one of the world biggest water tanks combined, makes for a spectacular sight at Atlanta’s Georgia Aquarium. The Ocean Voyager tank is a massive 23.85 million litre / 6.3 million gallon tank and contains a multitude of sea life including Manta Rays and gigantic Whale Sharks. When the Whale Sharks first come into sight it…

Georgia On My Mind – Road Trip Part I: Atlanta

I recently spent a few days enjoying a road trip around the state of Georgia. It was a spur of the moment journey that covered quite a bit of territory starting in the south of the state then up to Atlanta, across to Athens then south again. I experienced history, nature, bustling cities, huge storms and more! There is just so much to…

Red Kangaroo chilling in Lincoln Park Zoo

When you enter Lincoln Park in Chicago, Illinois you are confronted with a very stern looking Abraham Lincoln. Now I was impressed with this rare statue of him standing (he was so tall at 6′ 4″ / 1.93 m they often depict him sitting down) but there was at least one other Aussie in the park who didn’t…

An Aussie Nomad’s quest to reach all 50 States

Ok, so I am way behind in writing about my current travels but given my recent posts are about very diverse geographical locations you might have guessed I have been on the move quite a bit of late! In September 2012 I decided to leave Seattle, Washington and return to Australia for a while (via some travels in…

Panda Bears and so much more at the San Diego Zoo!

BABY PANDA!!!! Now that I have you attention lets focus on what the massive San Diego Zoo has to offer (it spans 100 acres!). Yes Panda Bears for one – they have four, including a very cute baby male called Xiao Liwu who was born on July 29th, 2012. The adults are  Bai Yun, Gao Gao and Yun Zi. But these are just a…

Behold the awesomeness of the Californian Condor!

The mighty wingspan of a Californian Condor (a Vulture) is something to behold! These carrion feeders are seriously big birds (one of the largest) and can live for up to 60 years. They can weigh up to 13 kilograms / 29 pounds, have a wingspan of 2.95 metres / 9.7 feet and be up to 1.4 metres /4.6…

The Hummingbird – Nature’s little wonder

I was at the San Diego Zoo yesterday and whilst there this little Hummingbird appeared right next to where I was standing. I have never seen a Hummingbird up so close! They are fascinating little creatures to watch in flight and a small one like this is probably beating it’s tiny little wings on average…

Woodland Park Zoo: Excellence in wildlife conservation

November 20th, 2011 Sunday was looking like the last good weather day for a while so I decided to head over to the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle’s Phinney Ridge neighbourhood. I have not been to a zoo for a while and prefer to see animals in the wild, but zoo’s do provide a great place…