Anzac Day

This past Wednesday 25 April was Anzac Day, commemorating the Australian and New Zealand troops that fought at Gallipoli in World War 1. We had the holiday off and celebrated at work the day before with Anzac Biscuits and a moment of silence. The story behind the biscuits (as told to me by my coworkers) is that the soldiers needed something with sustenance that wouldn't perish while in the trenches at Gallipoli. They are very hearty and made basically out of oatmeal and gold syrup (like mollasses). 

Also, the ones we ate were the size of my face. Delicious!

On Anzac Day, I went to the Taronga Zoo with Nancy, Whitney and Christina - with free tickets woop woop! As some of you may know, I love animals and specially ZOOBORNS! Didn't see many babies at this zoo, but there were tons of cute animals. 

My first koalas!

Loved the giraffes and view of the city in the background.

Friends!

Some kind of mountain goat, high on his perch.

Sleeping little mountain goat, so cute.

Fennec Fox, the smallest fox in the world.

Tigers were another favorite. I have a ton of photos, but most are blurry because these guys were moving all over the place.

Lions.

Tasmanian devil! Not quite as ferocious as I expected.

KANGAS!

Wallaby.

Don't worry, this Kangaroo isn't dead, just sleeping.

Cool flowers.

A spider for Kyle.

Picnic at the zoo.

With my stone platypus friend.

Nancy and I were trawling around the zoo looking for water (we were dying of thirst) and came upon this giant leaf. Notice the empty water bottle.

Red pandas - these little guys were the cutest.

Pop quiz. Is there an animal in this photo?

After the zoo, we came back into the city and went to get gelato at our favorite spot, Messina. Next door, Messina has a little bakery were they make goodies out of gelato and into fun shapes like these.

Next, we went to Govinda's, which is an Indian buffet and movie place. We stuffed our faces with food and then saw 21 Jump Street - all for $30! Not bad at all considering movie tickets are about $20 each here. The buffet included a cheesy pasta dish...not sure that was an Indian dish...but was also delicious.

Mango Lassi, yum!