Second day at the Zoo since we arranged to book the "meet the giant tortoise" experience this morning.
We didn't plan to spend long there, but again enjoyed the Zoo and were there for quite a while.
The Tortoise was pretty cool though, and Grace enjoyed it.
Of course, Grace also had not forgotten about the face painting Lady, so we went back as she wanted a butterfly today.
After the Zoo we went to the Queen Vic markets, and walked down through the city to Myer, where Grace made a friend. The two girls spent about 30 minutes together, having a picnic on the floor of the toy department with all the Unicorns, ladybugs and just about any other stuffed toy that could be found.
And genuine Nasi Goreng for dinner, including the satay chicken skewers, and egg on top. All delivered straight to my bed. I love room service.
Huge day out at the zoo today.
We all had a great day, without doubt the best zoo I have been too, with great exhibits that as you can see got you VERY close to the animals.
Plenty for small kids too, such as Grace's awesome face painting that, believe it or not, only took the very talented lady about 3 minutes to do... or the incredibly stressful meerkat tunnels that Grace climbed/crawled into, and then had a choice of exits, none of which were where Leah was waiting for her!
And the giant tortoise shell for kids to climb in, that Grace even wanted to sleep in!
All up an excellent day, topped by an hour in the hotel pool before dinner...
So good in fact, we are going back tomorrow to meet the real giant tortoises, and Grace wants butterfly face paint this time.
I know it's only Melbourne, but I have never stayed here before, so I have really been looking forward to our Easter Holiday here.
A nice box of Lindt Easter Eggs in our room and I was impressed. Yep, I'm easily pleased.
Unlike my daughter, who as you can see was exiting every ride at the amusement arcade before I could get a photo, as she was never pleased apparently!!!!
She was very excited that we could see the aquarium from our room at the Casino though.
I'm afraid I not only have not taken a photo today, but I can't even think of anything to use to bluff my way through a blog.
So that's it. Nuffin from me today, just nuffin.
Tonight I think it's really time I cut my hair again.
I always leave it far too long, until it's thick and looks terrible (well worse than usual) and after I cut it I always say "it looks and feels so much better, I should cut it more often"...
Yep, every time without fail.
And I don't think I can get away with a traditional comb over, do you?
Last week I upgraded my phone firmware again to the latest and greatest Jellybean, without the Samsung add on software.
It does have a couple of bugs, but generally is faster and better.
One of the coolest features is the new camera with 'Photosphere'. This is essentially a panorama mode that takes a full 360° view and can then be viewed online or on the phone the same way as Google Street View. In fact, you can upload your Photospheres to Google maps so they appear in street view if you feel that way inclined... Which I don't.
Instead I uploaded to a photosphere website for viewing.
I used to use a great app to do similar things, but lately it doesn't work so well, and certainly doesn't stitch images as neatly.
This is my first Photosphere, along with a link to view it properly online. The only thing that didn't join properly was Leah's shoulder, because she was close to me. Cool to have two of the same guy in green as he was walking too!!!
