You’ll have the best day
At the Western Plains Zoo.
A free-range zoo, set amid acres of Australian bush.
Here you can walk from one place to the next,
Cycle or take a guided tour,
With no Hughesian* concrete and wire cities
Housing animals in depressing cement enclosures.
Instead the animals laze in as close a natural habitat
As can be provided in this harsh brown land.
Their state of mind is best described by the languid way they
Lay about without a care in the world until the next feed time.
The visitor’s challenge is always to find them
Disguised so often among the vegetation.
It’s a lovely day, a zoo to visit
One you’ll be happy to return to.
* http://genius.com/Ted-hughes-the-jaguar-annotated
Written for: https://lindaghill.com/2016/04/29/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-april-3016/
Morpethroad 
I would like to see a natural zoo. Maybe someday. Enjoyed this Michael.
Thank you John. It’s a beautiful zoo to visit.
I have family in Sidney. I should visit down under before I kick.
Let me know John I’ll put the kettle on…
Ha ha ha. Okay.
I’ve been to places like this, where you drive through and stay in your car. Lions are scary up close!
This is a zoo where you can walk around as all the animals are safely in their environment and can’t get out and eat you. They even have African Elephants which not many zoos can house.
Ah. Nice. 🙂
Haven’t been there for years, but I love Western Plains Zoo. It is so true that The visitor’s challenge is always to find them Disguised so often among the vegetation. Must go again some day soon. LOL when my little car receives his new motor 🙂
Hi Lyn, its a fabulous place to spend a day luckily I have been a few times…..have a good day…