except for the two platforms, it really looks like a great exhibit. This would be a good place, instead of the two platforms, for artificial rock work.
except for the two platforms, it really looks like a great exhibit. This would be a good place, instead of the two platforms, for artificial rock work.
I quite like the two platforms, they are used quite extensively by the tigers and will probably be more so once the cubs get bigger. Out of view, to the right, is essentially a cut into the rockwork wall that also has some platforms and provides shelter. Bear in mind that these exhibits used to be grottoes and have been converted into glass-fronted exhibit.
I like this exhibit more than the lion exhibit as it has more planting and doesn't feel bare. The lion exhibit feels bare, especially the back of the exhibit where you can clearly see the ugly back wall, and it seems that the plantings in the exhibit have disappeared gradually from a few years ago.
Maybe I should have been more clear myself, because what I meant is that when the platforms were rocks the exhibit would be more naturalistic. Maybe my definition of a great exhibit is based greatly on naturalism, but of course that doesn't say anything about the exhibit quality for the animals within.
Based on your judgements it must be a good exhibit for the Tigers themselves. And they hide the past of this exhibit as a grotto really well I must say. Great use of foliage and an example for other grotto's!
So I visited Taronga during the week and thought I'd post a few comments on some of the things that got my attention rather than a whole review.
I thought this and the neighbouring exhibit both gave off a very grotto-like feel and didn't offer the inhabitants much in the way of views (I didn't realise that they had once been grottos until I read Jabiru96's comment above). An interesting note is that this exhibit held lions on my visit and tigers were in the savannah exhibit next door and the pit-style exhibit behind. Do the big cats rotate often?
