Little confused by this one as Hobart has not had a zoo for 80 years. There are a couple of parks out in the country not far to the north-east, Zoodoo and Bonorong. Was it one of these?
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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I just missed the Good Zoo near Wheeling, WVa. No real excuse; it hadn't struck me that they'd have one and the "What to do in Wheeling" pamphlet didn't mention it. It doesn't seem like a great loss, small and not particularly distinguished place but it's a zoo and I wish I'd known about it.
I also missed the Beardsley Zoo in Connecticut. I was on a minor league baseball trip with a very good and highly esteemed friend who is just not a zoo fan. She wanted to see a couple of ballparks where there wasn't any game that day--which was not a sacrifice as I'm also a ballpark fan--but the zoo was about to close when we finally got there. Again, not a "must see" zoo but it's a zoo.
I missed the Living Desert Museum in Palm Desert CA but that was because I was there in July and at the time it was not open during the summer; this is understandable as average daily high there is 106 F. I see it's now open early morning to late afternoon.
I spent some time trying to find the Walk In the Wild zoo in Spokane WA. Then I found out that my guidebook was out of date and the zoo had closed half a dozen years before.
I also missed the Beardsley Zoo in Connecticut. I was on a minor league baseball trip with a very good and highly esteemed friend who is just not a zoo fan. She wanted to see a couple of ballparks where there wasn't any game that day--which was not a sacrifice as I'm also a ballpark fan--but the zoo was about to close when we finally got there. Again, not a "must see" zoo but it's a zoo.
I missed the Living Desert Museum in Palm Desert CA but that was because I was there in July and at the time it was not open during the summer; this is understandable as average daily high there is 106 F. I see it's now open early morning to late afternoon.
I spent some time trying to find the Walk In the Wild zoo in Spokane WA. Then I found out that my guidebook was out of date and the zoo had closed half a dozen years before.
devilfish
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I stood on the steps of the Shedd Aquarium as a child but didn't go in (we wouldn't have had long enough and I wasn't as desperately keen as I would be now).
On a zoo trip with @sooty mangabey last week, we discussed how COVID has highlighted regrets (I struggle to justify why I didn't get to San Diego or the Bronx when it was so much easier to, for instance) and among them was the fact that I could have reasonably pushed for a trip to Port Lympne back when Torgamba the Sumatran rhino was around...
On a zoo trip with @sooty mangabey last week, we discussed how COVID has highlighted regrets (I struggle to justify why I didn't get to San Diego or the Bronx when it was so much easier to, for instance) and among them was the fact that I could have reasonably pushed for a trip to Port Lympne back when Torgamba the Sumatran rhino was around...
You missed a Good Zoo.
The National zoo and miyajima public aquarium
Pittsburgh Zoo.
For my high school graduation, the plan was originally to go to the Columbus, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh Zoos, but we ended up going to Cincinnati because the Phillies were playing there. We went to Columbus and Cleveland but did not go to the Pittsburgh Zoo because my family was tired of zoos at that point. To this day I still haven't gone to the Pittsburgh Zoo though I would like to.
For my high school graduation, the plan was originally to go to the Columbus, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh Zoos, but we ended up going to Cincinnati because the Phillies were playing there. We went to Columbus and Cleveland but did not go to the Pittsburgh Zoo because my family was tired of zoos at that point. To this day I still haven't gone to the Pittsburgh Zoo though I would like to.