Adelaide Pandas

When you visit Wang Wang and Funi, make sure you stop by and say hello to the red pandas. It’s easy to miss them if Funi is out and about as when you are at her enclosure you will find them directly behind you. Her antics may keep you so entertained you may not even [...]

Whenever we visit Adelaide Zoo we always pop by to say hello to the Sumatran tigers. Apparently there are 3 there – Kemiri, Assiqua (both female) and Tuan (male). However, we rarely see them. If we’re lucky we may see them right at the back hiding behind foliage. So on our last visit I was [...]

Hi there! It’s been a very long time since I’ve updated my blog. Apologies for that. I’ve had a few visits to the pandas but to be honest they’ve been pretty quiet. Over winter we popped in to say hello and what I did notice was that a plastic barrier had been put up around [...]

It’s a general election here in Australia next month. Now Wang Wang and Funi have been drawn in to select their preferred candidate. Each panda had pictures of Julia Gillard (Labor leader and current Prime Minister), Tony Abbott (Liberal Party leader) and Bob Brown (senator for the Green Party) displayed in their enclosure. Funi was [...]

So I went to see the pandas on Sunday. Unfortunately I forgot my camera so no new pics for you. It’s winter here in Adelaide so it’s a bit cooler. The pandas seem to be managing okay. At least Wang Wang doesn’t have to keep dipping in water to cool himself off. Whilst most people [...]

For those of you not fortunate enough to see the giant pandas Wang Wang and Funi in the flesh and fur, you can now watch them from the comfort of your own home via webcam. Here is the link: http://www.giantpanda.org.au/index.php/giant-pandas/pandacam.html You can choose to watch Wang Wang or Funi go about their day. Having seen [...]

Since Wang Wang and Funi have been taking visitors, I have visited them three times. Each visit just seems to top the last, they’ve all been fantastic. My first visit was in December and amazingly we found ourselves at the front of the queue. We knew that they would not be outside, but were excited [...]

So yesterday saw the official opening of Wang Wang and Funi’s new home at Adelaide Zoo. They were given a Buddhist ceremony, which they seemed to take in their stride. The enclosure was opened by the Governor-General Quentin Bryce and the Chinese Ambassador Zhang Junsai. Good to see Wang Wang and Funi weren’t sleeping for [...]

If you are planning on visiting the pandas this month, you will need to book in advance. Tickets can be purchased online and you can also choose a date and time for your visit. I read somewhere that pandas are most active late afternoon, so this is my chosen time to visit them. Here’s the [...]

Now it’s time to get excited! The pandas are here in Adelaide! They arrived Saturday and seem to be settling in okay. I expect they felt right at home when they were greeted by the rain as well as life-size panda models and a sign welcoming them to Adelaide. Weird to think that as I [...]