In which "I like to move it move it"

Today ends the first week of holidays from tafe. So what have I been doing during my holidays? I have been waking up at 6am in order to feed all my animals and myself and drive down to TTP so I can catch a bus at 7:40 which drives me down to town and drops me off at 8:30am. Then I have been spending the next 8 hours working hard at the zoo. And loving every second of it. Well almost every second. There are a few seconds in there where I drop pavers on my fingers that I dont enjoy. But anyway as you will have gathered I am back doing more work experience at the Adelaide zoo in their horticulture department. Last time I was there (the first two weeks of 2008) it was a quiet time at the zoo and my days were routine pruning, weeding and general keeping the zoo tidy. This time we are working on one of the many projects that are happening around the zoo at the moment. So we have spent the past week landscaping the roof top garden. The idea with this is that there are 9 tents set up on the top of the envirodome roof which people camp in on their overnight at the zoo tours. Above the ceiling of the envirodome there is your general supports and stuff then a slab of concrete up to your knees thick, then some waterproofing membrane stuff then a layer of water holding foam and then about 400mm of soil. And into that soil we are planting trees, shubs, ground cover, and spinifex to keep the children out of our garden! We have finished the paving and putting in the plants (except for some of the grasses which kids are going to plant) and also the irrigation. Now all that remains is bringing gravel up the flight of stairs to fill in around the pavers and the plants.

So anyways now to explain the title of the post. Today after lunch Michael and I were having a look at the new lemur exhibit (where the brown bears were for those who know the zoo). And the keeper said she was about to feed them if we would like to give her a hand. So we chopped up some fruit and veg and went into the enclosure to feed them. They are awesome they all come running over to see you and sit there waiting for you to hold up some fruit. They simply open their mouths and you pop in a grape or some banana. One of them held onto my hand for a bit and their hands are different to other animals. They are fur covered on top and skin underneath. They do not appear to have claws of any kind and they are shaped like a gecko. So they have thin fingers with larger circular ends to them. They feel wierd. Anyways I belive anyone can feed them if you ask at the zoo shop so I recommend it.

I have one week left at the zoo before Tafe starts again.