Spring is here and the school holidays are about to begin, so the Wagga Botanic gardens zoo is a hive of activity.
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The Wagga insititution is gearing up for a busy school holiday period and has a host of new arrivals and familiar faces to welcome visitors.
A calf named Mocha and as-yet-unnamed twin lambs are among the more than 90 species of animals and birds, both native and exotic, who call the zoo home.
There’s everything from tiny baby rabbits to some regal-looking alpacas and the popular donkey family.
During the day, visitors can find Mocha in the Children’s Farmland, next door to three little pigs and just across from the recently renovated chicken pens and rabbit hutches.
Over in the marsupial section, visitors may be lucky enough to see a pademelon joey, if it’s not tucked away in mum’s pouch.
Zoo curator Kira McBeath believes of the great advantages for Wagga’s zoo is that it is free.
“It’s one of those places you can come on a regular basis,” she said.