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This is part of a larger zoo concept I'm making, called the Harlowe Park Zoo. Its based off (no joke)
this this printable colouring page I stumbled upon when looking up Zoo Map on Google Images (don't judge me).

Now for a virtual tour.

As you approach the exhibit going left from the entrance, the first thing you see is a large wooden sign with it its name on it, bearing an australian theme. A small tunnel along a building's base is behind it, with something spiky in it moving right. Intrigued, you pause to look at it, but its gone when you do

The first exhibit you see is a semi-circle shaped grassy exhibit for 1.3 Western Grey Kangaroos. A few trees are at its sides, and there is a food and water trough, but otherwise that's it, nothing special here. You didn't come here for just measly kangaroos you can see at any zoo, so you move on.

The building itself is reddish and orange in colour, no doubt a reference to the colour of the Outback according to pop culture, so its likely a reference to it. You would simply keep walking and enter, but you pause when you see an exhibit with wire-mesh viewing's by it. You see two birds in an aviary perched there on branches, with a water bowl on its woodchip floor. You already know its 1.1 Laughing Kookaburras. Decent exhibit, although you can't help but feel it could use another bird in it, like tawny frogmouths.

Entering in, you're greeted by an open space with a large open top exhibit across from where you are. However, to your left is already a bunch of interpretive signage on the walls and on posts themed as aboriginal prayer totems. After an obligatory "G'Day to Australia!", you read about how diverse marsupials can get, and how their pouches work. Sadly, there's also much about the threats marsupials face because of humans, and how the zoo helping with it, such as partnering with australian conservation groups and zoos.

To your right is a large window on to the kangaroo exhibit. You're not interested in them. However, you do see at the far end of the window is a curved wall. You read that part's a chute to their night quarters. Fairly interesting, but still, moving on.

Walking forward, you see the open top exhibit, a sandy and rocky one with a large wall bordering it. On the long rock ridge on the back, you see a Yellow-Footed Rock Wallaby scratching itself, just 1 of 1.2 here at the zoo, a rare find in US zoos. Looking around and at signage, you learn the exhibit is also home to 1.2 Common Wombats and *le gasp*, 2.3 Short-Snouted Echidnas. The zoo has been renowned for breeding echidnas (they've raised six so far), and you can't wait to see them. But for now, all you can see is one wombat sleeping around. Still a nice sight for now.

Side Note: the exhibit has a unique gimmick: just like the kangaroos, the echidnas and wombats have special chutes around the building. They can use it to access outside exhibits, or another. Sure enough, you already saw the one leading to the kangaroo pen, and you see the other along the north side of the building. No echidnas in there though.

You here some screeching child behind you and instinctively cringe. You look behind you and see a large fake tree along a wall. You head over and start on the left side. Its themed as a tree hollow, and as you scan your eyes for what's inside, you look at the signage and see its home to... 0.1 Virginia Opossum!? What misplaced wildlife is this!? Fortunately, you're calmed down by signage explaining that while most associated with Australia, South America has its own fair share of marsupials, and that's how opossums came to North America. It also states its a rescue. Going to the other side, you see its home to 1.1 Sugar Gliders, which despite signage clearly saying its a kind of opossum, some idiot in earshot calls it a flying squirrel. You annoyedly leave.

You head 'round to the last exhibit in the building, a lush, moderately planted exhibit with three fake trees. You're excited, because this exhibit is home to 1.1 Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo, rare in North American zoos, and there's already another baby (the third the zoo has so far) on the way! Sure enough, you see one leaping about. You excitedly snap a pic, but as your ready to go to the next exhibit, you see something out of the bottom corner of your eye move. You look down. Its an Echidna! You watch it walk by and into the chute, and you rush out.

The last exhibit is on the north side, and is an outdoor exhibit that's basically the same as the indoor wallaby/wombat/echidna exhibit, but modified for outdoors. You see an echidna, perhaps the same one, be ready for feeding time: a keeper has already set outside a bowl of worms and two are walking. You watch them eat it it up as your day at the zoo is going well and can't wait for what's next... until some idiot calls it a porcupine and your mood plummets.

(Maybe in the future I'll make a more refined version of it)

Description
This is part of a larger zoo concept I'm making, called the Harlowe Park Zoo. Its based off (no joke)
this this printable colouring page I stumbled upon when looking up Zoo Map on Google Images (don't judge me).

Now for a virtual tour.

As you approach the exhibit going left from the entrance, the first thing you see is a large wooden sign with it its name on it, bearing an australian theme. A small tunnel along a building's base is behind it, with something spiky in it moving right. Intrigued, you pause to look at it, but its gone when you do

The first exhibit you see is a semi-circle shaped grassy exhibit for 1.3 Western Grey Kangaroos. A few trees are at its sides, and there is a food and water trough, but otherwise that's it, nothing special here. You didn't come here for just measly kangaroos you can see at any zoo, so you move on.

The building itself is reddish and orange in colour, no doubt a reference to the colour of the Outback according to pop culture, so its likely a reference to it. You would simply keep walking and enter, but you pause when you see an exhibit with wire-mesh viewing's by it. You see two birds in an aviary perched there on branches, with a water bowl on its woodchip floor. You already know its 1.1 Laughing Kookaburras. Decent exhibit, although you can't help but feel it could use another bird in it, like tawny frogmouths.

Entering in, you're greeted by an open space with a large open top exhibit across from where you are. However, to your left is already a bunch of interpretive signage on the walls and on posts themed as aboriginal prayer totems. After an obligatory "G'Day to Australia!", you read about how diverse marsupials can get, and how their pouches work. Sadly, there's also much about the threats marsupials face because of humans, and how the zoo helping with it, such as partnering with australian conservation groups and zoos.

To your right is a large window on to the kangaroo exhibit. You're not interested in them. However, you do see at the far end of the window is a curved wall. You read that part's a chute to their night quarters. Fairly interesting, but still, moving on.

Walking forward, you see the open top exhibit, a sandy and rocky one with a large wall bordering it. On the long rock ridge on the back, you see a Yellow-Footed Rock Wallaby scratching itself, just 1 of 1.2 here at the zoo, a rare find in US zoos. Looking around and at signage, you learn the exhibit is also home to 1.2 Common Wombats and *le gasp*, 2.3 Short-Snouted Echidnas. The zoo has been renowned for breeding echidnas (they've raised six so far), and you can't wait to see them. But for now, all you can see is one wombat sleeping around. Still a nice sight for now.

Side Note: the exhibit has a unique gimmick: just like the kangaroos, the echidnas and wombats have special chutes around the building. They can use it to access outside exhibits, or another. Sure enough, you already saw the one leading to the kangaroo pen, and you see the other along the north side of the building. No echidnas in there though.

You here some screeching child behind you and instinctively cringe. You look behind you and see a large fake tree along a wall. You head over and start on the left side. Its themed as a tree hollow, and as you scan your eyes for what's inside, you look at the signage and see its home to... 0.1 Virginia Opossum!? What misplaced wildlife is this!? Fortunately, you're calmed down by signage explaining that while most associated with Australia, South America has its own fair share of marsupials, and that's how opossums came to North America. It also states its a rescue. Going to the other side, you see its home to 1.1 Sugar Gliders, which despite signage clearly saying its a kind of opossum, some idiot in earshot calls it a flying squirrel. You annoyedly leave.

You head 'round to the last exhibit in the building, a lush, moderately planted exhibit with three fake trees. You're excited, because this exhibit is home to 1.1 Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo, rare in North American zoos, and there's already another baby (the third the zoo has so far) on the way! Sure enough, you see one leaping about. You excitedly snap a pic, but as your ready to go to the next exhibit, you see something out of the bottom corner of your eye move. You look down. Its an Echidna! You watch it walk by and into the chute, and you rush out.

The last exhibit is on the north side, and is an outdoor exhibit that's basically the same as the indoor wallaby/wombat/echidna exhibit, but modified for outdoors. You see an echidna, perhaps the same one, be ready for feeding time: a keeper has already set outside a bowl of worms and two are walking. You watch them eat it it up as your day at the zoo is going well and can't wait for what's next... until some idiot calls it a porcupine and your mood plummets.

(Maybe in the future I'll make a more refined version of it)