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Great Southern Oceans
13-12-2006

This is a fantasic artilcle guys and gals

read all of it, it really is brilliant - so i thought

Interior Fitouts, Resevoirs and Building Construction - Reed Constructions Australia

Civil, Health, Hospitality & Waste Water Plant Construction - Reed Constructions Australia

be sure on both pages to watch the pictures, as series of 10 or so on each page, changes peridoically

www.oceansappeal.org.au
27-03-2007

check out the taronga foundation web site, Great Southern Oceans Appeal - The Taronga Foundation - Taronga Zoo - Home for some good locking graphics about the GSO precinct and info.
have fun guys

27-03-2007

It's no secret - the Taronga Foundation have been posting letters looking for donations for the GSO project to thousands of homes throughout Sydney - you can't miss it lately.

27-03-2007

i got 2 or 3 in relation to the eles, hopefully ill get one about gso

28-03-2007

I received a letter here in Bris about GSO, perhaps because I donated to the eles.

28-03-2007

yeh mate, its not a secret, it just came in the mail the other day. the overhead mock-up of the precinct on the website looks pretty spectacular, cant wait for it to be finished.

27-05-2007

overnight the taronga foundation hosted another of its rather famous 'establishmnet dinners', at said establishment in sydney. Hosted by rove mcmanus, the night raised a cool $200K for the zoo's Great Southern Oceans exhibit. Chip in another $600K from the NSW govt, and all in all id say a pretty productive night.
and add that to the $250K raised in one night at Bondi's Icebergs in March. Good work Taronga Foundation.

27-05-2007

taronga has to jhave the best fund raisinga ctivities, as its not aimed at zoo people, but a lot of the various demographic, good on yas and keep it going!

27-05-2007

sure does. the govt's $3:1 matching grant is a good incentive, but those TF ppl certainly know how to get the dollars rolling in. though theyll need it for GSO. i cant wait for it to open, i imagine that when it does, zoo people will be talking about taronga and zoo design the way they talk about san diego and the bronx now

28-05-2007

i am still wondering, what they will announce next (since gung was just announced!)

28-05-2007

who knows? i havent been to taronga since the end of march when GSO was already looking finished plants were going in, some of the pools had water in them and most of the mock rock was done. plus the seals were ebing crate-trained. i imagine GSO will be open by the end of the year to make the most of the summer holiday crowds.
if you ask me the sections of the zoo that most need upgrading are the Australian section and African. Theyre both good enough as they are, but sitting next to these multi-million dollar development smakes them look, well, a bit behind.
theres other work going on too atm, with the car park/entrance upgrade about to or already?? under way. and of course the upgrade of the lower entry building which im guessing is timed to fit in with GSO, and soon the upgrade of the ferry wharf too

28-05-2007

"ladies and gentlemen, the taronga foundation is proud to announce....GUNG"

great southern ocean.
25-06-2007

Has anyone been to taronga lately? How is GSO looking? Has anyone been lucky enough to go into the construction site yet and have a look around? The latest issue of taronga zoo friends magazine had an article about the GSO, but the article didn't really contain any new information. i also recieved a pamphlet asking for donations for the Fiordland penguins. The pamphlet said the exhibit would be opening in April 2008. I thought it was due to open in late 2007.

25-06-2007

i received that as well, nicely done, and it does say april next year, although to agree i have heard late 2007, and the construction firms website, says gso is 95% completed.

i am guessing, that for animal welfare precautions, that the water (which i belive is being pumped from sydney harbour) will be undergoing rigourous testing and chemical analyais?alterations to ensure the water is safe for the animals.

i also read that there was a late addition to the project, that is a pelican pool/marsh area was added last minute, sounds kool, and l think will tie the project off nicely, in shaping our beautiful eastern coastline and our great southern oceans!

25-06-2007

the pelicans sound like a nice addition. GSO it will no doubt kick on melbournes new "stories from the sea" (what a daggy name!). with its harbour views, sydney sandstone, and extensive collection of seals and penguins, you would expect taronga could potentially pull off the best marine immersion exhibit of any zoo in the world (excluding seaworld-type parks of course). i wait with anticipation.