NEEDING OUR 10,000 steps we left the pier, bought jewelry for the daughters, checked out a pair of Nikes I wanted but they cost $950, had lunch, and went to the museum.  Here we saw Lubyu, a 42,000 year old, one month old baby wooly mamouth!

She was found in Siberia where she had fallen into some water and drowned.  It was so sad but the people curating her got lots of info about her geneology and customs and care.

Surprise! Here is the skull of a wooly mamouth found in Wyoming by one of my professors, Dr. Mears, shortly before I began my years at the U of Wyoming!

The whole display of mamouths, mastodons, Asian and African elephants was really amazing.

Here is just one of the fantastic displays.  Not to harp on it too much but the elephant population world wide is steeply declining and this is due mostly to habitat reduction and poaching. PLEASE people.  Do we really need ALL the land and ivory?

Yes, we also saw dinosaurs, birds of the world, the 200 most special things the museum had to display, and so much more.  This fine facility is really a great addition to one of our favorite Antipodaean cities!

Tomorrow we leave for New Zealand, also referred to as Middle Earth!