The horizon was awash with a lime green glow. Above it, the sky sparkled, stars so visible amidst a sea of purple, the contrast stark....

The thought of the Kalgoorlie animals gnawed away at me, figures which have loomed in the undercurrent of my dealings within the ZAA, but...

Monday afternoon and another primate TAG meeting rolled around. My brain felt scattered. “Let’s move onto the member reports.” I draped...

I first awoke just after midnight, fearing it might have been morning already. Instead, I readjusted my body underneath the blankets. I...

The macaques’ moat had iced up overnight. Therefore, I poked it with the rake, to try and break it up before letting the animals out. If...

The first stage of the Werribee masterplan has opened. I’m not particularly impressed by new bison exhibits, but I get why they had to do...

Waking up this morning I touched my fingertips to Kakek’s cross, as I searched my mind for the day of the week. Tuesday, I eventually...

I tried to spend as much time as possible out in the zoo. Being in what’s left of the warm autumn air, and with my animals, provides me...

This morning the red letters screamed 3am when I woke up and rolled over. Next I came to with the chirping of the birds, the finches in...

When I returned home, the phone was ringing. I raced across to answer it. “Hello, Jumilah Fioray speaking.” I took a moment to take a...

The midday sun afforded slight warmth over Acarda Zoo. Finches faintly chatted within a mesh aviary as I swapped dung’s aroma for green...

It was exciting this morning to get up early and drive out to the airport in the van, to collect our Romeo. As I was paused at the...

I rose under a powder blue sky, body coursing with anticipation. Jelita’s first birthday marked an important milestone for Acarda Zoo. We...

I took Mawar the gibbon to the vet. “Good morning, Jumilah, how are you?” Doctor Thomas greeted me outside the clinic at Dodges Ferry....

I stepped out the back door into the morning light. My lips curved into a smile as I listened to the song of the gibbon and siamang pairs...

I was plaiting my hair in the kitchen while Mum was cooking breakfast and insisting I eat some before starting work out in the zoo. She...

I was awoken early this morning by my alarm, getting out of bed and dressing myself in my uniform. After preparing coffees for the three...

I awoke this morning to a moment of silent, before the warm summer wind picked up again. Rising from bed, I showered. I dressed in my zoo...

This morning I awoke just as the sun was rising, with a sense of anticipation in my gut. After showering and dressing, I stepped out the...

Tallulah didn’t leave until after midnight. I’d said she could say, but she wanted to wake up in the morning with her family. I couldn’t...