Excavations begin for elephant barn
e’ve started building Valli the Temple Elephant’s brand new barn! It will be an truly jumbo-sized creation – 500 square metres of prime elephantine real estate. We’re having to dig deep foundations, to accommodate the metre deep sandpits that make up large areas of the floor. Sand is the best surface for her feet and joints, (plus we can also bury bananas and pineapples for her to dig up – hours of fun!)
We are doing all the excavation, drainage and preparation work ourselves, to help keep project costs to an absolute minimum. The plan is to have the concrete foundations complete by Christmas, so that the steel frame can go up in January. We hope to have the project complete, with Valli rehoused, within the year.
