It's time for another update for Sitlington Animal Park!
As mentioned in my previous post, this park is in three sections: there's the actual zoo part, there's some parkland (with various small attractions) and there's a farm. Last week, I hit a milestone by finishing off the parkland area and set an aim to finish off the zoo part before this update.
It's taken slightly longer than expected due to some technical issues but I'm glad to finally report that I've hit another milestone by finishing off the zoo section!
One of the final areas left to complete was the Africa field. In keeping with this style of zoo, it's as basic as they come: a simple grass paddock for a small group of zebras and ostrich. Aside from a shade structure and some rocks, there isn't much to it.
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| I kept the Africa field quite basic to make it fit the low budget vibe |
The part that took more thinking was the housing but I didn't detail it too heavily as I usually only build what you can see from a guest perspective and it's far away from guest areas. It's all super basic but definitely appropriate for this kind of low-budget zoo.
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| The Africa House and yards look a bit excessive for this sort of zoo but I guess it's future-proofing in case the zoo ever wants to bring in more animals? The empty fields ahead of it is where the farm will be laid out. |
Weeks ago, I also made a start on my gibbon enclosure but stopped when it got to actually filling it with things. Climbing furniture always takes a lot of effort and I usually leave it for when I have the energy. I found the energy this week to finally finish it off and I'm quite happy with the result.
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| Another view inside the gibbon enclosure — the rope took a while and thankfully the gibbons actually use it! |
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| The gibbon enclosure from afar. Lore-wise, it's meant to be a newer and more ambitious addition to the zoo. |
The last habitat left to build was for one of my two binturongs (the other shares a habitat with otters). It replaces a red panda habitat I built in the early days of this project before I moved them to the woodland area. It took a long time to make the climbing frame actually climbable but I got there in the end.
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| The binturong enclosure is surrounded by a low plaster wall that sits at about chin-height and is surrounded by hotwire. |
The idea behind the habitat is that you can view the binturongs with the gibbons swinging in the background, as the two species share a geographic range in real-life.
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| You can just about make out the gibbon in the background — I can't tell you how long I waited to get them in the same shot! |
Although I said I'd focus the last two weeks on the zoo area, I did some work on the farm area. I had a spur of inspiration so I ran with it before it was gone. I built a storage shed/workshop building, as well as a driveway and security gates. The zoo is now fully enclosed with a perimeter fence and a rough outline for the farm is slowly taking shape.
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| Looking towards the new storage shed/workshop and perimeter fence — it's not glamarous but definitely needed! |
The next few weeks will be focused on the final piece of the jigsaw: the farm! I need to build some poultry housing, a goat milking facility, some fields and vegetable patches. Hopefully I'll have it all done by the next update in two weeks!
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| The last area of the zoo is now complete, now I can move onto the farm! |
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