Outback Chat

Fri · Oct 23·2:30 PM·Outback Trail, Franklin Park Zoo, 1 Franklin Park Rd, Boston, MA 02121

Meet kangaroos, wallabies and other Outback Trail animals at Franklin Park Zoo, greeting them with a “G’day Mate!” if weather permits.

Sun · Oct 25·2:30 PM·Outback Trail, Franklin Park Zoo, 1 Franklin Park Rd, Boston, MA 02121

Meet kangaroos, wallabies and other Outback Trail animals at Franklin Park Zoo, greeting them with a “G’day Mate!” if weather permits.

Mon · Oct 26·2:30 PM·Outback Trail, Franklin Park Zoo, 1 Franklin Park Rd, Boston, MA 02121

Meet kangaroos, wallabies and other Outback Trail animals at Franklin Park Zoo, greeting them with a “G’day Mate!” if weather permits.

Tue · Oct 27·2:30 PM·Outback Trail, Franklin Park Zoo, 1 Franklin Park Rd, Boston, MA 02121

Meet kangaroos, wallabies and other Outback Trail animals at Franklin Park Zoo, greeting them with a “G’day Mate!” if weather permits.

Sat · Oct 24·Entrance to World's End (165 Martin's Lane, Hingham, MA) · Boston

Stewardship Saturday at World's End — volunteers work with The Trustees to restore drumlin habitats, planting native flora and improving conditions for birds, insects, trees, and wildflowers.

Sat · Oct 24·9 AM – 11 AM·Jamaica Plain, Meet by the Arnold Arboretum Visitor Center (125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130), Jamaica Plain · Boston

Fall bird walk at Arnold Arboretum Visitor Center with photographer Michael Bryant, spotting autumn birds, foliage, and borrowing binoculars for beginners, ages 18 and up.

Sat · Oct 24·12 PM – 1 PM·Hunnewell Visitor's Center, 125 Arborway, Boston, MA

Boston Park Rangers' mounted unit demonstrates horse care behind the scenes at Hunnewell Visitor's Center, for all ages.

Sat · Oct 24·11 AM – 12:30 PM·in front of the Hunnewell Building, 125 Arborway, Boston, MA

Docent Vicki Amalfitano leads a fall tour of the Arboretum’s changing leaves, seeds and fruits, walking paved roads, woodchip paths and grass.

Fri · Oct 23·11 AM·Windows to the Wild, Stone Zoo, 149 Pond St, Stoneham, MA 02180

Hang with two-toed sloths at Windows to the Wild, learning what makes them unique, weather permitting.

Fri · Oct 23·11:30 AM·African Penguin Coast, Franklin Park Zoo, 1 Franklin Park Rd, Boston, MA 02121

Learn about African penguin adaptations and conservation efforts at the African Penguin Coast exhibit, weather permitting.

Fri · Oct 23·12:30 PM·Caribbean Coast, Stone Zoo, 149 Pond St, Stoneham, MA 02180

Flamingo Chat at Caribbean Coast, Stone Zoo — bright pink flamingos display feeding behaviors and answer questions from educators.

Fri · Oct 23·1 PM·Kalahari Kingdom, Franklin Park Zoo, 1 Franklin Park Rd, Boston, MA 02121

Meet an African lion in Kalahari Kingdom and learn how the predator survives in the wild and why protecting its future matters, weather permitting.