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Let’s go on an elephant hunt

Nine Asian elephants are running loose in the middle of Werribee and there is a mad rush to confirm their whereabouts.

While that first sentence is misleading, it’s not entirely false.

To celebrate the recent opening of Werribee Open Range Zoo’s (WROZ) new Elephant Trail, there are nine elephants hidden in the business windows in Werribee city centre.

Along Watton Street and between Wedge Street and Cherry Street, the tiny counterparts of the multi-tonne grey titans are waiting to be spotted.

The self-guided activity can be done on any date or time during the competition period– and with anyone.

In February, moving the nine elephants that now live in their new oasis at Werribee Zoo took an incredible logistics team of 21 elephant zookeepers, veterinarians and the support of cranes and trucks.

Once you find one of their mini-mes, make sure to scan one of the QR codes in the vicinity and enter their whereabouts on the site.

If you manage to find all nine, you’ll enter the draw to win a family prize pack valued at more than $800.

The ‘staycation’ prize includes a WROZ family pass, a night at Holiday Inn for two adults and two children and $300 worth of vouchers at local restaurants.

It might not be the world-class 21-hectare trail that the crew at the zoo live at, but it is far from shabby.

Entries close at 10am on Saturday, May 31.

Fill in your entries at: https://www.visitwerribee.com/findtheelephants

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