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VIDEO: Stepping into the outback on Canada Day can pay off

B.C. zoo hosts a grand opening for its new Wallaby Walkthrough Experience on July 1
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Greater Vancouver Zoo is opening a new Wallaby Walkthrough Experience at the Aldergrove facilities on Canada Day. (screengrab)

People apparently no longer have to take a plane this summer to have a ‘Down Under’ experience.

They can take a walkabout – on a guided path in Aldergrove – and get up close to wallabies and kangaroos while exploring like never before a brand new section at the Greater Vancouver Zoo.

It’s called the Wallaby Walkthrough Experience, which will give visitors an “immersive” encounter with the Australian marsupials and more, said deputy general manager Menita Prasad.

“Come

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