Despite the fact that we are both feeling a bit under the weather we went to a wildlife park about an hour outside of Sydney today and are SO glad we went- we saw some totally crazy animals!
Both of our hands down favorite were the Koalas! They were so freakin’ cute I could hardly stand to look at them- way cuter in real life than even in stuffed animal life!!! There were tons of them and all they do is eat and sleep and the positions they sleep in are totally hysterical.
My second favorite animals were the Tasmanian Devils, I don’t think Michael liked them because he thought they looked like big rats, which they kind of did but I liked them anyway. We were really looking forward to seeing them at feeding time because about 15 minutes before feeding time they started getting really cranky with each other- hissing and growling and showing their BIG teeth- but we wandered off to see if the big Kangaroo (nearly 6 ft tall) had gotten out of his shady spot he had been lounging in all day! Because I really wanted to see him hop around…he was still napping, but we saw another smaller Kangaroo eating very near us and we could tell something was in her pouch….and a little baby Joey popped his head out!!! (see picture on flcker) I was so excited I started crying!
But because we stopped to watch the Joey, we missed the Devils at feeding time, but we still got to see a little after feeding feistiness!
Other Australian animals we saw included- Wallabies, Emus, Bilbies, Quolls, Crocodile, Fruit Bats (we really liked those too!) and lots of really crazy looking birds.
I have been away from the blog for a week or so and look – you're already in Australia! We missed you yesterday to celebrate Jana's b-day! I will send pics soon. Otis and Cowboy send their love!
– Carissa
I'm amazed that you were able to get so close to all the animals. We love all the pictures.