At the sanctuary we were able to see lots of animals both in the natural habitat and those, like king brown snakes, safely behind glass. We saw a fresh water crocodile that has a pretty cool pointy snout but it had absolutely nothing on the saltwater one that was five meters, that's fifteen feet long. When we saw it we were both very happy to know that we were well outside of its reach. Our only complaint of the day was that there was loads of mosquitoes, referred to here as mozzies, so we caved and bought overpriced, roll-on bug spray. Regardless we were tough and continued our wonderful adventure.
The were two highlights of the day. Feeding kangaroos right out of our hand, both large grey ones and and little red ones too! And we held a koala bear, yes a real life koala bear! We were absolutely the happiest ever. I actually had goosebumps after holding it. We got our photo taken and printed, and it was well worth every cent we spent. You would be surprised about what they felt like, their fur is so soft soft and thick it feels just like a stuffed animal. It was amazing.
Just to complete the list we also saw some peacocks, dingos, emus, wallabies, birds that we can't quite remember the names of, frogs, lizards, and plenty of other tourists too, which sometimes can be the most interesting to watch!
After we had seen everything we took a quick stroll to the beach just down the road and were able to climb up to the top of a rock with stairs named elephant rock (why it was named that we are still unsure) but there were some breathtaking views of the ocean and coastal cities from the top. It was a wonderful way to end a great day!
Until the next stop,
Jes and Brian
So jealous of koala adventure. Must see pix!
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