DAY TWO! Day one is here, here, and here. This is the last one, I promise! So….we liked our day at the Billabong Sanctuary so much that we opted to come back the next day. You can get your ticket stamped before you leave to visit the next day for free. We came back the next afternoon to see some of our favourite things. We headed back over to see the cassowary and got a good look at these black … Read More
Here’s part one and part two. I wish I could remember the details about this (stuffed? preserved?) croc. (Bad tourist! Always take a picture of the sign!) This was a real crocodile that had lived at the Billabong Sanctuary (I think) and he’s huge. We were careful not to touch him (as requested on the sign I forgot to take a picture of). I was surprised he was out where he could potentially be mishandled but he’s been around awhile … Read More
Part one is here! We were so happily feeding the roos and ducks that we missed the wombat talk. We got there just at the end, just in time to get to give one a pat. This is Tonka. He was rescued from his mother’s pouch and has grown up at the Billabong Sanctuary. Tonka loves to greet his adoring public each day. (The woman holding Tonka was a volunteer, she told me she was doing an internship for her … Read More
A flashback from way back in February… Ahhh, footy. The odd role you play in our family. Here we are happily driving through Geelong when what should appear before us? The stadium. The Geelong Cats stadium. LadyBug was beside herself. [Side note: Everytime I look at this picture I am reminded of the guy just out of the shot. He could tell I was trying to get a picture but was too busy talking on his phone to care that … Read More
One of my favourite stops on our trip so far was the Billabong Sanctuary in Townsville. It’s a unique zoo experience, full of Aussie animals with scheduled talks and hands-on sessions throughout the day. When we arrived we headed straight for the cassowaries where the ranger talk had already started. There are two cassowaries and we were lucky to be able to feed them grapes! Cassowaries are the third largest bird in the world, behind the ostrich and emu. They … Read More
In recent headlines a new study has revealed that over half of all sea turtles have ingested plastic. Before we went to the turtle hospital they gave a talk about sea turtles. They said that the turtles (and other marine life) have been able to eat anything they find in the oceans for thousands of centuries. The sea turtles, of course, don’t realise anything has changed and so when they see some brightly coloured object floating in the water they … Read More