Lindsay needs to do laundry...

Laura + I are leaving the wildlife sanctuary + had such a great time. Lindsay definitely missed out on the fun, so hopefully she slept off her sore throat. We got there around 130 + decided to get a quick bite to eat. We split the most delicious soup every (cream of celery but it had so many veggies + wasn't too heavy) + a burger with fries. We bought our tickets + they even gave me a student discount even though I don't have my student id with me. Ya btw bring ur id when you travel.

We immediately went to the take a picture with a koala. I bought a really cheesy photo, but I love it. They let Laura use my camera, too, so that made me so happy because now I can use it anywhere (like facebook). I had a girl + she was so soft + cute. Some have really coarse hair, but not mine! They even let Laura pet her, too. It was well worth it.

We then headed on to the kangaroos. We bought some food for them + got to walk around + pet all these loose kangaroos just chilling in their sanctuary. We took SO many pictures + had so much fun. We saw a baby stick his head in his mom's pouch for milk + then we also saw a baby joey wiggling around in his pouch (he hadn't been born yet!). We loved this part of the day so much.

Up next were the crocodiles. One was HUGE. Not a whole lot to say about them.

Then we went on to the "wild" koalas + got our fill of photos. We also saw dingos, tasmanian devils, wambats, + some other cool australian animals.

We went to an aboriginal dance. It was short but fun + one guy played the dijiridoo (sp). Laura wasn't very impressed with their dancing skills, as she has been dancing her entire life. I, however, was.

After the dance, we went to the reptile area + saw lots of really poisonous snakes. We also saw lots of lizards. Our favorite was the blue-tongued lizard. We took about 55 pictures before we got one with his tongue out. One of our highlights of the day!



Our last stop was the lorikeet feeding, which happens twice a day for an hor. We didn't know what to expect, but it turns out they give you (and a hundred other people standing around) a little bowl with a water/honey/mineral mix + the thousands of lorikeets fly down + drink it up + land all over you. At first there were so many people, so we couldn't get enough birds on us. And then the birds would get scared + fly away. All of them at once. After about 30 minutes though, most of the people had gone away, so the birds were all over us + not so scared. We got such awesome pictures. And then the birds pooed + peed all over us. Unfortunately for Lindsay, Laura + I were both wearing her jackets. Haha, don't tell her.

Sorry Lindsay!

Such an awesome day!