Koala Sanctuary. Aussie animals. Mon 4th Dec 2017



Monday 4th December 2017
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary

  
 

Under ever-threatening dark skies, we visited the sanctuary and variously over the day saw lots of Koalas, Kangaroos, Wallabies, Duck-billed Platypus, snakes, wombats, and Tasmanian Devils.  Not a bad selection of Australian species.
We managed to see the bird display of owls and just reached the sheep dog show when the heavens opened – the border collie wouldn’t come out from under the table due to the thunder. The show carried on with a Kelpie showing its skills. The Kelpie is similar to, and part Dingo, a very bright quick dog, which then runs over the top of the sheep to avoid getting crushed.   Torrential rain, thunder and lightning ensued.  We sheltered in the sheep shearing display and watched the lake gradually overflow and the paths disappear. After about an hour we ventured into the rain and saw the other displays, including petting a Koala, and wandering through the Kangaroo/Wallaby/ Ostrich fields.  All were fairly tame and used to humans feeding them.











Tasmanian Devil - it's ears go red when it's REALLY angry..

Various things that want to kill you in Australia.


Skippy realised a little too late that he'd forgotten the boat...

Iain still could not translate the simple language - boy fallen down the well... needs help fast.

Rod Hull eat your heart out!

Wombat in sleepy mode.

 


On the way home, hit a supermarket for a bit of food shopping, which this trip is about commensurate with UK prices. Relief for the budget! Back for dinner – cold meats, salad, jacket spud. Also yogurt, much to Aunt Lily’s disgust. Amazing that Aunt Lily is 86 years old, but seems to have survived very well on a diet of chocolate and shortbread. We forced her to eat her greens before she was allowed ice-cream!!

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