After the Birds of Prey, we headed into the Caversham Wildlife Park (inside Whiteman Park), another AU$17 (soooooooooo worth it). This is the kind of thing you can do and then think to yourself: Well, the rest of Australia can't be that much better than this, I'm good, let's go home now. At least, for me it was.
After we saw all sorts of cool Australian animals, we made it to a kangaroo enclosure where you could go and hang out with kangaroos and even pet them. I took full advantage of that. Also, some of the kangaroos had joeys, little feet sticking out of the pouch. There were even some white kangaroos, they aren't albinos though. After that there were a bunch more cool animals, and a super-cute pair of black swans with cygnets.
One of my favorite parts was the shelter where you could pose for a photo with a wombat!
The wombat I posed with was named Matilda. She was decidedly un-rabid (you know, the kind that would only get +1/+2 from a Holy Strength *coughnerdcough*), and seemed pretty sleepy, in fact, most of the animals were just lazing around, I think it was the time of day, we were there around 12:30. Even the Tasmanian Devils weren't moving much, I was a little bummed about that. I would have been more bummed, but there was a little koala enclosure where they were feeding the koalas, and they let us touch them! Best zoo experience ever. Also, there were dingos. No, I did not see them eating any babies.
The only animal I was really hoping they would have that they didn't was a drop bear. I guess it's understandable, given how large and dangerous they are.
The main thing I would change if I were to do it all over, would be to go back around 3 PM, and get to the Tasmanian Devils around 4, Apparently, that's when they feed them.
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"Drop Bears? I don't believe they exist" (said in a Wealey from the Princess Bride voice.)
Are you telling me that all the Australians that have told me horrific stories of drop bear attacks are liars?
I won't believe it until one attacks me in the Fire Swamp. (And maybe not even then.) :)
Sorry if you were just joking but it should be said that a drop bear is a koala. During the night (and sometimes the day) the poor things can just lose their grip and fall to the ground.
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