Look what I got to play with...When we first landed in Australia, I didn't think much of it. Roads looked the same as Canada except they drive on the left hand side of the road. Sure, some of the trees on the highway looked a little weird but all in all, just a glorified Canada. Even the weather right now is pouring rain, and fairly cold (15 degrees Celsius). But all that changed yesterday...
I was up at 7:00am in the morning yesterday, since I couldn't sleep due to the 12 hour time difference. Fortunately, my auntie Judy has an awesome Delonghi Magnifica automatic espresso machine. $2000 buys you a machine that does it all...grinds the coffee beans, froths milk, and makes incredible espressos...with the water pulled either short or long. I made a double shot long espresso as soon as I woke up, downed it and took a shower. I wish waking up for work back at home was as easy...
After breakfast, we made our way to Caversham Wildlife Park located within Whiteman Park, a huge bush reserve near Midland. At Caversham, guests are allowed to meet and feed all the inhabitants of one of the largest private collections of native animals in Australia. The park is home to kangaroos, quokkas, emus, camels, dingoes, koalas, and tons of exotic birds and marsupials. As soon as we walked into the park, we were greeted by a huge group of kangaroos! At that minute, I knew I was finally in Australia!! I fed the kangaroos some free feed that was available and got so many pictures with them. I think we spent a good hour with the kangaroos. And no, I didn't stick my hand in a pouch (the first sign posted specifically said, do not touch the pouches haha). Around 1:00pm, there was a sheep shearing demonstration and some of the audience had a chance to try to crack a leather whip...very unsuccessfully.
After the show, we walked to a special area of the park, reserved specifically for koalas. I have honestly, never seen anything so adorable in my life (no, I'm not gay). These koalas basically spend the majority of their time up in a eucalyptus tree, eating the leaves of said plant. When they aren't eating...they are sleeping. Sounds like a perfect life for me! Unfortunately, from what I've been told by a staff member at the park, koalas only have a 10 year life expectancy due to having such a sedentary lifestyle. Come to think about it, that's kind of reflected in today's society with over eating, obesity and heart disease etc. But I don't feel like talking about that right now.
Anyways, I wish I could upload more pictures, but I still haven't figured out the formatting for this blog (and frankly, I don't care too much). I'd better get ready, as we're heading south for the day and night. Talk to you soon!
Simon
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