A sleep-in today to 6.30 am!! We had a long drive, about one and a half hours to Australia Zoo in Beerwah on the Sunshine Coast. It was a good drive and the three of us had a bit of a sleep on the way, waking up just before we drove through Brisbane. Again, our aunt and uncle got lost in Brisbane - they told us evrytime they go to Brisbane they always manage to lose their way - even their TomTom got all confused!
The skies were dark an overcast as we drove past the picturesque Glasshouse Mountains. We didn't stop to take photos as there was some drizzle, and anyway, we wanted to get to Australia Zoo.
We finally arrived and headed straight to the Crocoseum to watch Murray the 13 metre crocodile do his bit. They also had some black parrots and other tropical birds fly around the audience. We were lucy that it didn't rain. We have been pretty lucky so far weather wise ....
Lots of reptiles, animals and birds we saw. We got up quite close to the three elephants, saw a tame Cheetah going for a walk, patted various animals including kangaoos, wombats, piglets and goats. The kids (goats) were funny as they were standing on blocks and it looked like a podium!
We saw the three tigers up close and had fun watching two red pandas playing in the trees. We then went straight to see two otters we had heard about earlir. They also were waiting impatiently for their keepers to come to feed thenm. They were sisters, Bonnie and Maria and very close. Otters are very activ and you cannot have them for pets as if they get bored, they apparently are very destructive.
It was a fun day and on the way back to Surfers Paradise we stopped to buy a fresh local pineapple and bananas.
Everyone was hungry so we went back to the local RSL club for a BIG feed. Madelene had lasagne, Selena had garlic prawns and Jack ordered scotch fillet. When his meal arrived, he had two scotch fillets which he promptly and efficiently devoured like a big cat in the wild.
Got to bed around 9.30 pm - we were stuffed!!
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