Finally managed to get an Aussie adaptor for our electrics at the "Big W". Unforfortunately we had nowhere to charge it before our next great adventure at Australia Zoo, crikey!
All hyped up, I barely flinched at the "Out of Africa" priced entrance fee. It's for Steve I thought. Celia couldn't really shut up about the Koalas, but I don't blame her, when we did see them they were bloody cute.
I saw my forst Komodo Dragon ever. Pretty intimidating with its teeth and its size, i was thankful it was behind half an inch of glass.
Oh yes, back to the Koalas. We arrived in time for their performance about their habitat, diet and the whole spiel... They are just unbelievably cute and after the show you can give them a pat. Celia will never wash that hand i'm sure. I just can't wait to get my teeth into a Koala burger!(just for you Chris)
The rest of the zoo was pretty cool. Loved the wombats as I had never seen them before, they're huge. Went to see the croc show and birds of prey show but left them both wanting more. It might be the strict health and safety laws in Aus, but the shows in SA (not South Australia) are much more interactive and all rounf more interresting. Having said that, the facilities in Australia Zoo are second to none. The "Crocoseum" where they have the croc shows can seat about two thousand people, and the elephant enclosure has its own forest where they go after working hours. Maybe they goto make "trunk" calls?.... you see what I did there.. the elephants have trunks. I know that was a dreadful joke!!
We decided to camp out in the Glasshouse Mountains after the zoo, and oh yes my camera battery did die halfway through the zoo, but I did manage to get 300+ Koala pics and Celia feeding Kangaroo pics.
the mountains were amazing to see after so much coast and there is a whole story behind them which you can read on Wikipedia. Here we stayed at the worst campsite to date. It was basically a farmer that wanted a quick buck so he called his backyard a campsite. I did manage to hear my first Laughing Kookaburra though which sounds a lot like a monkey. Can't wait to actually see one.
To soften thr blow we went to the local villiage and bought some great Aussie lamb, beef sausages and pork ribs, you swear we were cooking for 10. To wash it down, some aweragely priced Aussie red (screwtop essential).
The rain that evening helped us to sleep and it was the forst good rain since we had camped. Our $39 tent passed the waterproof test with flying colours. Great success!!
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