Friday 20th August
Marianna decided she needed to take a day in bed to try to recover from her sinus infection, so it was just Elaine, my mom, and me going down Steve Irwin way through the Glass House Mountains to the Australia Zoo. I wasn't positive that this was a necessary visit- we'd already gone to the Alma Park Zoo. Kangaroos had been fed. Koalas had been fondled and photographed.
But, Steve's home won them over. Even though we only paid the most modest attention to the yards of crocs, we were charmed (again for me) by the wombats (running! on their little short legs- hoping for a handout from the keeper), the kangaroos, the aviary, and the koalas. Elaine also got to see an Echidna- spiny and on the move- a hyperactive Tasmanian devil - and more camels, dingos, and emus. The best bit for me once again was the bird show! At one point there were 3 black cockatoos, half a dozen major mitchell cockatoos (pink), and a gross (give or take 11 dozen) of rainbow lorikeets flying through the crocoseum! We also got to pet the wombat (Minibus- what a great name!) and Elaine fed the elephant!
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