WOW! What an experience! At the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, both Mary and I paid to hold a koala today. I just got the basic picture while Mary got some sets. After we posed their photographer offered to take our picture together. The koala (name Eeyore) was soooo warm! It snuggled into me as I rubbed its back. The handler even said "You make a good tree". 8-) It was an amazing experience and, as Mary said, "It was worth flying halfway around the world for this."
Later on we were watching their Retirement Center and one koala was feeding. See below for a video of this.
They also sold kangaroo food and had a walk in an open reserve with kangaroos and emus wandering around. While not as nice as holding the koala, this was pretty cool a well! Later we watched a sheep herding demonstration. All in all, it was a very "Australian" day which we both enjoyed immensely.
On to the (Steve Irwin) Australian Zoo tomorrow!
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