Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary

Today Chelsea, Gordon, and I went to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary! We are all season pass holders and friends of the koalas now.  At Lone Pine they do not just have koalas but lots of other animals too. We watched a birds of prey show, scales and tales presentation, a platypus feeding, I got to get my picture with the koala and we all fed kangaroos and wombats. The kangaroos were happy to take the food, which they eat right out of our hands but the wombats were more hesitant but Chelsea ended up feeding one of them some kind of greenery and it seemed to enjoy that. When I got to hold a koala, her name was Violet, and her fur was not soft, which what I was expecting, but it was sort of rough, like wool. We all pet a snake and it was not slimy, though I was half expecting it to be but it was dry and scale like feeling.  Mom, you would really like it here because there are lots of facts and information to read. A lot of the animals were sleeping most of the time when we were there because we where there mid day, which is napping time for a lot of the animals. We were there for when the koala’s got new eucalyptus leaves so the koalas were rather lively! We also saw dingos, a bunch of different types of snakes, lizards, crocodiles, birds and tasmanian devils (which look nothing like the cartoon).

The Gold Coast

 Hello!

I arrived in Brisbane, Australia, on May 4th after a long plane filled journey from Canada. Once I got here Chelsea and Gordon met me at the airport. That night we left for the Gold Coast, which is also called "Brissvegas" and there we stayed at very nice five star hotel, with a amazing view of the ocean. That night we went to a really good Thai place at the hotel. The next day we got up bright and early for Gordon's triathlon, which was fine because I was awake anyway because I was still getting use to the time difference. At the triathlon I got to meet a bunch of people that Chelsea and Gordon work with. Later that day we went to the beach and I played in the waves for the first time! It was a beautiful white sand beach and it was nice and warm. The next day we went to a street market that was also really close to the beach. Later that day we headed back to Brisbane.

It’s weird getting use to some of the customs that they have here. For instance, when I ask where the bathroom or washroom is, I sometimes get weird looks because they say toilet.