Billabong Sanctuary!

One of my favorite places I have been to so far was Billabong Sanctuary. I thought it would be alot further away but it is actually just outside of Townsville. Due to cyclone destruction, we did not get the full experience that used to be available, but it was still awesome. I got to hold a koala, snake, bird, and a baby croc. I am nottt a snake fan, but hey i'm in Australia :) Thats kind of the attitude I am trying to have with everything. I want to try new things and do things I would not normally. Good news!!! My mom is coming to visit me in April for my birthday!! Were in the process of planning out our trip, but we are thinking of going and exploring Cairns, I am pretty pumped!! :D

 

Koala scratching his ear.

I contemplated kidnapping him..

This is what they do for about 20 hours of their day. If they are not doing exactly that, they are eating a leaf.

ROO

Turtle :) Theyre everywhere in the rivers around here. 

I got to hold him! They have sharp talons haha. Luckily I was not left with any scratch marks, but many were.

You paid a dollar for a bag of food, which was basically bird food. And they just roam around and you can feed them!

bum :)

I kept feeling like he was going to fall off of  my arm, its a bird, its not going to. But I did not really enjoy holding him..

Baby croc!

It felt nothing like I expected it too, he was....squishy and slimy. I thought he would be rougher and scaly feeling.

Wombat.

They are very similar to Koalas in a way.

It was veryyy humid out.

YES, I held a huge snake. No, I did not freak out even a little bit. I was pretty proud of myself.

He started wrapping around me..eek :)

So Aussie possums are adorable!

DADDY!!! :D

Creepy huh?

The tour guide had a huge hunk of meat on a stick he was using to tease him.

I would nottt want to see that in a river!!!