Kolas, Kanagroos and Wombats

Two weeks in and we are already zoo and aquarium members (thanks to dad for the aquarium membership gift). Like most things in Australia the zoo is huge. We couldn't do our typical 1 hour quickie zoo tour....there was a lot to see. Plus you gotta love a zoo that has it's own ferry boat stop. The giraffe house has one of the best views in Sydney. We could only hope to have such a nice view.

We've also toured the smaller (and less posh) Koala Park. What the Park lacks in real estate and quality food (note to other visitors- bring your own picnic)it makes up for in access to the animals. Unlike in the US with more onerous law suites in Australia they will let you hold and sit with wild animals (like a bitting wombat). We could to walk in the kanagroo pen and hand feed them. We were surprised to learn that the kanagroo snack of choice is cheerios. After a brief and boring lesson we got to pet the kolas (very cute). Did you know that kolas sleep ~20 hours a day- only waking 3 brief times a day to eat...admirable degree of laziness. One of the kolas poo'd on Nate- is that a sign of good luck like bird poo? He found it funny at least....when asked later what was his favorite part of the day he replied getting poo'd on. Great idea for promoting tourism....poo on them.
"If you have any poo...fling it now"...name that movie :)- ok 4 year old potty humor.