Australia - Day 8 - Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
27th December, 2008.
We had a lot of fun today visiting the Currumbin Willdlife Sanctuary. We
hopped a local bus to get here. While in line to buy tickets, we were
"marketed" an opportunity to ride zip lines and participate in a fun-filled,
adrenaline-packed time in the "Extreme Green" experience. (Or some name
like that...I don't remember the actual name of it.) Sounds like fun, but
we waited to buy our tickets there. The park was a fairly typical "zoo"
except it didn't have a great map, and stuff was quite far apart. A few
highlights from the day: David enjoyed playing in the park. Devin
laughed at the kangaroo "herd" that went running past us. I thought we
were all going to get run over, but they were agile enough to avoid us.
Impressive. And my favorite part of the day was the Aboriginal Dance
Performance. (Video here...and as usual, it's quite long. Be
patient.) The performance included some didgeridoo, along with some
dancing. It was a great show, even if one of the dancers didn't seem all
that "authentic."
A few pictures from
the day are below. Click on the image to see a larger version.
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The train that takes you around the park.
(I took this picture for you, mom.) |
David and Devin riding the train. |
And since Devin says there aren't enough
pictures of me here...I'll add this one. Zinc oxide and all... (Gotta
keep my nose from getting sunburned.) |
A white-billed Ibis. |
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David playing in the park at the sanctuary. |
A gecko that was lounging outside the park
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One of the Aboriginal performers on the
didgeridoo.
Video of the performance here. |
The dance performance.
(This was the highlight of the day for me.) |
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A "Wildlife Encounter" with one of the venomous
snakes of Australia. |
One of the kangaroos just relaxin' in the
sanctuary. Tough life... |
David petting one of the kangaroos. |
And yet one more kangaroo...this one with a
little joey in her pouch. |
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