Firstly, here's a couple of parrots, and a Cookaburra.
We came across these birds on Sunday, at 'Grant's Picnic Ground' - a clearing in the woods with a cafe and several flocks of differently coloured parrots. There were white ones with yellow bits (known as Cockies?) and red-green ones, and more - there's names for them which I haven't memorized yet. I'll just call them all parrots for now.
This was on a walk in the woods with some of Paul's friends, which was fairly short and quite muddy, but good fun. We'll do it again sometime. Afterwards, a few of us went to a really nice tearooms (forgotten its name) where I had a very generous portion of scones with jam and cream. Mmmm.
I've also been to Healesville Sanctuary, which is basically a zoo full of native Australian animals. I spent pretty much the whole day there, with Sarah and Julian.
First, the pelicans' feeding time:
Weird, weird creatures. They were a little smelly too. Here's a lyrebird (below). These birds are known for mimicking other bird calls, as well as cameras and small children.
Here's a couple of reptiles.
And this guy was the star of the parrot show. He's an excitable cockie who's been trained to do various tricks - turning around, mimicking laughter, dancing - except all that he wanted to do was say 'wing!'. Sweet.
A bat.
My favourite creature of the day - a wombat. It was sleeping pretty soundly, and it just looked so solid. Cars hit them a lot because wombats stand their ground rather than scurrying away. Thump.
Birdy thing.
An echidna - strange legs on this one.
The Inevitable Kangaroo.
And finally, no need to introduce this one. And no, they don't fall out of the trees when they sleep!
So I'm animaled out. Maybe a more people-orientated post next week.
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