I took a tour of the Blue Mountains. The first stop was at the
Featherdale Wildlife Park
that's on the outskirts of Syndey (not really related to the Blue
Mountains, but they have cute animals and people taking tours of
the area probably want to see cute, local animals too (and they're
right). They have lots of native animals, and you can feed the
kangaroos (and wallabies, since they're kind of the same thing,
especially if you've never seen one before).
Sunday October 13, 2024.
001-DSC_9218: Entering the park.
002-pelicans_Panorama1: Pelicans! I believe, unlike everything else,
that they are not marsupials.
003-DSC_9226: You. Give that to me. Now. I need that. I take that
from you. Now.
004-DSC_9227: yes Yes YES YES OHHHHH YESSSS!
2 EUCALYPTIS LEAVES!
4 CALORIES! MIIINE!
005-DSC_9228: Totally stoned koala bear tripping eucalpytus balls
at Featherdale.
006-DSC_9232: An albino wallaby.
007-DSC_9233: He was quite friendly and would hold my pinky with his
paw while eating in case I didn't realize he was still eating out of
my hand.
008-DSC_9234: Frank feeds a cute, friendly albino wallaby at Featherdale.
009-DSC_9235: Another (smaller) wallaby.
010-DSC_9236: Someone else feeding a wallaby. I thought they might
be baby kangaroos.
011-DSC_9287: Then noticed the joey hanging out of the pouch and
thought TEEN PREGNANCY!!!
012-DSC_9237: A wombat butt.
013-DSC_9238: The non-butt side of the wombat.
014-DSC_9239: A spoonbill (kind of a less filthy ibis whose beak got
caught in a car door).
015-DSC_9240: Spoonbills spooning (with their bills).
016-DSC_9241: A cassowary contemplating murder.
017-DSC_9243: More cassowary.
018-DSC_9244: Pretty eye-lashes, odd colors, feather duster body, and
I-can-wait murder gaze.
019-DSC_9245: A kangaroo!
020-DSC_9246: Now there's two! (That's what good kangaroos do.)
021-DSC_9251: Frank feeding a kangaroo.
022-DSC_9257: Note how thick the tale is. They can stand on them
if they want.
023-DSC_9255: An emu, which looks like an enormous feather duster
that came to life.
024-DSC_9256: Two emus talking a walk.
025-DSC_9258: An alligator.
026-DSC_9259: An alligator.
027-DSC_9261:
028-DSC_9262: A human in the cage, working on something. I hope they
treat him well.
029-DSC_9264: Another wombat.
030-DSC_9266: A red-tailed black cockatoo.
031-DSC_9268: A red-tailed black cockatoo. They're hard to photograph.
032-DSC_9270: Bird information!
033-DSC_9271: A parrot! No wait, it's a red-and-green macaw.
034-DSC_9272: See, I told you so.
035-DSC_9275: The spiney echidna! A monotreme (egg laying mammal).
036-DSC_9276:
037-DSC_9277:
038-DSC_9282:
039-DSC_9283: The echidnas have pointy snouts!
040-DSC_9286:
041-DSC_9284: A lace monitor, just hanging out in the sand in its pen.
042-DSC_9285: A lace monitor.
043-DSC_9290: Monitor facts!
044-DSC_9289: A southern, hairy-nosed wombat at Featherdale.
045-DSC_9297: To the bat house, er, cave, chum!
046-DSC_9292: A ghost bat at Featherdale in funky rave-light.
047-DSC_9293: A ghost bat at Featherdale.
048-DSC_9296: A ghost bat under normal light.
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