Featherdale Wildlife Park

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.

2024 Australia Pictures
Part 1: Sydney (75 pictures)
Part 2: Toronga Zoo (96 pictures)
Part 3: Manly Beach (36 pictures)
Part 4: Featherdale Wildlife Park
(48 pictures)

Part 5: Blue Mountains (78 pictures)
Part 6: O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat
(76 pictures)
Part 7: Brisbane (34 pictures)
Part 8: Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary
(59 pictures)



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Entering the park.

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Pelicans! I believe, unlike everything else, that they are not marsupials.

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You. Give that to me. Now. I need that. I take that from you. Now.

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yes Yes YES YES OHHHHH YESSSS! 2 EUCALYPTIS LEAVES!
4 CALORIES! MIIINE!

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Totally stoned koala bear tripping eucalpytus balls at Featherdale.

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An albino wallaby.

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He was quite friendly and would hold my pinky with his paw while eating in case...(more)

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Frank feeds a cute, friendly albino wallaby at Featherdale.

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Another (smaller) wallaby.

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Someone else feeding a wallaby. I thought they might be baby kangaroos.

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Then noticed the joey hanging out of the pouch and thought TEEN PREGNANCY!!!

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A wombat butt.

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The non-butt side of the wombat.

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A spoonbill (kind of a less filthy ibis whose beak got caught in a car door).

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Spoonbills spooning (with their bills).

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A cassowary contemplating murder.

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More cassowary.

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Pretty eye-lashes, odd colors, feather duster body, and I-can-wait murder gaze.

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A kangaroo!

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Now there's two! (That's what good kangaroos do.)

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Frank feeding a kangaroo.

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Note how thick the tale is. They can stand on them if they want.

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An emu, which looks like an enormous feather duster that came to life.

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Two emus talking a walk.

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An alligator.

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An alligator.

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A human in the cage, working on something. I hope they treat him well.

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Another wombat.

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A red-tailed black cockatoo.

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A red-tailed black cockatoo. They're hard to photograph.

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Bird information!

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A parrot! No wait, it's a red-and-green macaw.

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See, I told you so.

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The spiney echidna! A monotreme (egg laying mammal).

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The echidnas have pointy snouts!

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A lace monitor, just hanging out in the sand in its pen.

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A lace monitor.

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Monitor facts!

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A southern, hairy-nosed wombat at Featherdale.

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To the bat house, er, cave, chum!

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A ghost bat at Featherdale in funky rave-light.

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A ghost bat at Featherdale.

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A ghost bat under normal light.




2024 Australia Pictures
Part 1: Sydney (75 pictures)
Part 2: Toronga Zoo (96 pictures)
Part 3: Manly Beach (36 pictures)
Part 4: Featherdale Wildlife Park
(48 pictures)

Part 5: Blue Mountains (78 pictures)
Part 6: O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat
(76 pictures)
Part 7: Brisbane (34 pictures)
Part 8: Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary
(59 pictures)




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