Koalas and Kangaroos

Australian Day 2
A change in plans has occurred. It was way too far to travel up to Brisbane, so we have settled for plan B. We have settled in Coffs Harbour for the next 3 days. It is on the coast with beautiful surf and some good activities for us to do. Stay posted!
The highlight of our adventure was in Port Macquarie in the morning. First stop was a walk along the river mouth in hopes of seeing dolphins or sea tortesies. No such luck again, but it was a neat walk along the break wall, which were all painted by visitors to the area. The kids wished that we had paint with us. Next, we went to a Koala Hospital. It is the only such hospital in the world. It rescues any reported injured koalas. It was a hit. Koalas!! We got to see one climb down a tree and see how they are recovering. To top of the morning we went to the Billingbong Wildlife Service. We got to be in with the kangaroos and got feed and touch them. Holy cow were the girls excited. Amelia got at feeding the roos right away. It took fearful Bridget awhile to get her courage up. She did it and loved it. We spent a lot of time in there and got lots of videos and pics of the pure joy in their eyes. Amelia, being the “can I poke it kid”, stuck her finger into the pouch of a mother kangaroo and into the joey’s world. She was fascinated with it. Just before we left we went into the koala area and here they now got to pat a koala and they learned more about the koala joeys. When they are born they are the size of a jelly bean.
We have great accommodation here and look forward to soaking up some rays and relaxing for a few.
Thursday November 12, 2009
We are in Coffs Harbour and spent a relaxing morning at the beach. We caught some sun and had really good fun in the waves. Amelia is learning the technique of body surfing and Bridget really likes getting pushed around in the waves. The water temp was about 21, but still a little too chilly for Princess Dianne. We watched the surf lifesavers throw boomerangs and skydivers land on the beach. Learned about banana plantations and watch candy being made. I am on a deadline so this is just a short one. Tomorrow is Amelia’s Bday and we have something really special planned for her that I think that she will always remember. Stay tuned.
We are having difficulties downloading videos to the blog so you will have to bear with the pics. And now no pics. I am sitting in the car and picking up someone’s wifi service and it is not strong enough to pull them up. Sorry, cuz they are great.
Cheers Mate
Carolyn