Saturday, 30 March 2013

Cairns Zoo!

Today for our last day in Cairns we were going to go to Smithfield Mall. They have a cafe that has gluten free chocolate cake and a pet shop. Exciting, huh?
So April picked us up and told us we're going somewhere for a surprise.

We're driving north and I'm saying "alright... up here we have the northern beaches, palm cove, clifton beach, a crocodile farm, cairns zoo.... then if you go many hours we have mossman and cape trib!"
"As if we're going to Cape Trib" said Sean.
April says "I'll give you a hint... what is like going to the pet shop but much better?"

She surprised us with going to the Zooooooo!

Incoming MANY PICTURES:




Hug a koalaaaa!



Holding a croc! Yeeahhhh


She let us pet this cute little guy. He felt like a rabbit. He's related to the kangaroo. He was nibbling on her ear and licking her and stuff, it was sooo cuutteee. He's a Potoroo.


Koalas and a baby. The baby was moving around a bit.


This crazy little lizard zoomed out from nowhere, ran over one turtle and jumped onto this turtle! He sat there for about 30 seconds and zoomed away. He's a water lizard and swims really easy. It was funny.


Feed the kangarooo! They're not like the petting zoos here. They've been fed all day and a lot of them didn't even want to eat.


Scratchyscratchy kangaroo head!


This big croc was part of their show we got to watch. They're so cool.


And of course, Sean and his way with animals. This lorikeet hopped on Sean's hand and was gnawing on his hand. Cute little guys!


Pretty pretty dingo.


This is a cotton-top tamarin (monkey). He's soooo cuuuteee and small! Tiny little thing!


Cassowary!


Red panda! Or firefox is their other name. I love the tongue.


They had a bird show and it was amazing. This is a barn owl.


This is a sea eagle. This is the type of eagle I saw in the wild when I was walking to work. It's so big and so cool.


Cute little cockatoo! They look sweet and cuddly.


That is a red-tailed black cockatoo. I also saw two of these flying in the wild. Very impressive looking!


Huuuuge snake! That thing would eat me!


All in all, very good last day to Cairns. Thanks April!


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