Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary

We went to the coolest place ever on Saturday! It's called the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. Tons of Koalas hanging out in trees, looking all cute and cuddly. They're really not that cuddly though, and they weigh more than a toddler. But at least they smell like Eucalyptus.

Truth is, the koala's weren't even the highlight for me or Matt. I loved the dingos. They had a new little puppy who just came in 4 days ago. They were still trying to socialize it. I talked to one of the carers, turns out dingos are generally pretty friendly. They're legal to own as pets in New South Wales. You have to obtain a special permit to own one in Queensland,or else I'd have left straight from the sanctuary to the pet store.

Matt's favorite was the platypus. He's kind of obsessed with them, at least that's my opinion. He was pretty cool. Much bigger than I expected and he's a quick little bugger in the water. You'll have to check out the video. Did you know that when he goes underwater he closes off his eyes and nose and uses electro-senses just like a shark? I sure didn't.

The other super cool part about this place was there was an open reserve with kangaroos, wallabies and emus running loose. You could just walk right up to them and feed them. We watched an emu come up from behind this one girl and steel her bag of kangaroo food. She screamed, the emu ran away and the kangaroo ate both the food and the paper bag. The guided map said not to touch the kangaroos, but they were just so darn cute. And they really didn't care. Some of them just let you walk right up to them and scratch their ears. If you look closely in one of the roos I petted there's a baby in the pouch with it's feet hanging out. We were a little nervous about getting up close at first. Matt bent down next to one of the wallabies and I thought it was going to give him a kiss!

So I left there a bit disappointed that I won't be getting a dingo as a pet. But, don't look so sad, my friends. Turns out that wallabies make great pets too! They love to cuddle and you can walk them on a leash. They grow to be 2.5 feet and only 40 pounds. Wouldn't Bentley love having a boxing buddy? I sure think so....

Until then
~jenn