Ballarat Wildlife Park

 Tasmanian Devil

dingos

  emu

 echindna, or spiny anteater

 kookaburra

A kangaroo siesta.

Sunday February 28^th.

We had a leisurely breakfast and then Jen led us to the Ballarat Wildlife Park, where she left us as she had things to do. Canadian Jen and I followed in our cars.

The wildlife park was excellent. There were lots of Australian animals on display and a few from other areas of Asia. There were kangaroos wandering around the you could feed. There were koalas, dingos, emus, Tasmanian devils, echidnas, and tree kangaroos. They also had a reptile pavilion with three salt water crocodiles, a Komodo dragon and an assortment of snakes, lizards and turtles. We spent a couple of hours walking around and enjoying the park and the animals.

About lunch time many of the Canadians wanted to head home, but Carol, Bev, Janice (from Denver) and our guide Joan went for lunch in downtown Ballarat in a nice outdoor cafe. Then Janice drove Carol and Bev back and I decided to go to the gold museum. This is a museum about the history of gold particularly in Australia. I knew I was able to get in for free because our ticket to Sovereign Hill entilted us to go as long as we went within 24 hours. It was a beautiful new museum with lots of displays and artifacts and a gift shop that sold some very expensive things. Then I went back to the wildlife park to enjoy the sunny afternoon.

I left from there about 4:30 and drove back to Melbourne via the toll route which takes you through a very long tunnel that goes under the city to the eastern suburbs. I stopped at my Woolies to pick up the weeks vegetables before getting home by about 7:30. I spent the rest of the night looking at photos and typing.