We settled on a pizza place outside--very good pizza!! After walking around a bit, we got gelato which was amazing and head back to the hotel when it started to rain. I booked a snorkeling trip for tomorrow with a smaller boat which only takes out 20 people. Hopefully the weather will hold out and we have a good day out at the great barrier reef.
Today we head to the Cairns Tropical Zoo so I could make another check off my bucket list--holding a koala. We got there at 9:30, when the first koala cuddling was held. Koala holding is very regulated and a koala can only be held for an hour a day. I wanted to make sure to get there right away, as I didn't know how busy it would be. Lucky there was only two other people there.
The koala was very cute and cuddly but she decided to poop a little in my hand!!! Glenn thinks she felt very comfortable with me. When the trainer took her back, I quickly threw down the turd in my hand. Glenn was upset he didn't get a picture of that.
Other than the poop in my hand, the koala did leave another lasting memory for me:
The claws were pretty sharp and left a scrape on my arm. I was surprised it wasn't on my shoulder as she was digging into my shoulder as you can see from the picture. I wasn't thinking when I got dressed this morning.
The zoo was small but had some great animals. We went to a free flight bird show which kind of freaked me out but Glenn loved it. The birds were flying right in between people and so close to our heads.
Cute kangaroo:
Crocs relaxing:
I thought this sign was pretty funny
Red Panda--love him!
Scary huge boa--ick! I didn't take this picture!
On the way back to the hotel--the mountains surround the road. As you can see it was pretty overcast.
The trip looks fantastic! You guys must be having a blast. Admittedly the koala turd and bug on the pillow had me rolling. I could just picture both of them! Stay safe.
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