Hilary's Adventures Down Under: Koalas, Kangaroos, Pelicans, and Bandicoots

Hey everybody!

So on Friday I went into the Magill office since we were going to the Cleland Wildlife Park later that afternoon. This was quite a change for me since I have been going to the libraries (Mitcham, Unley and State) to try to reread all of the information that Andrea has given me over the past few weeks. On Friday morning, I had a meeting with Helen and Ellie (Helene kept running in and out of her office and joining - she is a very sought after woman!) about our last remaining month and what we would like to do. Helen and Helene are going to the Outback (Alice Springs) to meet the people that they are doing the MoneyMatters tender with and to see what type of facilities they will need, etc. We through some dates back and forth, but didn't fully decide anything. The three of us (M, E and I) are trying to go with so that we can see another part of the country since we haven't done that since we've been here. I then checked some emails and did some more reading and at about 2 o'clock we headed out to Cleland Conservation Park. The ride there was fun - there is this one road that is like a rollercoaster and I got some video footage of it (which is not going to be posted:). We paid to go in and then started our Australian animal journey!

While we were at the park we saw:

Tasmanian Devils
Komodo dragons
geese (they had lime green beaks)
pelicans
koalas
wallabies
lots of birds in the aviaries
kangaroos
emus
bandicoots
dingos

I know I saw more animals, but I didn't get to see a wombat or echidna. Ellie, Morgan and I shared a bag of food among us and fed the animals. We wandered through the park taking photos and interacting with the animals. The kangaroos are so SOFT! So are the koalas! The bandicoots didn't look anything like Crash Bandicoot - which is a video game I played as a young kid. Unfortunately, we only made it through half of the wildlife park since the place closed at 5pm. We went back to the office and dropped Helene off so she could get her car and then we were off to our home. We had a few minutes before we headed back to Helen's house to grab a bite of tea at the beach. Check the next blog for that entry!

In the meantime, enjoy the photos of scenery and seeing some Australian wildlife!