Billabong Sanctuary in more detail - August 2014

Billabong Sanctuary is a great little place, just south of Townsville, its only small but it has lots of talks and its pretty interactive for the kids. The kids got a bag of feed each to feed the kangaroos, ducks and 1 very friendly emu that wander around the park. There were also some very game Magpie Geese that if you weren't careful would try and grab the bag of feed out of your hand. Lucy is a bit scared of ducks and other birds so there were many times during the day that she needed to be rescued from hungry ducks!
First up we went and saw the cassowary which Chloe was able to feed through the cage. Lucy wasn't quite game enough to give it a go.

Next we saw the most adorable wombat, he had been at the sanctuary from a baby and was very tame and more like a domestic pet. There were lots of Koala's with a few that were actually awake and walking around! 

Scared of a duck but was the first one to line up to hold the crocodile

This was such a great day, the kids got to feed and touch so many different animals and the talks were all really interesting. Lucy stood listening to the crocodile talk so intently but she now of course is extremely worried about going near any water incase there is a crocodile lurking. 

Lucy's favourite part of the day was the snow white barn owl, and Chloe's was of course the part where she had a rainbow lorikeet on her shoulder.