Visit to Bonorong
by Darin at S42 42.517, E147 16.284
After leaving Richmond (driving on the wrong side of the road mind you) we drove up to the Bonorong Wildlife Park to get some nature up in this trip. We were not dissapointed. They had these free-roaming kangaroos and you are given a bag of 'roo food' along with the park entry pass. You can feed the roos and pet them and everything.
Check out those crazy emus! They're like giant ostritches if you've never heard of them before. Those things were getting a little too close for my comfort.
Of course a trip to Tasmania isn't complete without checking out the Tasmanian Devil. These little guys are packrats that don't hunt or kill anything - they just scoop up roadkill (which is quite plentiful on the island - ask Ryan about the Possum sometime...) Anyway, they really aren't that tempramental - but i did catch one baring its teeth at me here.
And of course, every aussie tourist needs a picture with one of those cuddly koala bears. I did learn one interseting fact about them though - they eat only eucalyptus leaves which are generally toxic to most animals. however, the koala adapted to digest these leaves, though really it consumes a lot of energy just to digest the little things. so the koalas developed smaller brains that work on less energy. they are not, in fact, high all the time; as some people along the way in life have lead me to believe.
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