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Saturday, September 10, 2011

Melbourne Tour (Part 2/7) - Fun with Animals

This Melbourne trip was filled with getting upclose with the different animals in Australia.  My darlings simply love being with the animals.
First, there was the Penguin Parade which one should never miss when in Melbourne.  It was a joy watching the penguins and following them back to their homes.   
We also had some fun feeding the kangeroos and wombats.  My darlings were so happy feeding them.  It was also an eye opener for us to experience how strong the wombat's teeth are. 

We also went to the Koala bears Conservatory, but the Koala bears were too far up the eucalytus trees to really capture my darlings' attention.  However, the Koala bear bag which my Sweetie carried, sure did capture a lot of other tourists' attention.  Gee... this Sweetie just looks so cute carrying it.
For my darlings, the experience that they love most was feeding the little lambs and hugging them (haha... yes, that's what they did).  Watch the video of them with the little lambs. 

We had almost wanted to try out milking the cow at the farm, but we gave up the idea after seeing the cow peed.  Haha... never knew that the cow could pee so much.  Luckily, we had earlier gotten a sip of the super fresh cow milk.
We also visited the shearing shed and it was an experience watching the farmer shearing the sheep at close range.  See the photo on the right with my Sweetie patting the sheep (haha... as if she was feeling sorry that it has lost its wool?). 

Then we saw how the shepherd dog help the farmer to guide the flock of sheep together.  His discipline and dedication to the job (hee... I mean the dog) really impressed Mummy.  Such a sweetie doggie.
Uncle Sherman (our tour guide, in the background on left) was also very nice to bring us to feed the parrots.  There were so many different species of parrot and it was quite a sight to see how skilful the parrots are in eating the sunflower seeds.  My darlings had a great time feeding them and they remembered their 1st exposure of feeding the birds in Everland (Korea).
 
My darlings have a lot of beautiful memories with the animals that we came across during our trip.  Gee... it would be even better if they could get to hug a real Koala bear (yes, this was actually allowed many donkey years ago).  Cos' you see, my little Cutie is always telling me that she loves to stick to me real tight cos' she's a little koala bear.
Mummy is really proud of my 2 little darlings.  They have shown such bravery getting close to the animals and having fun feeding them.  Mummy observed that they have also shown great compassion for the animals too.  Oh no, hope 1 day these 2 animal lovers will not come asking for a pet in the house.  Mmm... actually Mummy is a dog-lover.  It would be great to have a puppy in the house too, but haha... not now. 

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