More Koalas!!

After the detour to tour the Sea Shepard, we were off to the Wildlife Museum.

This Wildlife Australia Center is next to the Aquarium in Darling Harbour. It takes you through all of the different natural environments in Australia.

The first stop on the tour is the Butterfly habitat!

One of many gorgeous butterflies flying around us. This was the only good photo I was able to get since they were all flying.

The we were off to see the Koalas!! Still my favorite!

Fun fact #1 - the Wildlife Center has three baby Koalas currently in the exhibit. We saw two of the three! This on was just hanging with mom.

You can tell this baby is much younger and still hanging in momma's pouch! Look closely above the leg and you can see her little head hanging out!

Fun Fact #2 - Koalas sleep 20 -23 hours a day since their food source is not very nutritious. Maybe this is why I love them so much - we both love to sleep!

Fun fact # 3 - The wildlife center has 5 male Koalas in a separate exhibit. You can tell the difference between males and female because the females have the pouch and the males have a tuft of fur on their chest called a "Scent patch". It smells like B.O. but it drives the lady Koalas crazy - hence the separation!

We learned a lot of these fun facts from the Koala talks we listened in on.

Then we headed to the outback area with the Kangaroos - they are always just relaxing!

One of the last animals we saw was this gigantic crocodile. The photo does not do him any justice - he was HUGE!

By the end of the weekend, Jeff squared off with another Crocodile and won. More details to come on that!

We can't get enough of the animals here in this country. I am sure we will be posting on them again soon, but for now we must wait.

Off to the North side of the Harbour!