Healesville Sanctuary

Yesterday was a trip to Healesville Sanctuary in the Yarra Valley. The Yarra Valley is very cool, green rolling hills with vineyards, and livestock.



Once we arrived, we were immediately "greeted" by these birds, which we later found out were called "ibis".

The hit of the day was the Koala bears. It was amazing to be able to get this close to them. When we first got there, the were mostly sleeping.

But the started to wake up and move around.



Of course, you can't come to Australia, and not see a Kangaroo.

Then it was time for lunch. The ibis were all over the place, and the were even willing to eat from your hand.

The last thing we saw was a Birds of Prey show. This was very cool. The birds would swoop down over the audience during the show, even clipping a wing on Teaching Mom's head.

Finally it was a display on boomerangs, and how to throw them.


Then back to the city...