I met Kangaroo Jack
Last week flew by fast with orientation and getting ready for school to start, I needed to spend my 'last day of summer vacation' in the most Australian way: Hang out with the animals at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary.
I went to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary on Sunday July 22nd in an international student social hosted by a student organization on my campus. I woke up late and almost missed the tour bus, but I arrived with a minute to spear and off we went! There were about 60 people on this tour and I didn't know anybody, though it's easy for me to meet new people. A group of international students from Germany and Denmark welcomed me into their friend circle, and it was a pleasure meeting and getting to know them.
Oh, all of the animals we saw! Many of these animals were rescued by the LPKS due to injury, sickness or unable to live in the wild (and these animals were use to being around humans). One of the first exhibits we visited was the kangaroo area, where people can go into a field to hand-feed kangaroos. To be honest, at first I was a little freaked out by the kangaroos, though every kangaroo was chilling in the grass, basking in the sun, waiting to get their picture taken with a human. Once I hand-fed the first kangaroo, it was like we became instant best friends. They were great with taking pictures, especially selfies, and each kangaroo had its own sassy side eye face. And boy, did they have attitude! I was feeding one kangaroo and I was just about to put the kangaroo food away, when he pawed at my arm and started jumping around, trying to get more food from me. Of course I gave in and fed him a couple more handfuls of kangaroo food.
After the kangaroo exhibit, Valerie and I went to get our picture taken with the koalas! My goodness these animals just melt my heart from excessive amount of cuteness radiating from their adorable furry faces. I held a koala who is two years old and has a short attention span. I mean just look at them:
I still can't get over the fact I held a koala. Best. Moment. Ever.
I also had the chance to see other interesting animals like the Tasmanian Devil, Wombat, platypus, a creepy looking Emu, dingo, birds, and the most poisonous snakes of Australia (they were kept behind a glass window, whew). We also attended a sheep dog show where the dog trainers showed the audience how dogs can round up and direct a group of sheep.
The rare Tasmanian Devil
After the visiting the koala sanctuary, the bus dropped us off back at the university, so me and my friends went to South Bank to eat dinner at the Night Noodle Market. The night market had a variety of Japanese and Korean restaurants that sold all sorts of ramen and asian noodle dishes. I ordered the kimchi ramen and it was everything that I wanted in a dish like that. We found a table by the noodle market, ate our ramen and had light hearted conversations and talked about how school is about to start. Alas, the day was over and school started the next day. It is weird starting the semester in July, and weird how cold it gets in the mornings, but I am glad this is how I spend my last day of summer (or should I say winter lol).
I went to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary on Sunday July 22nd in an international student social hosted by a student organization on my campus. I woke up late and almost missed the tour bus, but I arrived with a minute to spear and off we went! There were about 60 people on this tour and I didn't know anybody, though it's easy for me to meet new people. A group of international students from Germany and Denmark welcomed me into their friend circle, and it was a pleasure meeting and getting to know them.
Oh, all of the animals we saw! Many of these animals were rescued by the LPKS due to injury, sickness or unable to live in the wild (and these animals were use to being around humans). One of the first exhibits we visited was the kangaroo area, where people can go into a field to hand-feed kangaroos. To be honest, at first I was a little freaked out by the kangaroos, though every kangaroo was chilling in the grass, basking in the sun, waiting to get their picture taken with a human. Once I hand-fed the first kangaroo, it was like we became instant best friends. They were great with taking pictures, especially selfies, and each kangaroo had its own sassy side eye face. And boy, did they have attitude! I was feeding one kangaroo and I was just about to put the kangaroo food away, when he pawed at my arm and started jumping around, trying to get more food from me. Of course I gave in and fed him a couple more handfuls of kangaroo food.
After the kangaroo exhibit, Valerie and I went to get our picture taken with the koalas! My goodness these animals just melt my heart from excessive amount of cuteness radiating from their adorable furry faces. I held a koala who is two years old and has a short attention span. I mean just look at them:
I still can't get over the fact I held a koala. Best. Moment. Ever.
I also had the chance to see other interesting animals like the Tasmanian Devil, Wombat, platypus, a creepy looking Emu, dingo, birds, and the most poisonous snakes of Australia (they were kept behind a glass window, whew). We also attended a sheep dog show where the dog trainers showed the audience how dogs can round up and direct a group of sheep.
After the visiting the koala sanctuary, the bus dropped us off back at the university, so me and my friends went to South Bank to eat dinner at the Night Noodle Market. The night market had a variety of Japanese and Korean restaurants that sold all sorts of ramen and asian noodle dishes. I ordered the kimchi ramen and it was everything that I wanted in a dish like that. We found a table by the noodle market, ate our ramen and had light hearted conversations and talked about how school is about to start. Alas, the day was over and school started the next day. It is weird starting the semester in July, and weird how cold it gets in the mornings, but I am glad this is how I spend my last day of summer (or should I say winter lol).
It's like the Game of Thrones series, I can't wait to read your next blog.
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