Animals

On Tuesday; Mandy, Wolfgang, Jenny, and I took a bus to Newcastle’s Blackbutt Reserve, where we saw a skink, koalas, kangaroos, peacocks, emus, and lots of other birds. It’s a really nice walk, and it was great to be able to get so close to the animals. We took lots of pictures, and caught a train back to Wickham to practice a bit.

This peacock was chasing two other peacocks around. Very aggressive.

Koalas are cute.

Cool dude.

This guy is in a fenced-in area, but there are flocks of cockatoos all over Australia. You see them flying around while you are driving.

Are these vultures? These guys were not fenced-in, and kind of scary.

These kangaroos were in the nature reserve, but when driving across Australia, you see kangaroos all the time. I love these guys.

Australia is a dangerous place.

Wednesday, we went to Newcastle Beach, where we got lots of sun and went in a salt water pool. The ocean’s waves were huge, and there was a fleet of giant tankers on the horizon, apparently taking coal all the way to China. I sunburned my feet.

Next: Tour starts!