George and Sherii Explore Australia One Big Thing To The Next!: Off to the Zoo!

We have been very quiet on the blog lately...due to our computer packing it in and being sent away to Melbourne for warranty repairs...we have only just got it back!!! Nothing like 2 months to replace a motherboard!
Anywhoo...we are back on the net!

We are still working in Cairns and exploring the local area.

We got a voucher at xmas for a special tour at the Cairns Tropical Zoo which was great...I was hanging out to get up close to the lemurs and a boa constrictor!

So we got up early grabbed some breaky and headed to the zoo.

We got to have a wander around the park first as we got there a little early, which was good to get our bearings and find the cafe etc.

Hairy Nosed Wombat...they were sleeping most of the day...actually I think they sleep most of everyday :-)

A sleepy Red Panda or Fire Fox! He got up a bit later but having a nap hanging in the tree here. He was so cute like a big teddy bear...the keeper told us that he was nothing like a nice bear...more like a rabid wildcat when you tried to catch him!

at 9.30 we met up with our guide who took us straight to the LEMURS! King Juliaan! (turns out they are just like on the movie Madagasca-not the smartest animals around, but amazingly adorable, soft and so so gentle! Oh, the movie got one thing wrong..it should have been Queen Juliaan! They have a female hierachy -as it should be!)

their tails were so long and fluffy...I want one!! or 3....

This little lady wanted to hold Georges hand, even after he had given her a treat!

Next we moved onto the bird enclosure...mmm...Im not a huge bird fan...so George had the pleasure of holding the syrup for the parrots, lucky cause they went crazy and were all over him! There was this one parrot that was bossing everyone around and karate kicking the other birds...it was hillarious, like seeing someone with really big baggy pants kicking someone in the butt!-hahaha)

Two really big parrots!

Then off to feed to Cassowary...the guide says to me, just put your hand through the fence and she will eat from your hand....mmm....thats a bloody big bird with a whopping big beak...but you know Im brave...so I hold out my hand expecting it to peck my hand off...and she ever so delicately put her beak on the side and softly took the grape off me..I then upgraded to a kiwifruit..same thing...and she swallowed it whole! Just like a pelican.. we could see it going down her neck...wierd....

Then off to the Crocs and Gators!

The baby Alligators we so cute, the keeper was saying they are very smart and easy to train.

She had trained them to walk out of their enclosure over to the grassy area that we got to hang out with them at, and then afterwards they promptly headed back to their pen!

Out you come...

Sherii the croc wrangler...

Puker up...

Back home again...

We did some croc feeding ...

Feed us!.....

mmm...mouse, my favourite...George got a great jaw slam from his croc!

Then my favourite part!

We got to meet a massive Boa Constrictor! She was so lovely...I was dissapointed that I couldnt wear her like a scarf, but she was waaayy to heavy! This was also the part that George was dreading...