Australia Zoo: Wombats and Kangaroos

Ladies and gentlemen, lets get rid of everything in Sea World and take a deep breath with me now. It's time for us to travel all the way from Gold Coast to the Australia Zoo - Home of The Crocodile Hunter which is located in Sunshine Coast. It was 2 weeks ago, on Saturday 10/05/08, when my university organized a trip to this place.

These are the common wombats found in Australia.

Wombats have very short muscular legs and are the closest relative to the Koalas. Amazingly, they have a pouch which faces backwards, so when they're nursing their babies in the pouch, they can still dig burrows without filling the pouch with soil.

I love the fluffy Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat, isn't it cute? My boi has bought a wombat soft toy for me too!

By the way, we spotted a big fat wombat sleeping so soundly in the display window. Hmph, I felt like doing something "evil" to touching its backside...

Welcome to Roo Heaven!

Echidna (Spiny Anteater) is a mammal that lays eggs, together with the platypus.

Their diet consists largely of ants and termites.

Kangaroos / Wallabies have good eyesight and excellent hearing and they use their large ears to pick up even the slightest sounds. The one lying in front of me is just a little joey (baby kangaroo).

Aww, take a look at this one! It seems like the boomer really enjoyed being spoilt by me.

P.S. Happy Wesak Day to my dearest family, my friends and all the Malaysians out there! I just wanna let my family know that I really miss them so much. There were nights when I kept on having nightmares, dreaming of something bad happened to my closed ones. I'll pray hard for them to stay safe, happy, and healthy always.