I setup a little office I could work in :)
Ballarat's birds were loud but pretty :)
Oh well, it was not a big town, I just had to know that :) They had an old observatory with vintage telescopes, we went there one evening to do a bit of stargazing After the conference, I went to visit what seemed fun to visit. Bird World was a grandma and grandpa 'shop'. it could have been a lot of fun, but unfortunately their free flight cage net was broken, so they had to put all their great parrots in cages. It was a bit sad since I could tell some were very friendly and would have loved to interact with me.
this one was so friendly and definitely wanted to come say hi
While I didn't expect too much, at the same time I've actually been pleasantly surprised by such parks in the smaller towns, and that turned out to be true there too. Their crocodile feeding was particularly impressive, their kangaroos quite friendly, and petting wombats was cool :)
this was a very cool layed back kangaroo, nice claws too ;)
kangaroo was friends with wombat :)
those things peck hard when you feed them, they don't know any better :)
this guy really had balls, even by Australian standards :)
I hope he gets paid enough for this :)