Last weekend we rented a car and took off Friday afternoon for a weekend on the Great Ocean Road. We stayed at a very small motel/wildlife park called Fauna Australia. It is owned by a family, a couple and their three young children. It is an animal reserve, focused on breeding Australian animals. They allow their guests to freely interact with most of the animals, and they will supervise visits with the more unpredictable or fragile animals. The boys had a wonderful time walking around the park feeding and petting the animals. We all loved the wallaby who would sit by our front door every morning and evening. He had been raised by the family in their home and was very comfortable with our kids petting him and feeding him.
Petting and feeding Ben.
This guy is a wombat. He is a marsupial who burrows underground.
Feeding a wombat.We were also able to interact with their two koala bears, both of which had joeys in their pouches. One of the joeys was almost old enough to come out of the pouch, and we were able to see its little leg hanging out occasionally. We were also able to touch the pouch and feel the baby inside. Usually koalas sleep for twenty hours a day, so we felt so lucky when one of them climbed down from her tree, walked across the ground, and let the kids pet her.
Matilda the koala- with the joey's foot sticking out.
C trying to feed the koala some gum leaves.
R feeding the koala.
We could not have picked a better place to stay. We had so much fun with the animals, and had the place to ourselves.
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