Caversham Wildlife Park

On the 30th of January, Terry took me on a trip to Caversham Wildlife Park.

The park contains a vast range of animals, most of them indigenous.

A wonderfully colored bird: the lorikeet.

That's a wallaby. A marsupial, but not a kangaroo.

This lovely corella "danced" with Terry: It imitated Terry's hand with its head!

 This owl barks. No lie!

I really like kangaroos: They are very relaxed and unhurried, especially when it's too hot. You could easily imagine him having a beer in his paw, couldn't you?

No, it's not dead, it's just lazy!

We could feed them... Nice experience.

The park was full of birds. Terry said that he'd seen this bird only 4 times in his whole life. It wasn't in a cage, by the way.

An emu...

A small white wombat.

This kangaroo seemed to be pretty old: He slobbered when I fed him and his looks speak for themselves...

Hilarious!!!

That's Tommy, Terry's donkey friend. He opens his mouth wide open and Terry throws food in it.

That's a more classic wombat. Strange animal, isn't it?

Another wombat scratching his back.

Last but not least, maybe Australia's most famous animal: the koala. Koalas are very idle and can easily be stressed. That's why you may only stroke them with the reverse side of your hand. Koalas sleep almost 20 hours a day. They can't loose too much energy because eucalyptus, their main nourishment, only contains a little amount of sugar and other energy containing substances.