Today, we went to the "Australian Reptile Park" north of Sydney. We saw many reptiles (alligators, snakes and lizards) as well as some obscure wildlife native to Australia, including cassowaries, platypuses, dingoes, tortoise, wombats and Tassie devils. They were very interesting to see, especially the platypus. He was swimming around happily, not seeming to notice that it was encaged in a zoo. It was fascinating to see a real life platypus, and it was nothing like I expected. It wasn't much longer than my forearm, and it's webbed feet are really big. Platypus is a mammal with a beak, whose females lay eggs. Platypus can spend minutes swimming underneath the water. While swimming, it keeps its eyes and nostrils closed, and uses radio wave sensitivity of its beak to find its way around. It was amazing.
Cassowaries are the third largest birds, after ostriches and emus. They are flightless, and their head looks like a combination of a turkey and a crested dinosaur, with a beautiful blue head. They are endangered, because their rainforest habitat is being depleted by humans, and they are often ran over by cars.
We also started a 12 hour drive to Brisbane, and we plan to get halfway there today. We have a long way to go.
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