After being rained out half way through our last visit to Currumbin Wildlife Sancturary we figured it was time to give it another shot.
The additional photos have been appended onto the end of the original “Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary” album
This time around, we headed out early (8:30amish) to catch the “Wombat Feeding Show”. Once there, passed by some Koalas but found that they hadn’t woken up yet. So we continued on along the train tracks (on a footpath) to the other side of the freeway, where the rest of the sanctuary was located. After getting a bit lost (it was the maps fault, I swear!), we finally found the feeding show.
We watched as a trainer coaxed out one of the three wombats in the habitat to get some food. While he was munching away, she took some time to go over the wombat lifestyle, did some Q&A, and then headed out.
At this point our bodies took a cue from the sleeping wombats, and either demanded sleep or coffee, (coffee seemed a much better idea, given the random wildlife wandering around in the area 🙂 ). After discovering all the food/kiosks didn’t have anything better than drip coffee, we caught the train back to the main entrance where cappuccinos and flat whites waited. We caffeinated, played with the brain-eaters, and then back on the train to see the wild life show.
The show was fun, they had dingos, lizards, birds, decapitated mice, frightened children, the usual. Afterwards was a photo-op with the bush-tailed possum and a lizard.
We then grabbed some chips (fries) for lunch and rode the train to kangaroo country (only to find all of them on break, it was mid-day, full sun exposure, no-one was moving), so we decided to meander over to the Tasmanian Devil exhibit.
The trainers dropped by to give a feeding/talk about the devil, which was a good thing, he seemed quite comfy in his log and we wouldn’t have gotten much more of a look other than his little snout. Luckily, since food was about, he trotted out. We learned how they are mostly solitary night scavengers, and how their numbers have dwindled since a strange disease has been spreading since the 1950’s. (some think it is a natural selection disease, keeping down the inbreeding occurring in the population since it is only transfered, by bites, to other devils with the same genetic family).
After all that, it was time to head home and relax.