This place was amazing. The people and guides were so friendly and it was just a really smooth day out. Easy and entertaining. Lots of guides and information. We arrived a little too late for the first boat ride of the day so the first thing to do was Cassowary feeding. Now the birds spend a while trying to get at the keeper - they're territorial and don't like the keepers "invading". He also told us about how they can kill with their claws but invited to feed them - apparently they wouldn't hurt a tourist. Um, comforting? anyway, I wasn't the first to feed them something, but I did feed them some mouldy apple in the end, just dropped it straight down their throat. yay me.
Next up there was a tour of a crocodile farm, followed by a ride on the crocodile river followed by crocodile feeding. It was very impressive and short distances between stuff suited the short legs in our family. Mind you, you could hire a stroller which would have been handy when Bianca was a bit younger..........or if we didn't mind taking her on our shoulders later on in the day.
Jake loves animals and has no fear..........well he wouldn't feed the Cassowary but he had no qualms in picking up the snake. I touched it three times - a first - touching a snake but I wasn't going to pick it up. After watching the boys I eventually found the courage to pick up a crocodile which was a bit of a rush actually. Glad I did that one. I'll take this day as my new animal experiences day.
The phototgrapher is going on a trip around Australia with a crocodile at the end of this year. He's starting heading to Tassie to keep it as warm as possible for the croc. That'll be a fun trip.
It did get a bit hot later in the day and the little people got a bit tired but it was a fantastic day out. Also great value, a fraction of the price of many of the local attractions - like the skytrain and they even gave you a pass out - if you didn't finish, you could come back within 3 days for no extra. amazing.
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