Saying Goodbye to Brisbane

Had a fun day yesterday, Morgan and I went to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary with a few of her friends. This was just a small wildlife park, but there were some very cool animals there. I especially liked the dingo puppies, wombats, black cockatoos, and the sheep herding/shearing show, but the highlight was definitely the platypus. When you get to be as big of a zoo/animal nerd as I am, there aren't a whole lot of animals you haven't seen in person, but I had never seen a platypus before and it was awesome. Everyone knows platypi are weird, but you don't really appreciate just how bizarre they are until you see them in person. We probably spent a good half hour just sitting on the couch in the platypus room watching it swim back and forth.


Puppy!!!


Platypus - it was really hard to get a good shot, this was my best effort.

After the wildlife park, we went and saw the University of Queensland campus where Morgan had been studying. They had a very nice pizza place where we all got pizza because we were hungry, then went to their Great Court and relaxed for a while. The campus was very nice, although not quite as big as UWA and with more of a compact, crowded feel.


Great Court

They had possums on their campus!

Coming home last night, Morgan and I got to do some final trip planning as well as have a nice long Skype chat with our friends Randi and Aimee back home. Heard all about the snow in Seattle - sorry bout that folks, it's sunny and warm here. Plus, we leave for Cairns in a few hours, which will will be even better weather (at least in theory, there is potential for serious rain). Just doing some final packing and straightening up, then it'll be off to the airport in a little bit. Wish us luck. I will try to post as often as I can the rest of the trip but can't make any promises as to the reliability of my internet access.

Sunset over Brisbane