Sterling’s Blog

When we went to the Nature Center, we saw many cool animals.  We got to pet koalas and hold wombats (see left).  Then, we got to look at Tasmanian Devils and feed kangaroos from our hand.  The Nature Center studies animals to try and help them do better in the wild.  It was really fun.

When we went to the Platypus House, we saw platypuses and echidnas.  Platypuses are mammals that live in the water, have a bill, have webbed feet, and lay eggs.  The Platypuses had a little box that they slept in every night covered in blankets.  One of the platypuses wouldn’t wake up in the morning unless someone scratched its back.  We went to the echidna room.  The echidnas were walking all around our feet.  An  echidna is a really cute marsupial that looks like a hedgehog (to the right).  Echidnas are my favorite animal.

At Seahorse World, we saw lots of seahorses.  We weren’t allowed to take pictures because it would bother the seahorses.  Lots of seahorses live at the Great Barrier Reef.  We’ll go the Great Barrier Reef in a week and one-half.  We saw the Leafy Sea Dragon.  The Leafy Sea Dragon camouflages just like a leaf. 

I went mountain biking with Gibson and my parents.  We went biking down Ben Lomond, a mountain in Tasmania, Australia.  We had a lot of fun.  I saw a wallaby, a wombat, and a dead possum on the way down.   It was really exciting.

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