The next day we woke up early very excited about our plans for the day. We had a special treat planned which was our kind Christmas present from David and Jayne.
We went off in the Golf Buggy for our appointment for breakfast at Hamilton Island Wildlife. It’s in a gorgeous tropical setting but is only very small. Our treat was to have an ‘experience’ with the koalas in the cafe area and we could have a cup of coffee there too! When we arrived there were already lots of people in the cafe but when the keeper arrived and went into the glass enclosure with the koala, we found ourselves at the front of the queue. We tried to be polite and let the lady with the three kids go first but they were phaffing about too much, so in we went.
Our ‘experience’ was basically getting to stand really close to the koala and have our photos taken. We were even allowed to stroke it although we were both very cautious of doing this. The keeper had just woken the koala up and so it was quite alert, whereas later on it just dropped off to sleep! We also learned a little bit about Koalas from the keeper but don’t ask me what, as I was too enamoured with the cute beauty to take any notice! We had a lovely time but after about 15 mins it was time to let someone else have a go.
After this we walked around the rest of the enclosures where they also had more koalas, a dingo, all sorts of bouncy wallabies and kangaroos as well as some birds. We thought it was a lovely experience, thanks to Dave and Jayne. Xx
Where shall we go to next? 