2/21/15. Koalas and Kangaroos

Today we took a bus ride about an hour from the city to see some wildlife.  We first went to You Yangs Regional Park to see koalas.  We saw two young females, Elizabeth and Aris, and an older dominant male named Anzac.  The were all just hanging out in the crotches of eucalyptus trees - very cute.  We helped to get rid of an invasive of this area by pulling up bone seed.  We also saw some galah parrots, gray and pink.  We climbed up Big Rock, a sacred place to the local aboriginal peoples, to see the water depressions carved into the granite.  We had a lovely lunch of sandwiches, cookies, fruit, and bush tea (flavored with lemon grass) before moving on to Serendip to see the emus and kangaroos.  These were the grey Roos who get about six to seven feet tall.  We saw males, females (including a pregnant one) and a Joey out of the pouch.  Although it was hot, in the nineties, no one was complaining as it was so wonderful to see everything out in the wild.  We had a great local guide, Sam, who was knowledgeable and articulate.  All in all, it was a spectacular day!  We are feet up now and were slated to go to an open air concert tonight, but it is pouring just now so the plan may change.