Friday, June 20, 2008
More Aussie Photos, Pt 5
So what do you do when you see the US Ambassador to Australia walking by while you're petting Kangaroos?
You stand in front of the US Ambassador to Australia and take a photo, of course. We couldn't get much closer though. The gun wielding body guards off to the side (See female in black) would have stopped smiling.
I should be able to tell you what kinds of birds they are, but I can't remember. Sorry.
Here's the famous Dingo.
This bird was insane. 8 ft tall with a dinosaur spike on its head. Only in Australia. Pretty aggressive too.
And of course, the cute, cuddly, lazy Kangaroos. Like most marsupials, they rest more than they move.
This Koala was putting on a show for us. Very soft to touch, and very calm around humans.
So calm that it sat there and chatted with Nicole, my step-daughter's friend that came along with us. I took about 100 pictures of just this little koala.
Trevi feeding the roos.
Here's a Wallaby. Related to the Kangaroo, but smaller and more docile.
posted by El Capitan at 3:17 PM
4 Comments:
said...
LOVE all the pics. I'm torn between the scenery and the beasties, though.
12:48 PM
Southern (in)Sanity said...
I was waiting for the option, "Ask the Ambassador to step aside so you can finish petting the kangaroos and taking pictures."
1:07 PM said...
Would've been fun to walk up to The Ambassador and say, "Dude! I'm an American too!" and give him a big hug. But I doubt security would have liked it.
Tumbleweed
said...
Those birds are called cassowarys I think. Nasty things that remind people of the velociraptors in Jurassic Park...
Regards