L0p3z and Neno's Upside-Down Adventure: Janine nearly stole a koala

Thursday was the last day with our car, we had to drop it back at 5.30 so we stayed pretty close to the city. Luckily this meant a trip to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Janine had been before but was happy to go again to get a photo of me holding a koala. There are a few other animals and attractions there too, it's not all koalas. We watched a few of the shows, which were entertaining, but the best was the birds of prey show. They fly the owls and falcons from behind the audience so they swoop down right past your head. It was very impressed with how close you could get, not like the UK.

The main reason to come was the koalas though. We spent ages walking round the various enclosures. I had my obligatory photo holding one, he was holding on so tight I thought his claws were going to rip the skin off my shoulder. Janine forced me to hang around long enough for feeding time, turns out this is the best time as they are really active. This is because their eucalyptus diet is very low energy food, I'm not sure why the don't have a Red Bull, perks most people up! We 'happened' to be next to the mother and baby pen when the feeding was taking place. It was hard to tear Janine away as she was in cuteness overload.

We spent longer than planned at the sanctuary so ditched the idea of a walk and drove up to Mt Coot-Tha. There are spectacular views of the city and a cool cafe and restaurant. We chilled out for a hour or so with a cold drink as the temperature had been above 30°C all day.

We dropped the car off back in the city and met up with Alex who we are staying with for a few days. Her and Adam have bought a cool place in the city. We spent the evening chatting about the grand plans for it. We will have to arrange another visit to keep up to date with the progress.

Friday its was 33°C we had a lazy morning then took a walk to a local public pool. The dip was well needed, and we even managed to get in a few lengths.