briz-bin, day three

Another early morning, another city bus, another zoo. The Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary is SO much cooler than Australian Zoo. It cost half as much, was way closer, and smelled good. LPKS is in the middle of some wilderness, on the bank of the Mississippi River, covered with eucalyptus. The park is divided into several wide open hilly areas, like large habitats, for the animals to wander and bounce around on. I pet some baby goats, woolly sheep, kangaroos, and wallabies. The red kangaroos here were HUGE. Sitting on their hind legs, some reached my chest. We saw lots and lots of koalas, little gray, fuzzy, sleeping balls perched between branches of fake trees. They are very round.

LPKS smelled really good and was very peaceful. The sun was out and wandering around amidst grass and trees put me in a very good mood.

That afternoon we took a bus to Hervey Bay. I read an entire chick lit novel about a woman who accidentally starts dating her best friend's ex-boyfriend. Riveting.

Australian thing of the day: Liquid breakfast, banana flavor. First ingredient is water, second ingredient is cereal. I imagine pouring a bowl of corn flakes in the blender. It tastes surprisingly good, and thin, and not at all like drinking the soggy leftover brown stuff in the bottom of your cereal bowl. I think this stuff is popular; I've seen it at every convenience store. And there are a shitload of convenience stores here, on average two per block.