briz-bin, day two

Australian Zoo Day!

Shh, don't tell Naomi but I thought this zoo sucked. It took us over an hour to get there, it cost an arm and a leg, and it was SMALL. The upside was

1. I GOT TO PET A KANGAROO!!!! They are surprisingly soft, like rabbits. I took about a hundred pictures of the kangaroos, some of them with joeys sticking out of their pouches.
2. WE SAW BINDI IRWIN!!! Daughter of Steve Irwin!! We also saw mom Terri and brother Bob. We saw them at the Crocoseum show, where they fed a crocodile.
3. WE TOOK PART IN AN AUCTION! By “took part,” I mean “watched.” We thought the Crocoseum show was beginning, but a man came out with his mike and started an honest-to-god auction to spend time with the Irwins at the zoo, taking care of the elephants and such. He started it at $700 which I thought was ridiculous high, but it actually finished at $3,000.
4. WE SAW TWO BLACK KIDS ON THE BUS HOME!
5. I GOT TO WEAR MY GRAY DRESS!!! It was kind of sunny, so that was nice. No winter coat, for the second time on the trip.
   

We hung out with some 'Raelies at the hostel, Izzi and Adi and Boogy. Izzi plied we with tasty wine and we fed them with our cracker/sour cream/chutney dream snack. We spoke Hebrew and I was sorry to leave them in the morning.

Australian thing of the day: Australian wine, drunk in a coffee mug, sitting on the floor of our hostel room. Either that or Bindi Irwin.