August 8

Justin and I (Megan) are writing this blog under a sky of stars and a glimpse of the Milky Way, while surrounded by toads.

Today started off eventful even at breakfast. The group discovered a toilet possibly smarter than us. It talked, gave us music, and a ten minute time unit. From there we went to the Rainforest Habitat Sanctuary in Port Douglas. Dr. Lemaire gave us food to feed wallabies, kangaroos, and  many different birds. Do not think of a zoo while reading this because it was more like being in the rainforest and not even close to a zoo. There were many beautiful birds flying free and roaming including Australia’s biggest bird, the cassowary.

The highlight of the sanctuary was feeding the kangaroos and wallabies. They were docile and had beautiful eye lashes.

Some of us found out the hard way that these small beautiful animals had very sharp claws but nobody was scratched. After we all got to take our photograph holding a koala. This was one of the most amazing event thus far. For everyone that knows me, I wanted to steal one, but after talking to its handler, the small furry creature would probably mall my face off.

Later in the day, we went on a boat ride on a the Daintree River. Our captain, Dan Irby, told us extremely detailed facts about the area and was able to bring us right up to a 15-foot crocodile. The sights are so incredible, our cameras don’t do them justice and one wold have to see it to believe it.