Around Day 2 we began to hear rumblings from the kids, "when are we going to pet a kangaroo?". When you visit this part of Australia, you see kangaroos often. They are the deer of Australia. Seriously. You see them in fields while driving and they like to come out at dusk and dawn, just like deer back home. You also see them as roadkill along the side of the roads, just like deer back home.
So the kids had been seeing them since day 1 in the fields and wanted to get up close, which is funny because just the evening before, they walked right by one! A wild one!
Here he is in all his wild glory!:
We went to dinner after horse wrangling and came back to Bunker Bay as the sun went down. On the walk to our villa, they unknowingly strolled right past this Roo. I noticed him right away and stopped dead in my tracks because I didn't want to scare him away. I called out to the boys ahead of me and of course, everyone got excited. Except the Roo. He just stayed where he was, calmly eating on this patch of grass under an olive tree. We inched closer and closer just to see how he'd react. Eventually he kind of stood up and let us know not to get nearer. Fun! We got just over an arm's length away.
So the next day we planned to visit Sunflower's Animal Farm to see animals.
We woke up to warmer weather, lovely day, and drove down toward Margaret River to the farm. We paid for three buckets of food and headed out to see the critters. the buckets were filled with carrots, lettuce, and seeds. Good stuff.
Our first encounter was with baby chicks who were being housed in a box with a warming light. I have held chicks before and played with them as a kid on my uncle's farm. I lifted them in and out of the box for him to make sure they didn't get squished. So cute! Lots of peeps!
This gal is "Chloe" the ostrich. We all got a kick out of feeding her because she gobbled fast!
Then we came to the kangaroos. So sweet! And so soft! Amazingly soft!:
This little joey was allowed out and about. He just hung around and loved to be petted and held. So gentle and soft. Just like a kitten!
The boys couldn't get enough of that little guy. We spent most of our time with him.
This Clydesdale horse was named "Storm." he was pretty large and had a large appetite! When we finished our walk through, we came back and gave him whatever we had left because he acted like he was starving, silly guy!
Alpacas and Llamas:
The rabbit Hutch, Joe's dream come true, to hold a rabbit:
Everyone loved the Farm. Conversations for a few days revolved around why we couldn't get a pet kangaroo to take home and how he wouldn't like Singapore because we don't have enough grass for him and other kangaroos to play with.
We drove a bit that day and stopped for a family photo. My favorite of the trip!:
We ended up back at our resort. Here is another photo of it from the hill looking down toward the beach:
Here's where we ended up that late afternoon again:
Up Next: Hang Ten!
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