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Today, we would visit Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary. But first, we had to check out of
our rental house. Unfortunately we hadn't been able to reserve it for our entire stay
in Hobart before the Overland Track. Worse still, the house we were supposed to rent
for tonight had canceled on us just 3 or 4 days ago (after we had reserved it 5-6 months
ago). Luckily we found a hotel (Rydges Hotel) which had a vacancy (there weren't many in the city).
The hotel was helpful, taking and storing our bags in the morning even though we couldn't check in
until the afternoon.
After dropping off our bags, we visited Bonorong. We hadn't had time to visit the
Tasmanian Devil Unzoo when we visited the Tasman Peninsula. We didn't want to leave
Tasmania without seeing a devil! We arrived around 11am, in time for the 11:30 tour.
Apparently everyone else had the same idea today, as it was very crowded and they
decided to get a second tour guide and split us into two groups. Our guide gave us a lot
of info on the animals. We were able to pet a wombat, get up close and take pictures of
koalas, and see a Tasmanian devil. After the tour (about 45 minutes to an hour), we
ate the lunch we had brought. It was a hot day, so we were happy to have shade at a
picnic table. The park does sell food, but it is limited to a few vegetarian choices.
Yellow-tailed cockatoos
Tasmanian devil
Tasmanian devil
Tasmanian devil
Tasmanian devil
Tasmanian devil
Tasmanian devil
Koalas do sleep a lot
Koala
Koala
Wombat
After lunch, we noticed the crowds had thinned dramatically. We took our time touring
the rest of the park. There were lots of varieties of caged birds. Kangaroos, on
the other hand, hung out all over the park (uncaged). I felt bad for them because
it looked like they were kind of listless because of the heat. Most of them
gathered under shade of tree to stay as cool as they could. I only saw one hop away.
It was also weird to see a spare limb sticking out from some of their marsupial
pouches.
Rainbow lorikeet
Sulphur-crested cockatoo
Kangaroos
Kangaroo resting in the heat
Three kangaroos
Kangaroo
Kangaroo, ready to pounce
Let's go!
Took me a while to figure out that was a leg sticking out of its pouch
Sinister looking emu
Emu stands watch over the kangaroos
Tired kangaroos
Tawny frogmouth
Laughing kookaburra. Kookaburra sits...
Two kookaburras
Short-beaked echidna
Short-beaked echidna
Musk lorikeet
Galah
Blotched blue-tongued lizard
Blotched blue-tongued lizard
After the park, we returned to the hotel and started some last-minute packing. We needed
to pack our backpacks with everything we needed for the Overland Track, and pack everything
else into our luggage. We made a last minute stop at a store for sunscreen. I had a
minor panic when I couldn't find the pennies I had brought to open the bear canisters.
We found that the Australian dime worked as well, but I later found my pennies too.
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