Port Maquaire
We started the day from Coff's and visited a little town called Southwest Rocks (!) on our way to Port Maq. It's so cute and right by the sea with lovely cafes and shops and restaurants. Honestly, it's so pretty, all you want to do is have barbecues, picnics and swim in the sea or sunbathe.
What else would you want to do? There's the prettiest little beach called Horseshoe Bay and it has cliffs and big waves and more beaches than you can shake a stick at.
After having our picnic lunch down by the beach, we made our way to Port Maq. I liked it there, because we went on a little boat cruise to try and spot some dolphins. Hooray!
Except we didn't see any... boo... but we got to feed some fish and we saw oysters. Yay. The boat was really cool though and we cruised around for ages at quite high speeds sometimes and that was really good!
After that, we went to the Koala Hospital for a visit. How cute is that! It's a proper hospital just for koalas, who get brought in for various injuries or illnesses. They have a patient board and they name every koala that comes in. The first name is usually the name of the person who brought the koala in and the last name is the place where he or she was found. So you get some really interesting and cute names like Rose Ocean, etc.
We got to go on a tour and we saw the koalas being fed, as well as told what their trouble was and how they were being helped. Apparently, most koalas get this illness called 'Wet Bottom' which is basically a koala version of the STD chlamydia. How bizarre is that?! And they try to treat them with antibiotics, but unlike in humans, the chlamydia doesn't go away permanently, so all these koalas get wet botchies, poor them.
One of the guys in the group asked the guide lady how come the koalas got an STD that humans get too and is transmitted through intercourse and whether it is true that it all started from this chap who got drunk and mistook a koala for his missus!
The poor guide lady was so embarrassed and I had to laugh so much - how could you mistake a koala for your wife? I mean, if your wife looks like a koala normally, an STD would be the least of your problems...
The whole afternoon was really educational though and we learned lots about the way koalas live and what they require to be able to live independantly. They really do an excellent job at the koala hospital and they are always looking for donations and volunteers. Have a look: http://www.koalahospital.org.au/
What else would you want to do? There's the prettiest little beach called Horseshoe Bay and it has cliffs and big waves and more beaches than you can shake a stick at.
After having our picnic lunch down by the beach, we made our way to Port Maq. I liked it there, because we went on a little boat cruise to try and spot some dolphins. Hooray!
Except we didn't see any... boo... but we got to feed some fish and we saw oysters. Yay. The boat was really cool though and we cruised around for ages at quite high speeds sometimes and that was really good!
After that, we went to the Koala Hospital for a visit. How cute is that! It's a proper hospital just for koalas, who get brought in for various injuries or illnesses. They have a patient board and they name every koala that comes in. The first name is usually the name of the person who brought the koala in and the last name is the place where he or she was found. So you get some really interesting and cute names like Rose Ocean, etc.
We got to go on a tour and we saw the koalas being fed, as well as told what their trouble was and how they were being helped. Apparently, most koalas get this illness called 'Wet Bottom' which is basically a koala version of the STD chlamydia. How bizarre is that?! And they try to treat them with antibiotics, but unlike in humans, the chlamydia doesn't go away permanently, so all these koalas get wet botchies, poor them.
One of the guys in the group asked the guide lady how come the koalas got an STD that humans get too and is transmitted through intercourse and whether it is true that it all started from this chap who got drunk and mistook a koala for his missus!
The poor guide lady was so embarrassed and I had to laugh so much - how could you mistake a koala for your wife? I mean, if your wife looks like a koala normally, an STD would be the least of your problems...
The whole afternoon was really educational though and we learned lots about the way koalas live and what they require to be able to live independantly. They really do an excellent job at the koala hospital and they are always looking for donations and volunteers. Have a look: http://www.koalahospital.org.au/
posted by Phil and Tanja @ 2:37 AM
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