Ballarat Wildlife Park

Sunday 19th
Went to Ballarat Uniting Church this morning with the family, who were formally welcomed into their church during the service. It was good to be there at that time with them, as though we were handing them over from St Stephens into their care. At lunchtime we went off with them to Keith and Jill's home for a BBQ in their garden …

After a long and tiring twelve hour flight from Dubai I was finally in Melbourne and it was another one hour car journey to Geelong where I would be staying with my Grandas sister. Geelong was a City an hour outside Melbourne on the south coast famous for Ford cars and the current AFL Champions Geelong cats.



After a jetlagged …

We left Brambuk Backpackers early and started the drive down to Ballarat, near where we had visited Sovereign Hill with Debs.The wildlife park at Ballarat has 100 free-roaming kangaroo's that you can feed, as well as crocodiles, echidna's, Tasmanian devil's and wombats... which are awesome.

We arrived mid morning and bought some 'kangaroo …

... colds and now Ben and I have picked them up. We are suffering a little, but decided today to go to the local wildlife park. I must admit I wasn't expecting much, but it was really cool. Kangaroo's were just about everywhere and you could feed them by ...

... know I forgot my camera until I went to pull it out to take pics of the koalas and roos at the Ballarat wildlife park.  Man was I stressed and depressed!  Fortunately for me, Laura ( refer to photos from arrival in Melbourne ) called ...

... including Sovereign Hill, the Gold Museum, the Aboriginal Cultural Centre, the Eureka Stockade Centre & Ballarat Visitor Centre, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Gold Rush Golf, the Ballarat Aquatic Centre, Lake Wendouree, the Botanical Gardens and the ...

... in the maisonette garden with friends and family. Monday 20th We have been waiting for a cooler day to go to the wildlife park and today seemed perfect weatherwise.  The sky was cloudy and looked like it might rain later but previous experience ...