After being reunited in the morning with my brother (and sunbathing between 830 and 915 – the sun is really high up by that time) we went to the Cairns Tropical Zoo 40 kilometers north of the city.
The main attraction was obviously cuddling with a coala and taking photos with it. It was quite cool, though as it was, it had a bit of an industrialized sidetaste. We also saw wombats, crocodiles, kangaroos and various birds like kookaburras and emus. One of the crocodiles called Zont, who was captured in the wild had a curious story to it. A farmer noticed that over the year some of his cattle went missing. Looking for the cause he found a well-fed croc in the river, but instead of shooting it he trapped it (the reptile suffered - still visible - sunburn while being trapped) and brought it the zoo. He’s responsible for 30! cattle lost this way.:) Oh and we also saw snakes, one of which was incidentally the most venomous in the world. Forgot its name sorry. But one dose of his/her poison is enough to kill 255,000 rats or as the presentator pointed out about 4-5 times the 25 member audience.:)
The afternoon we spent chilling, (in my case applying for jobs) and then had a really nice dinner. Bro is already sleeping cause we are leaving at 745 tomorrow for diving at the Great Barrier Reef. Will be spending one night on the boat so you’ll have to wait 36 hours for the next exciting post.
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