DAINTREE WILD ZOO BED AND BREAKFAST

The most fabulous couple of days so far in Australia has been spent at the Daintree Wild Zoo. Our bedroom opens up to a yard where we can walk around and pet the animals. We got to know the Emus, the Wallabies and the Kangaroos that wander freely around the grounds. We saw Kangaroos eating, mating, sparring and just hopping around. I was able to pet and cuddle them and the 14 mo.old emu wouldn't stop following me around! But, I enjoyed it. Peepers, the baby Emu chick likes roaming around with humans.
There were so many birds here! I liked the black, red-tailed cockatoo. He sat on my shoulder, however he was very fond of my grandma, because he is a male. The Kookaburra's are the noisiest, the black Koonawara swans were beautiful as were the numerous varieties of parrots, each with their own colors and sounds. There were maybe 10 varieties of owls and the largest bird was the black Cassowary who has red and blue head feathers.
The 12 week old Dingo babies were so cute! Their names were Boots, Nigel and Winnie. They are wiggly and hyper, especially Nigel, the boy. They're soft and smell sweet like all puppies, but unlike domestic puppies they are very quiet. They don't bark a lot. I got to hold Nigel and Boots and it made me want to keep one of them. However, when Dingos grow up they become good hunters and need room to roam. The Emu didn't like the puppies. She seemed to sense what they were to become and hunt her down. I had to put my hand out to protect them or she would peck at them.
Grandpa and I walked through the zoo at night by ourselves to see the animals that were active at night. The Wombat was as big as a small pig with a piggy sort of nose and good digging paws. He moved slowly, but he can dig fast. The animals didn't like our flash light.
It was really special to see the animals at night but I think the most interesting thing was feeding them. The Quolls and other animals get very excited when we came to feed them. The crocks eat big pieces of meat. It was an awesome sight to see how fast the crocks lunge out of the water, snap, and turn their head sideways to grab the meat, then swallow it whole or drag it into the water to eat it. They adult Dingos grabbed their meat and ran away with it. I won't forget these fabulous few days living in the Daintree Wild Zoo.