Reptiles (mostly)

Today we took Louka to the Reptile Park on the Central Coast. It was a relatively long drive but she was good all the way there, only falling asleep towards the end. She woke up soon after arriving though.

There was a crowd gathered to see Eric the crocodile being fed. Louka sat on Graham's shoulders to get a good view, but she was a little upset by the roar of the crowd when Eric took a piece of kangaroo meat from the keeper's hand. When the crowd had dispersed a little, Eric swam round his pool towards us, so we got a better view.


The snakes were generally too sleepy to interest Louka, and the lizards not much better (though the chameleon moved in odd ways). Best of all she liked the tortoises. Maybe she remembered the one she nearly managed to grab yesterday at Ku-ring-gai Chase.


We thought she might like the baby koala being carried on its mother's back (apparently it was close to Louka's age: seven or eight months). But there was too much of a crowd around for her to get a good look.

All the excitement must have been exhausting; Louka fell asleep as soon as we started driving home, and only woke up (screaming, unfortunately) when I stopped to open the garage door.