Billabong Sanctuary

wombat

Blue tongued lizard

baby croc

Emus

We left Townsville early in the morning, in order to have time to stop at the Billabong Sanctuary.  This was such an amazing place.  First of all, it wasn't a very busy place, which always makes things easier to see stuff.  We bought a small bag of animal feed thinking we could feed a few little creatures along the way.  As soon as we entered the grounds, six kangaroos came hopping over to us, looking for food. We fed them straight out of our hands and from Glenn's stroller tray. They were soooo cute.  Then we walked around and saw some massive crocodiles.  We saw emus, wallabies, and birds.  The park rangers gave us a talk on koalas that we got to pet, on wombats that we got to hold and on snakes and lizards.  Bennett did really well at holding the snake, the baby croc and the blue tongued lizard.  The grand finale was when the rangers fed the crocodiles.  They made them leap out of the water to catch their lunch.  It was quite impressive.  We highly recommend this stop to anyone who is in the area.