Animal encounters and camping!

An exhibit me and Conor put together on Saturday. See if you can spot the two gidgee skinks!!

The following week I was a teacher for a 'Vacation Adventure' where kids spend all day at the zoo doing activities, special tours and animal encounters. Here are a few pics of a couple of our encounters...

Kara, one of the kids, with a meal worm, about to feed the birds in the aviary. I was actually working int he aviary that day and not as a teacher, and the kids were so excited to see me in there when they came to do their encounter! They have to call me 'Miss Grace'!!!

A female blacksmith plover eating a cricket.

A heart top turaco.

One of the boys feeds Squirt, a hand-reared giraffe

Keeper Lyn shows the little uns how to give Kruger the signal to open his mouth

And he's right on cue!

Aaaah! Give me apples!!

After the kids were all pau, I got to have a cuddle myself, and really enjoyed it. Even getting slimed!

Squirt, the giraffe wants in on the action!!

A fish that Steve caught, cooking on the BBQ.

Me and Daisy joined some of my friends to camp out on the beach last week. It was really good fun having everyone together, cooking food, having a campfire, singing and music, it was great.
So our mate Steve was opening beers using a lighter! We had a go but soon found it was much harder than it looks. Here's Dani (Naomi's housemate) struggling!
. Still she did a better job than I, and eventually got into her beer.

Steve the pro demonstrates the way to do it....
With success of course and makes it look like childs play!

Smooth operator!(Steve works at SLP on the reef section with Devon and Luna, and is also a hike trail guide where Naomi works)

Devon toasting marshmallow on the barbie to make smores (thats melted chocolate and marshmallow sandwiched in graham crackers, which are kind of like largish rich tea biscuits. Well nice!!

Chimps unwrapping christmas presents. Pretty self explainatory really!