Featherdale Wildlife Park/Blue Mountains

Saturday, May 25, 2013

We saw a baby kangaroo as we entered.

Tawny Frogmouth

Dagan patting a kookaburra.

Posing with the koala.

Adam patting a koala.

This wallaby took Dagan's cone.

The four of them by the animals.

We went to Featherdale Wildlife Park on our way to the Blue Mountains.  It was another neat wildlife park.  They had a lot of animals in a compact space.  The wombats were very active which Dagan was excited about since these are his favorite.  They also had a lot of different birds.  One of my favorite was the tawny frogmouth.  Their feathers look like a tree trunk.  There was another one that sounded like a chime.  It made a really loud clear sound.  They had more wallabies here than kangaroos, so we fed the wallabies.  The food came in ice cream cones which was a great idea because there isn't any garbage this way.  They had an animal called a wallaroo.  We learned that it is a cross between a kangaroo and wallaby.  A kookaburra was sitting on the ground in one place, so we were able to touch it.  It puffed up its feathers, but otherwise left us alone.  There were quite a few koalas at this park and about half of them were awake.  It is fun to watch them when they are awake.  One of the cages had a mother with a baby sticking its head out of the pouch.  It was really cute.  They also allowed you to pat a koala and get a picture with it.  The kids were excited that Adam finally got to touch one.  We always enjoy being at a wildlife park.

A mommy koala and her baby

The wallabies wanted JoAnn's food.

View of the Three Sisters

View from one of the lookouts

A family picture

Part of the 240 steps

Wentworth Falls

After going to Featherdale, we headed towards Katoomba in the Blue Mountains.  Unfortunately, we discovered the hobbit restaurant had closed, so we went out to the Three Sisters Lookout for lunch and to enjoy the view.  When we were here with my parents in January, it was foggy, so we were not able to see much of anything.  Today was a clear sunny day.  We could see for miles.  The haze coming off the mountains does appear bluish in color.  The information we read stated this is because of the eucalyptus trees.  We stopped at the information center to get a map of the other lookout points in the area.  Since it was 3:30pm, we only had a little bit of time before the sun would set.  The lookouts provided a few more views of the three sisters and a couple of falls.  At one lookout we were able to see Wentworth Falls.  Dagan and I hiked a little ways down the mountain to get a better view.  We were able to see the falls much better from here.  It was really beautiful. The description of the trail was easy with some steps.  Dagan counted the steps on the way up.  He counted 240.  We both want to know how many steps equate some and easy.  We had a fun day, but were ready to head home.