Day 8, 1/30; Australia

G'day Mates. Spent a nice day here in Port Douglas. No early rise although we both were up quite early as our body's are confused. Very nice breakfast with wonderful fruit etc. we went to a wildlife habitat and had a tour of both bird and animal habitats. The colors on the birds are breathtaking. We were able to get right up close to many of them. Our guide was a lovely young lady who obviously loves what she's doing. Sue got to have a parot perch on her hand and then he peed on her and then bit here! Later she got to feed a wallabe. They are very similar to a kangaroo but smaller in stature. We saw many wallabe and kangaroo bouncing around us. And of course we saw crocks of various species and sizes. Nothing pretty about them. We were introduced to a fish that all of the species are born male and then later all become female.
 We returned to the hotel, had lunch and they decided to pass on an afternoon excursion knowing thet the next several days will be action packed, long and we won't want to miss anything. We did laundry   (Well Sue did), rearranged our bags, snoozed and did some email. Dinner in town tonight. We had our choice of restaurants which is very nice. We're getting to know most of our companions and enjoy the company of several couples. In the small world category, one couple spent a number of years in Wilton CT and lived next door to Sue's Senior prom date! Off to Cambodia in the morning.

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