Billabong Sanctuary!

I woke up at 6 o'clock this morning so I could get picked up to go to the Billabong Sanctuary -- which is a small zoo in Townsville. One of the rangers came to pick me and another volunteer up at Uni and I sat in the front seat with a young wallaby. The ranger that I was with is looking over the baby and brought it with her to work. His name is Arnie. Very cute little guy.
When I got to the zoo I helped clean the cages and feed the animals that were considered to be nocturnal. This mainly consisted of birds. I also helped with food prep -- which was pretty interesting. It started off as cutting up some fruit and getting seed and went to chopping up meat. The meat part was interesting but gross.
I learned how to hold a koala and how to pass it to another person to hold the way people do in pictures. Koalas have sharp claws and my left arm is all scratched up! I also learned how to hold a small croc. I was able to pass him to visitors at the zoo and let them hold him. I also watched some of their shows and information sessions about the animals. The croc show was very cool --- they are massive and waaaayyy cool!
I had a really good day at the sanctuary -- I am looking to do it every other sunday.
Hope you guys are doing well! Take much care.
Pictures:

1. Arnie running around while we were eating.
2. Hanging out with one of the koalas.
3. Arnie in his cloth pouch! He just chills in there --- very cute!
~*~ Random note about koalas. Koalas can only be held for 30 mintues throughout the day. (I think that they made take a few days off or something in between handlings) We had a stop watch so we knew how long they were out for! Also, they sleep about 20 hours a day! What a life.