Wen: Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary

     Yesterday I went to the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary with a group of students from Mates @ UQ, a campus club.  It was quite awesome, and though I left really early in the morning, the rest of the day was fantastic. 
     I left Indooroopilly Railway Station to Central Railway Station, which is actually in Brisbane City.  I met up with Marjorie, the coordinator for Mates @ UQ and the 5 other students!  All very cool people!
We took the train from Central to Robina, the closest train station to Currumbin Sanctuary.  From the train station, we took the bus to Currumbin and had about 2 hours to explore.
     We made it just in time for the lorikeet feeding, and wow, was that amazing!  The zoo lady gave me the pan of honey and milk mixture that the lorikeets drink and a bunch flew onto the pan and my arm.  Then, more came and started landing on my other arm, shoulders and head.  At first it was cool, then it started to hurt and soon I was like, get them off!!
     We walked around and saw the koalas!  They were SO cute!  Marjorie actually got a picture with one, and we got to go up and pet it--quite soft and cute!
     After the koalas, we walked around and went to the baby crocodile photo taking session.  It was sort of sad to see the baby croc wiggling around while tens of people handled him/her while his/her mouth was tied closed!  Anyway, to got a pic, though it was sort of sad.  Props to Gary who decided not to because the little guy was tied up, and he thought it was wrong. 
     After that, we walked around and found random animals, and we ended up at a show where they taught us about typical Australian animals, including a nonpoisonous and a poisonous snake.  They had a possum at the end that we got to go up and take a picture with and pet.  It was cool looking.  They had professional photographers and printed your picture out in hope that you'd buy a picture for like $18.  I actually found the picture on the rack later on and took a picture of it. Haha!
     One of the coolest parts of the trip to Currumbin was feeding the kangaroos!  They were sooooooooo cute!  There was a kangaroo with a joey in the pouch (it didn't actually come out, unfortunately) and it was wiggling in its sleep.  So cute!
     After Currumbin we went to the Hard Rock Cafe for lunch and after a long day of walking around, lunch was delicious!  I had Solo, which, after researching on Wikipedia, I found was introduced to the U.S. and it didn't go so well.  It was okay looking and it tasted okay too... sort of like Sprite with some dull yellow coloring, more like pee colored.
    We all headed to Surfers Paradise after eating and walked into the water... it was AWESOME!  The day was bright and sunny, but not unbearable.  I got to walk around and some of the other students actually went in with their swim suits and jumped into waves. 
     After the beach, we walked around the shops and I got a didgerydoo for Diane and a tea towel with a picture map of the Brisbane Coast. 
     We took a taxi to Nerang Station and headed home after a long day of fun!  Absolutely amazing... if only I didn't have two essays and a thesis due!