An unusual zoo; Final Post

Our flight to Sydney was in the late afternoon, so to fill the day we had a late start and then went to a unique place.  There is a casino in Cairns, and on the top of it is a large dome with a zoo!  Really!  There is a collection of Australian fauna there, including a few things we had not seen in the wild.  Nonetheless, it is a zoo with all the issues a zoo entails, especially because the real estate allotted to it is so small.  We don’t know exactly how it came to be, but one can imagine the casino developers needing to please a segment of the Planning Board or the Town Council or whoever had to give permission to site the casino right in the middle of downtown Cairns.

Here’s a bird called a Papuan Frogmouth which, we were told, is not an owl:

 The keepers had baby crocodiles for handling:

 After lunch we went to the airport for the flight to Sydney and checked into the airport hotel.  Our flight to Los Angeles leaves at noon on Thursday, and we arrive in LA at 8 AM Thursday, before we left.  Strange, this time travel.

So that’s the end of the trip and the end of the blog.  Writing it helps me to plant the memories and it’s fun to share.  Thanks to those who commented or sent notes—it’s appreciated!