Last day in Oz

We had an early breakfast and reorganized our belongings to include bottles of wine and some mustard. All breakable, but will hopefully survive the world wide jaunt. Considerable weight has been added to the luggage. We cleaned up our South Perth digs and bid a farewell, mailing Pauline and Andrew the keys. Then we went to the Hotel Windsor, a landmark in South Perth, for lunch.





After lunch it was only fitting that we visit the zoo prior to leaving for the airport. We wanted to see the Australian animals one last time. The park the zoo is in, is lushly planted with native flora.





We saw kangaroos, echidnas, quokkas, wallabies, kangaroos, dingos, and of course the koalas.

The echidna is a strange beast. It lays an egg, despite being a mammal. The egg hatches and this helpless pink thing without a spine nurses at the mum's teat. At this stage it is spineless both without a backbone and without it's prickly spines. At this point, it is known as a puggle. When it's prickers start mum leaves baby underground for 6 days, then restarts nursing......strange indeed. Of course, no pics of this critter. No Numbats either. However wallabies and tree kangaroos showed themselves.


Above is a baby wallaby nursing. Below is the tree kangaroo. He is quite different from his ground counterpart.








So then it was off to the airport and our 7 1/2 hr flight to Hong Kong where we have a 6 hour layover till we board our 11 hour trip to San Francisco.
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