Blogs from Healesville, Victoria, Australia, Oceania

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Geo: -37.6541, 145.516Trevor and Robyn up early and showered before Mick and I had, we had a cuppa with them before getting ourselves organised to go to the Sanctuary.It had rained during the night and looked like it was going to be a wet day so we set off for the Sanctuary with our brolly, called at the shopping centre for food for tonights tea and Mick needed a slab for later today. Handy having the Engle in the back of the ute so after packing the food we arrived at the Sanctuary around 10am. Early with only a few people around, the lady who sold us our tickets said 'we will have the park to ourselves by the look of it'. Mick was able to use his Seniors card for a discount and I still ... read more

‘Healesville seems like an alright place’ During 2011-12, I was a WWOOFer. It means Willing Workers on Organic Farms and basically you throw yourself at the mercy of your ‘host’ who puts you to work and they feed you and give you a roof over your head. Well, most of the time. The whole wwoofing situation pretty much goes against everything you’ve been taught growing up i.e. speaking to strangers and getting in their car. But I suppose it’s a chance you take when you sign up for the programme. If I’m honest, my first impression of my host didn’t do much to assuage this feeling. He was fairly tall, with long hair underneath a bandana, well-built and wearing beige work clothes. He sounds quite intimidating right? But on closer inspection I could see that he ... read more

En ce lundi matin nous démarrons tôt le travail, enfin surtout Nico 1h avant moi car comme d’hab il tombe du lit vers 6h30. Vu qu’on a prévu d’aller à Healesville Sanctuary pour la journée, c’est mieux de commencer tôt. On scie, on coupe, on taille, on ramasse et on brouette, bref on jardine ! Il y a énormément de lapins sauvages, et Nico voit une solution à ce fléau : poser des collets pour en attraper quelques-uns !! Ah le méchant vilain pas beau !! Je n'en mangerai pas !! On décolle en de fin de matinée pour aller à Healesville, qui se trouve à une demi-heure selon Tiana., Je dis « selon Tiana » car notre plan n’indique pas toutes les routes et les panneaux n’indiquent pas toutes les villes… donc avec tout ça ... read more

V Healesville Sanctuary je ZOO, ktore je specializovane na cisto Australske zvierata. Nachadza sa pomerne blizko a tak dnesny vylet bol len taky kratucky. Je to len cca 20 km od miesta kde byvam. Trocha sa tu rozprsalo, ale nastastie sme v case navstevy tejto ZOO mali len zamracene. Vstupne bolo 25 AUD, ale na tieto ceny som si uz dost zvykol. Nabuduce si istotne zoberiem ovela viac penazi. Tak 1000 AUD na tyzden je akurat a to ani nezartujem. Ale spat do ZOO. Urobil som priblizne 100 fotiek. V expozicii boli tieto zvierata: Emu, Koala, Kengura, Wallaby (vackovec podobny kengure, ale ovela mensi), Vtakopysk, Tasmansky diablik, Netopier, vtactvo a pes Dingo. Mali to tam dobre spravene a navstevnici mohli vojst do ohradenych zon a priblizit sa uplne blizko k zvieratam. Tak napriklad kengury boli vo ... read more