This week we visited the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary that is located around 12 kilometers outside of Brisbane and is the first and largest Koala sanctuary in the world.
I was excited for this visit two weeks in advance because I couldn´t wait to see all those lovely australian animals! And I really have to say that it was worth it! I love that place and I especially love the cute koalas. They have a really good life there I think. They are not even in a cage, they could walk wherever they want, but since they sleep most of the time they prefer to stay at their homes on the limbs. I will tell you more about the koalas later on :)
On the picture you can see me and Chris next to the Koala statue in front of the park´s entrance.
First some interesting facts about Lone Pine that are good to know before getting to know its residents. The koala sanctuary was started in 1927 with two koalas named Jill and Jack. Today there are over 130 koalas that call the sanctuary their home.
(source logo: www.koala.net)
But not only Koalas live in Lone Pine, there are also kangaroos, parrots and cockatoos, dingos, crocodiles as well as tasmanian devils and platypus and many more. I will introduce them and my experience at the Sanctuary to you in my following blog entries.
In the next entry I will start with introducing the koalas that live at Lone Pine to you, since they are the main attraction at the Sanctuary :) You will love the pictures!
See you in my next story :)
