Lots of kangaroos and a possum

A couple of weekends ago, we took a trip into the hinterland. Just around the corner from our street, we spotted some roos:

When we arrived at Maleny Botanical Gardens, we loved the views over the Glasshouse mountains:

A staghorn fern epiphyte:

Ahh! A snake! It slithered off into the undergrowth and then up a tree. It was a common tree snake:

A banana tree:

Isla with a macaw on her head!

Beautiful rainbow lorikeets:

Back at home in our garden, we found a cane toad in the evening:

The next day was Father's day again! The girls gave Andrew some lovely cards, a fridge magnet Isla made at school, and a peanut plant! We had a lovely relaxed day morning at the beach and then played at home.

Last week, Evie and I visited a new playgroup. We were really lucky that they had planned a visit to the kindy next-door, where some animals were there for the morning. So we were able to stroke some friendly lambs, hold a guinea pig and a duckling, and pat an alpaca too. Evie was thrilled and now thinks that going to kindy means stroking lambs all day long.....

She also helped by watering my plants and enjoyed playing in the sandpit at home:

Friday was a day off for everyone! It was Noosa show day. We decided to go to Australia zoo. We saw some very active and cute wombats:

Learnt about which snakes we need to keep an eye out for:

A prowling tiger:

We bought some roo food and enjoyed feeding Pebbles. She was really friendly and very soft to stroke. 

This weekend we went camping to Boreen Point, which is a camping ground beside a seawater lake. We set up our tent and then  hired two kayaks to investigate the lake. Isla had a go at kayaking and could kayak herself around really well!

We had lunch at the Apollonian Hotel, which had originally been in Gympie (a town inland which was built on the gold rush) but was moved to Boreen. It was a grand historic hotel with tropical gardens.

In the evening, we had a camp fire. While the girls were getting off to sleep, Andrew spotted a possum sneaking past him! We all came to have a look. The possum was really tame and happy to eat some bread we threw for it. It had really bushy fur and looked like a cross between Pob and a kangaroo!