Bonorong Wildlife Park
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Sat 30 Jan 2016 23:37
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Bonorong Wildlife Park, Brighton,
Tasmania  We arrived at Bonorong Wildlife Park with a primary wish to
feed and hang out with the eighty or so free-roaming grey
kangaroos who loved being scratched under their chins and chest – the
places they can’t reach. Everything else would be a wonderful bonus. Indeed the
arrrr factor of watching the baby, orphaned wombats just before closing time,
decreed having their own blog. After we had spent time with the greys, we tore
ourselves away to bimble the rest of Bonorong, before heading back to the mums
and joeys. The Sanctuary boasts wombats,
koalas, birds, quolls and many amazing natives including the Tasmanian
devils.The entry fee helps to continue the work with education, conservation and rehabilitation of Tasmania's threatened wildlife. Bonorong's dedicated volunteers proudly run Tasmania's only twenty four hour wildlife rescue service, we met many and they simple oozed concern, care and commitment, all were happy to answer questions.  The welcome
committee.
  The
comedy factor. This wild frogmouth sits every day on
top of the captive frogmouth cage. He only has eyes
for one.........
 ...........who sits and
stares up at her beau.
 A
sign on the frogmouths cage was something new to us – sunbathing birds.
 The
cute factor. His sign reads: My name is Randall. I used to live in the wild
but I was attacked by a dog and was injured so badly that I had to have my front
leg amputated. This means I cannot dig properly and protect myself from
predators. As a result, I now live here at Bonorong permanently where I can be
safe from predators. If you see me wandering around my enclosure please be quiet
as I do get scared easily. We found it terribly hard not to laugh at Randall. He lifted his little stump far too high as he
walked and looked like a drunk trying to keep his balance. He was gorgeous and
his enclosure was top drawer.
   Colour factor. This lovely chap was
busy studying something on the ground, but he was happy to pose for a picture,
then immediately went back to whatever had caught his
attention.
  Loud, with a great hair-do cockatoo. A yellow-tailed black
cockatoo.
  We
could have so easily taken this softie galah home to
Beez.
  This
pretty boy was very aloof with a very long, sharp
beak. A skittish but pretty coloured quoll.
   Bear
walked very swiftly past this slitherer
enclosure.
 If
by any chance a Tassy devil could look cuddly, this
duo ticked the box.
     Feeding time for one lucky Tasmanian
Devil.
  He nearly lost his snack, but the other
soon gave up and hid in a huff.
   More arrrrrrr
factor.
ALL IN ALL A SMASHING DAY
OUT
SO MANY ‘TAME’ WILD
ANIMALS |