Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary

After a long day at Sea World, I drove south to Burleigh Heads (couple of photos in the Sea World Set) and then found a caravan park at Miami.  It's really interesting how some caravan parks have a certain "vibe" about them - this one had very few families with kids, but was full of retiries and a fair proportion of permanents - quite an old group.  This wasn't a bad thing, as the park was pretty quite at night.  As the sun was going down and it was getting cooler (ie 25c instead of 30c), I went for a swim.

The next day I drove a little further south to Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary.  It's a bit like Healseville Sanctuary, possibly a bit bigger.   I do have vague recollections of going there as a kid on one of the family holidays.
They had lots of wildlife to look at, along with a few shows, however there were too highlights for me.  Firstly was getting a photo taken holding Lane the Koala (see shot below), and secondly was the massive storm that rolled through - it just got darker and darker until the skys openned up and we got a huge downpour. Thanks to the rain radar app on my phone I saw the storm coming, so I found some cover, unlike quite a few others at the park including a school group (what's the collective noun for a group of soaked school kids?).  I happened to be near the Tree Kangaroos at the time, and they appeared to be loving it - all out in the rain, none of them back in their huts.

Lane was very cute and cuddly, and took a great liking to the shiny buttons on my shirt.  In this shot she seems to be saying "I wish I could be as furry as you".

Once again, there are a few videos in this set, so I'm providing a LINK to the set itself, rather than a slideshow.