Chinchilla Cemetery

The other week I got to do something super fun - visit Ben at work! His job means he can be away for 6+ weeks at a time but then he'll have big periods of being at home too :) Normally he works in the middle of the desert but this time he was only 4 hours away - road trip time! I only stayed a couple of nights but I still look back on the trip with super happy thoughts:) I brought along my camera when I went to explore the local cemetery - which is today's post.  The rest of the time, I did laps of the pool, read books, napped and explored the town - it was amazing! Simple things, guys.  As for the cemetery, it did not disappoint with plenty of country town charm :) Oh and not to be too morbid but the thought of having cactus grow on my grave is pretty appealing!

On the drive home, I not only got to stop at the awesome vegan bakery I visited on my b'day, I also chanced upon this rad vintage playground in Murgon!

I'm sadly not normally one for doing things on a whim but I'm trying to live my life not so forward/routine focused and this trip was amazing for that *highfive* to myself :P

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QLD Zoo - Australian Animals

As promised yesterday this post is all about those adorable Australian Animals!

First up, a joey that's way too big for his mothers pouch.  Not sure if you can see in this photo but his legs and tail were sticking out super awkwardly

Can you spot the koala joey? I'd never seen a baby koala before so, yup, I was ridiculously excited!

I'd also never seen an albino wallaby before.
Wallabies are essentially the cuter (smaller) version of a kangaroo :)

 Although this young Kangaroo is pretty darn cute!

Sure you're fitting buddy???

One thing I noticed was how each koala family huddled together. I thought it was super endearing, it wasn't enough for them just to be close they literally had to have some part of their body connecting with another :)

That guy on the left is a curlew - the staff at the zoo, were really helpful in answering questions :)

Kangaroos seem to love being lazy and striking sexy poses!

We also have the coolest lizards, okay maybe that's a lie, chameleons are pretty rad but our guys are spikey and have features like blue tongues!

Ben and I got to dance with the black cockatoo and when I say dance, we basically did this head banging side to side step motion and then he would copy and we would do it again but more outrageously and then he would up his own game - it was pretty amazing! Birds are so clever!

 Baby koala - how flipping cute are they, again one hand on his mumma/papa at all times :)

One more photo of cutie-pie albino!

Ben was like, "you have to get a photo of this goanna with his feather".  Looking back, I can't believe I was almost not going to *gasp*

 More sleeping and...

 more eating. 

There was a rumor that Koalas slept a lot (up to 22 hours a day - trumping cats!) because they got drunk off Eucalyptus leaves but apparently, from a quick google, it's actually to do with needing lots of energy to digest the leaves!

It was fun to get to see them so active!

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