Melbourne Menagerie III: The Banksia & Gelato Galore
Melbourne2009048 Swiped from williamnyk . For some unknown reason, my bro-in-law is an animal freak. He loves the zoo. And so, we ended up a Flinders Street Station ( during morning rush hour no less ) to catch an hour's train ( KTM Komuter! ) to Lilydale and subsequently an hour on the bus to the Healesville Animal Sanctuary ( the helpful people at The i gave us a perfect itinerary of connecting rides ). The further one gets out from Melbourne, the more apparent the graffitti becomes. The sanctuary features 200 species of animals in a natural bushland habitat, but I don't think I even saw 50. The animals were shy? Too well camouflaged? They turned into icicles in the cold weather? Whatever it was, we were quite disappointed. But, we did get to see the kangaroos, emus, koalas, dinghos, Tasmanian Devils ( endangered due to an infectious oral cancer! ), platypi, raptors, etc. Lunch was a hearty meal of red wine beef stew with rice at the Sanctuary Cafe. In our suaku -ne