Pokolbin, AU

March 29, 2008
Lazy day today, we picked up some needed supplies in town when we picked up our laundry. Then we drove around first to the Lookout on Pokolbin Hill and then to the Werakata National Park where we did a 2 K hike. Found kangaroo tracks on the trail. Info says they have the grey kangaroo there. Kangaroos hang out in "mobs". They also have wallabies there but we didn’t see any "roos" or wallabies. Bosco bought an Australian bird book when we arrived and we’ve been looking up and identifying the birds we find; now we’ve started a list of all we have seen. It’s actually quite neat. The first indication that we "weren’t in Kansas anymore, Toto" was the flight of Sulfur crested Cockatoos we saw in Ballarat. They are big, beautiful, raucous birds that fly in large groups. The next indicator was the green/ red parrots everywhere. Moving again tomorrow on to Coff’s Harbor for two nights. This is the start of our trek up the Eastern coast of Australia.