The Kitty Hawk and Lone Pine Zoo

This was another great weekend for the family. We were all very excited that the Kitty Hawk would be in Brisbane. I know that I, for one, wanted to see it. I meant that we would see a little bit of home(USA). Who knew that we would have to come all the way around the world to see the Kitty Hawk. The traffic was amazing to see this great ship. It was like the Field of Dreams. The Kitty Hawk was suppose to bring a lot of money into the city due to all the sailors visiting and having to get groceries for all the navy men.

After visiting the Kitty Hawk we decided to visit our local zoo (Lone Pine). This is were John Deere tells the people from the US to visit when they come here. It was really cool. Dan decided to get a family pass for us since we plan on having visitors. The kids and I have been since our first visit. One Friday, we were out feeding the kangaroos after school and one little kangaroo couldn't wait for Christian to feed him so he decided to help himself by tearing off the bottom of Christian's feed bag. We really enjoy the kangaroos and koala bears. I have told my Mom about all the really cool birds that they have at Lone Pine. When we went the first time, Dan brought us to all the shows that are put on daily like birds of prey and feeding of animal. Also you will see pictures of the dog on the back of sheep. This was a really fun show to watch. They showed us how the dogs respond to commands and how they will hop up on the back of sheep to get them moving into the pens.

I was really impressed by the way they would feed the birds. With a whistle sound the birds(lorikeets) would come in by the swarms and sit on feeders to eat. They had a big Farris wheel that the birds would also sit on. This thing was so full of birds that the Farris wheel was spinning very quickly. Quite a site to see. I took my turn on feeding the birds. I felt like the Statue of Liberty. You just had to hold your hand up with this lid on a stick and the birds would come to eat the food. I wanted the kids to get to feed the birds also but as they were coming in, Paige had a bird let a little go on her head. That is so like Paige's luck. As you will see in the pictures below I just couldn't let it go. I still laugh at the thought of poor old Paige. Thank goodness she isn't old enough to read this yet she would be so mad at me.

As promised before, I will now give you a little bit of Australian Education. Did you know that Australia is known for making the dual flush toilets. It is a circle on the top of the toilet split in half. One half being lager than the other. Christian informed me what the small one was for and what the larger button was for. I don't think that I have to explain that any further.

Also the bathroom is called the toilet since we are on the subject. Christian said to one of his friends at school that he had to go to the bathroom....his friend told him that they didn't have bathrooms at school only "TOILETS." Bathrooms have a tub and a shower. Now you know folks...we have toilets in public and bathrooms at our house. Enjoy your day, and remember that we send our love to all who are reading this.