Wednesday started with us joining Jenny for a walk along Lake Macquarie. The weather was nice although it was wild and woolly.
From Lake Macquarie, we were driven to Blackbutt Reserve, which is a wildlife reserve. At Blackbutt Reserve, we got to see all kinds of animals. We saw kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, emus, a wombat, peacocks, owls, and a lot of other animals.
We got to the reserve right before 2 pm, which was planned since the koalas are fed at 2 pm. We walked by and stopped at the kangaroo, emu, and wallaby enclosure. The kangaroos were quite active. The were jumping, eating, and shoving each other. We continued along the other enclosures stopping at each of them. We got to the koala enclosure just in time for their feeding time. The koalas were enjoying the eucalyptus leafs. Some of them were agile, jumping between branches and trees. At one point, a bird (a Little Pied Cormorant) also present in the enclosure swooped down and picked up a dead mouse, which it proceeded to eat and swallow whole.
While walking back to the car past the first enclosure we visited, a wallaby came to the fence so Jenny and Linnea could feed it and pet it a bit.
In the evening, we ate dinner with Grahame and Jenny, as well as Meredith and Bill. After dinner, Grahame, Bill, Linnea, and I went to a pub nearby and watched the State of Origin game (i.e. a rugby game). In the State of Origin series, New South Wales goes up against Queensland. This rugby game series is played according to the rules of Rugby League. During the night, Linnea and I became acquainted with the different kinds of rugby and the rules of Rugby League.
New South Wales ended up winning the game, although losing the series. Both Linnea and I found rugby league more interesting to watch than football, soccer that is, although it was rough and a bit brutal at times.
Cheerio, Gustav