We woke this morning to pouring rain. We decided we would have to resign ourselves to indoor activities. Our first destination was The Platypus House to see the platypus and echidnas. We watched a 15 minute film about platypuses and then went into the tank area. They really are weird looking creatures. We learned that the platypus and the echidnas are the only species that make up the family of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to...

We got a bit of a later start this morning than we would have liked but finally got packed up and on our way at around 10:30. I like to blog first thing in the morning for the day before. Some days it takes a long time to write and upload pictures. Today was one of those days. I had a lot to say about yesterday. We drove north up the Freycinet Peninsula to our first stop of the day. It was a blowhole on the beach just outside of the town of Bicheno. We thought ...