Hey guys, for the past few days, I have been going through pictures from my holiday in Australia, and uploading some of them to my MYM profile. Been looking at them quite wistfully, I guess I really had a lot of fun there! :)

For the next few blogs, I shall share with you pictures of some of the places I've been to, and my experiences in Australia.

Australia is such a nice place to go on holiday. I remember the first time I ever visited Australia was when I was 15 years old. It was on a Geography field trip together with my school to the city of Perth - we visited rainforests, sand dunes and deserts, and we barbequed our food in the wilderness, stayed in chalets with fireplaces (where we would chat happily till late night) - it was all such an adventure!

Since then, I visited Australia about 4 to 5 times more. Most of the time it was with my family, and we'd visit my aunty's cousin who lives in Melbourne. We'd spend time together, explore, go sight-seeing, as well as find some nice relaxing activities to do. Due to the fact that Australia is only a 6 - 7 hours flight from Singapore, it was always easy for us to plan a short trip there.

The last time I went to Australia was for a 6 weeks holiday - July and August 2006. That time I went without my family, as no one else could take 6 weeks off from work. I was working as a model, so it was easy for me to plan my own schedule and not accept assignments during that period of time. I was independent, went around by myself, visited my friends in different cities - Melbourne, Sydney and Tasmania - and had helluva lot of fun!

For this blog, I'll share my experience of being upclose and initimate with the animals in Featherdale Wildlife Park, Sydney.

An albino Kangaroo! - It's pretty rare, but you can see them almost at any little Zoo in Australia. Looks kinda like a BIG white rat right? Beautiful!

What's that Kangaroo doing? Sun-tanning his under-side! :D

So many Kangaroos, they are everywhere! They are very happy here, but in the less urban areas, they often get killed in the process of getting knocked down by cars. Now the fine of knocking down/killing a Kangaroo is $4000 AUD. Drivers do not want to run into a Kangaroo, not only because of the monetary fine, but also it could damage their car quite badly (not to mention the kangaroo doesn't like it either). I rented a car and drove long distances from place to place. It's very common that they hop near the roadside or sometimes they cross the road, but it's easy to slow down and avoid them if you do not drive too fast. It's much harder to drive at night as the vision will not be as clear - thus making it easy to knock down Kangaroos and Wombats or other wild animals. Luckily for me, I didn't hurt any animals. :)

I feel as happy as a Kangaroo! :p

I grabbed one of the big Kangaroos to pose for a picture with me.

"Oh no.. don't run away! I want one more picture!"

I love this picture with the sunlight shining from above. Do you see the baby Kangaroo in its mother's pouch?

Some interesting facts about Koala Bears:

A smart looking penguin! Almost looks like he's wearing a tuxedo.

I remember the second time I visited Australia, we went to Phillips Island to see the penguins. We had to wait in the cold at the beach for like 1 or 2 hours. When evening comes, you will see the very first penguin swimming to shore, followed by the rest! They will dig holes and lay eggs, then swim out to shore before dawn. The experience was really nice, so the wait was worth it! :)

This extremely cute creature here is a Wombat! I remember being 15 years old in Perth, hugging a very cute wombat in my arms and posing for the picture. I believe it was quite a bit smaller than this one. (It was quite heavy too!) Sadly for wild Wombats, they often get run over by cars on the road at the less urban areas.

Hope you enjoyed this blog. For the next blog I'll write about Port Arthur in Tasmania, Australia. Pictures will of course be included!

By the way, Happy First Day of Spring!! :D