I'm not even sure who will read these, whether it be my family or just a few of my close friends or a wide selection but I hope that you will find it of interest.
Before reading/viewing on, I will warn you, there are lots of photos on this particular blog! Lots of photos of awesome animals! Just so you are aware.
A year and a bit ago I embarked on a new adventure. I undertook a Certificate III in Captive Animals at Ultimo Tafe. I volunteered at Featherdale Wildlife Park during that time and I went on many exciting journeys. Here are a few pics to showcase some of my experiences rather than write all about it, you can view it!
Feeding a white lioness!
Witnessing a lion get a root canal!
Playing with small clawed otters!
Hanging with dingoes!
Feeding red pandas!
It's certainly been an amazing experience working with animals and following a new dream. At Featherdale I was able to have many more hands on experiences such as holding koalas, holding snakes, feeding ghost bats, and much much more, however I'm not allowed to post photos of that so I will honour Featherdale by not doing so. If you would like to see photos I'm happy to show you in person. :) But here are some photos I took as a member of the public at Featherdale that I can share.
Though Featherdale has sadly ended, I have started a new journey at Taronga at the Bird Show. I am thoroughly loving it there. Behind the scenes of the bird show I get to release birds and hopefully soon catch them when they return after their performance. I love it! I get to work with a wide variety of birds, from the common pigeon to wedge-tail eagles, to black breasted buzzards and major mitchell cockatoos.
So I will leave you at that with a rough idea of what the last year has been in regards to chasing a dream to work with animals... next stop is Africa! That's right, I head to South Africa in just 12 days and I hope to post something every couple of days. So keep an eye out!
