Monday, November 21, 2005

The last 24 hours of my trip have been pretty sweet, and full of adventure. I spent one night in Mission Beach, where we went out for kangaroo. It was really good actually, they prepared like a steak, covered in plum sauce. One of the best meals I have had down here. The next day I took off on the last leg of my Oz Experience, to Cairns. We stopped off at a crocodile farm, run by a family who raises crocs for meat. I meant to try some croc, but forgot. They took us around to watch the feeding. There was a big bucket of chicket carcasses, complete with heads and feathers attached. The crocs only get a piece of chicken every couple days, since 75% of what they consume is converted to body weight. There were a ton of crocs. The workers use a plastic rake to stroke the crocs on the head, which causes them to close their eyes, and not attack. I think I would want more than a plastic rake if I was teasing a crocodile out of the pond with raw meat. They had tons of other animals too, kangaroos, wallabies, emus, alligators. We got to hold snakes and crocodiles afterwards. They taped the mouth of the croc closed, it was only a baby, but really really heavy. I had a few pythons wrapped around my body too, you would have loved it Sam! The highlight of yesterday definitely was the 50 meter bungee jump I did in the rain forest! The guy had to keep peeling my hands off the rail as I stood on the platform. It was way scarier than sky diving, since you get the ground rush. My entire body was burning with adrenaline afterwards for a long time, and my knees wouldn't stop shaking. I got dunked up to my hips in the pond at the bottom, and got water up my nose, which sucked. So much fun though.

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