Today we went to another Bilby session. At this one we got to hold a joey wallaroos. It was wrapped up in lots of blankets. It looked like a joey kangeroo. It was really fun holding the joey. The joey was found in the mother’s pouch but the mother had been hit and killed.
Because they were playing the same movie as last night, we were allowed to go and sit outside, quietly and wait for the Yellow Footed Rock Wallabies. They are very shy, but they came out. There were were heaps of Yellow Footed Rock Wallabies!
We went into the shop to pat a Bilby. We had to wash our hands first so it didn’t get sick. It was really soft and really cute! It got fed some worms then got put back to bed because it is nocturnal.
From there we went back to the Corones Hotel, for a tour. It is a very grand hotel: every window having lead light glass; Italian tiles were on lots of floors; rooms with ensuites and one with a roof top patio; and a grand staircase made of silky oak! It was built in the 1920’s and took 5 years to complete. It was owned for over 50 years by Harry Corones, who was a Greek migrant who came to Australia in 1907 with only £10 (about $20). It has not changed much over the years.
Lots of famous people have stayed in the hotel over the years.
One of them was Amy Johnson who was the first person to fly from America to Australia in the 1930’s. When she landed in Charleville she celebrated by having a bath in Champagne. It took 13 large bottles of champagne to fill the bath. Mr Corones was a clever business man and he bottled the used bath liquid and sold it to investors as a souvenier of the famous lady. When they were rebottling it, the found that they filled 14 bottles so they hope that the extra bottle was just warm water that Amy had put in the bath!
The hotel tour ended with scones and jam.
After dinner we went to the Cosmos centre, where we looked at some stars and planets. Some of the things we saw were: Alpha Centauri – binary star, which is like two suns close together, over half the stars we see in the sky are actually binary stars; and the Jewel Box, situated close to the southern cross, was a collection of about 200 colorful stars that can only be seen with a powerful telescope.
Tara and Tess
This is the joey wallaroo.
A yellow footed rock wallaby.
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Once again very interesting reading about the Bilbys, Wallraoos and Yellow Footed Wallabies, it must have felt really good to be able to see and hold a Bilbys and a joey Wallaroos. The Corones Hotel looks great and must be really interesting to see through and here about it’s History. L of L Nan/Mum Bella xxxxxx
You’ve certainly got up close and personal with lots of wildlife. I bet the antiques in the hotel would be just the sort of thing to pique your mum’s interest, hey Tara and Tess?