Monday, April 28, 2008

Emu? Crocodile? Kangaroo?

I've been having a very good time in Darwin, Australia. Darwin is the capital of the Northern Territory and is on the Timor Sea. On Sunday I went on a tour to the Kakadu National Park. I saw aboriginal paintings on the sides of rocks which are dated to be around 1500 years old, a ton of birds, crocodiles, and a lot of bugs. (I took pictures, but will post them when I get back)

We started work on Monday, but wanted to ensure we could see the town so went looking for a place to eat dinner last night. We found this place called the Wisdom Bar and Cafe. We sat outside and there was this massive tree right in the middle of where everyone eats. We ordered our food and waited. About 2 minutes later we looked in the tree and saw a POSSUM. There were actually 2 of them in the tree and we found out that they live there and eat food out of peoples hands. If we were in New Zealand, I'm pretty sure that possum would have been shot and killed, but over here in Australia, they treat the Possum's differently.

So we enjoyed watching the Possum eat everything from carrots to peppers to even french fries. When our food came, we ordered the Australian Sampler which contained Crocodile, Emu, and Kangaroo. We all tried them and they were pretty good.

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