We drove through to Port Macquarie. We did a bit shop to restock on everything before heading to the Sea Acres Rainforest Centre. A lovely retired lady called Joanne gave us a tour around Port Macquarie's sub-tropical rainforest. She was very knowledgable and shared may facts with us about the rainforest plants and animals. It was very unique as it is close to the beach and in town.
Ed and the kids in a memorial area of the sub tropical rainforest walk
A strangling fig in the rainforest
After leaving the rainforest centre we went for a visit to the Koala Hospital. They rehabilitated Koalas to return them to the wild. Some are not able to be released and become residents of the hospital. There were some very sad stories about the Koalas, however the dedication of the volunteers and staff is amazing. There were a couple of 21year old Koalas who had to be fed special formula to supplement their diet as well as several koalas with major injuries such as eye and leg injuries. They also name them according to where they are found e.g. Macquarie flower. This means that they are able to be put back into wild close to where they were found as Koalas are territorial animals.
One of the Koalas waiting to get put back in the wild.
As were were in need of showers and clean clothes we stayed the night in a local caravan park. Hmmm hot shower!
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