I would have to say that my favorite part of visiting Australia would be my stop in Brisbane. I am a huge animal lover and from a young age I spent my time surrounded by them. When I was a kid I grew up with 30 rabbits, 7 chickens, 2 ducks, 2 turtles, 2 dogs, guinea pigs, a cat, a cockatiel, and sometimes I would catch a wild dove that I would spend time taming. I also spent time on my grandparents farm in Missouri in which we had cows, chickens, goats, and dogs. I enjoyed having numerous animals as pets but I also was fascinated with wild ones too. I could get lost in a zoo a million times and still not tire of it. I have never experienced a hands-on zoo before like they had in Brisbane though. I was so excited to visit the Koala sanctuary in Brisbane and if you get a chance I recommend it to everyone. At the sanctuary, they have a huge enclosed area a little smaller than a football field full of kangaroos and wallabies. They give you a bag of food and let you loose to walk around and feed them. The wallabies were more on the shy side and would hop away when you approached them but I was surprised at how docile and friendly the kangaroos were. While at the sanctuary I also got to hold a koala and pet a dingo. It was my coolest zoo experience to date and if I ever return I am sure to visit again. I know that an animal sanctuary does not make a city and it is not all that Brisbane has to offer but it had such a affect on me that this is what stands out in my experience of traveling there. I wish they had more places like these for I would be sure to be first in line to visit.
