Australians have an obsession with courtyards.
The echidna, like the platypus, is an egg-laying mammal.
This is... was... a giraffe.
A kangaroo skeleton.
Just for Dad - an armadillo skeleton.
This is totally creepy.
I've seen more dugongs in the past 2 weeks than some people will see in their entire lives.
They're all about the opals here.
This is a replica of some huge chunk of gold that was mined in Australia during the gold rush.
That is one HUGE crocodile.
It's easier to tell in this picture: that big dinosaur has been opalized.
The first platypus I've seen in Australia.
The now-extinct Tasmanian tiger.
MEGAFAUNA.
