Travel Journal: Last day in Brisbane!

 11/26/2024

It is our last day in Brisbane ! We seriously fell in love with this city. It is huge but so clean and easy to get around. We had so much fun just exploring and doing some super unique Christmas shopping for our loved ones. We also ate our way around the world with such a variety of restaurants to choose from at every turn. This city was a perfect hub to get us to so many other activities we wanted to do as well.

Today, we got into some of the nature areas of the city. They have a beautiful botanical garden that’s free to the public and we got to spend more time with some of Australia’s wonderful wildlife at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary 🐨

Did you know Australia’s beloved Koala is actually an endangered species ? Due to human development taking their habitats, cars and peoples pets as well as disease these poor babies have become endangered. 

The good news is many places like Lone Pine and the Australia Zoo are trying to change that. At Lone Pine you get to wander beautiful grounds and visit with lots of Aussie wildlife from birds, bats and crocs to feeding kangaroos and wallabies- there’s even the elusive platypus!

There’s  koalas literally everywhere in this beautiful sanctuary and they also have the Koala Science Institute and hospital to keep protecting and saving these sweet creatures (along with all other kind of critters). We even got to eat our lunch right next to some cute koalas and hang out with them while they ate their lunch too. There’s a lot to love in The Land Down Under but my absolute favorite has been their unique and beautiful animals. Feeding Roo’s and seeing koalas never gets old ♥️ 


Tomorrow it’s our first flight within Australia to Cairns - rainforests and the Great Barrier Reef await 🇦🇺Thank you for following along with us ♥️


https://lonepinekoalasanctuary.com


#savethekoalas #visitbrisbane #travelthelanddownunder #travelaustralia #travelblogger #koalalove🐨❤️


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