Kangaroos in KY? (Vacation Part 1 of 3)

Aaron had a 4 day this past weekend so, we thought we would take advantage of the time off and explore some more of KY. We found some brochures about Cave City, so we thought we would head south and check it out.

Our first stop along the way was Kentucky Down Under. Who knew someone felt the need to bring a little bit of Australia to KY? Anyway, our tour guide Becca explained a little about kangaroos in general as well as which ones we could touch and which ones would rather be left alone.

This is Stuart. He loved having his belly rubbed. He let everyone pet him, including the crazy little kids trying to hang on him. I had no idea kangaroos were so lazy!

This is Becca, our tour guide who is not an Aussie, with the newest baby kangaroo. I can’t for the life of me remember its’ name. But I guess that doesn’t matter. He was very soft!

I went around to take get a picture of him with his mom but he buried his head in her pouch. Guess he is camera shy!

They also had an albino kangaroo. It was cute and creepy all at the same time. They said that most of the time when the mom sees that it is an albino, it will kill the baby. I guess they know the baby will draw unwanted attention. Poor thing! Just because it is a little different.

Isn't he/she cute?

Also in the park, were a bird aviary (with about 4 birds), goats, and cows (with the option to milk a cow). Aaron and I passed on that. How that all wrapped into Australia, I have no idea. But being from Potter County we didn't need to pay to see a cow!

Well that is it for Part 1. I will leave you with some snapshots of the friends Aaron and I found in the Down Under gift shop.


Stay tuned for Part 2...