Cruise Ferret » Australia New Zealand cruise http://cruiseferret.com A Cruise Lover's Site Fri, 01 May 2009 22:31:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Silver Whisper and the Sydney Opera House http://cruiseferret.com/cruises/silver-whisper-and-the-sydney-opera-house/ http://cruiseferret.com/cruises/silver-whisper-and-the-sydney-opera-house/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2009 03:50:47 +0000 Julie http://cruiseferret.com/?p=151 Here is how close the Silver Whisper docked to the Opera House. Very cool!

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]]> http://cruiseferret.com/cruises/silver-whisper-and-the-sydney-opera-house/feed/ 0 Tasmanian Devils http://cruiseferret.com/cruises/tasmanian-devils/ http://cruiseferret.com/cruises/tasmanian-devils/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:57:01 +0000 Julie http://cruiseferret.com/?p=133 In January, I took Silversea’s Silver Whisper from Auckland to Sydney. It was a wonderful trip, with stops down the east coast of New Zealand, Tasmania and Australia. At our second stop in Tasmania, I took the shore excursion from the port of Burnie to Wings Wildlife Park.

The wildlife park is in a gorgeous green and fertile valley in the north of the island. They take in and rehabilitate injured and orphaned animals. One of the main attractions is the Tasmanian Devils. Here are some Tassie babies:

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The babies were indoors, but outside is a habitat for the adults.

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They were feeding an animal leg of some sort — the devils eat the whole thing, bones and all.

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Because the weather was so hot, the little guys were a bit lethargic, so we didn’t get to hear the famous “Tassie Scream”, but it was fantastic being able to see them at such close range.

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