Tess' 7th Birthday Party

Lisa certainly knows how to throw a birthday party! Her number 4, Tess, turned 7 today.  The kids and I were invited to come to her party on Saturday.

There was a slushy machine for starters (imagine the possibilities for later when the kids are in bed!) Then the real fun started! A man arrived with a Dingo (the animal - not the small excavator variety) and all manner of other Australian animals! He gave a great talk about all of his pets (they really were his pets! I can't quite remember most of their names... I probably can't even remember their species names... but I can remember what they all felt like, and I can remember what one in particular smelt like!!)

This is a Dingo 

(Do you know how much I'm restraining myself from doing a Lindy Chaimberlain impersonation right now? It's a LOT!)

Mr Blue Tongue Lizard

'Pinecone' He's a lizard... I can't remember the variety, but he seriously feels just like a pinecone!

And this kind of lizard, it's head and it's bum look the same, so when threatened, he curls into a horseshoe shape, in the hopes the predator will bit it's bum, then it will bite the predator! 

Strong jaws - they like to eat snails :)

Miss Red investigating the cages Nick brought

Tessy wearing a Dragon fascinator - ready for the Melbourne Cup ;)

A frill-necked lizard - very scratchy claws! 

These ones run fast on their hind legs :)

An Iguana - like Jub Jub (from The Simpsons ;) )

Tess and a Brown Snake

Tess and hmmmmm - a snake.... was it a python? It probably wasn't, I can't remember!

I never expected snakes to feel so smooth, soft and almost jelly-like!

Red tickling the snake!              The snake heading off to check out the Andraczke's aircon.

Then we take a turn to the feathery variety - I'm pretty sure he said this is a Lorikeet

A Croc with a sore nose! 

The bandage is to stop him biting, but he does have a sore nose too - 

The people who found him kept him in a small tank to keep him small, but it doesn't work that way!

This is a Northern Hairy Nosed Wombat. She STUNK! 

She is 22 months old, and has been hand-reared since she was days old - her Mum was hit by a car and died, but she was rescued, which is pretty awesome :) Her best mate is a Dingo!

I learned lots and the kids had a great time!