And now for something completely different...

I was informed that my last post was rather boring and could have come from wikipedia.  So in an effort to keep both my readers engaged, here are pictures of cute animals from various places I'll describe in more detail later.  

All of these pictures come from our trip to Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji in 2007. 

The Melbourne Zoo has a family of Sumatran tigers in a huge enclosure, complete with stream running through it.  The juveniles played togeth

er like our cats.  This one is marking her territory and purred so loudly I had to take a picture.  

Cindy took this picture in Sydney at the rehabilitation facility/ education center in Darling Harbor.  How can you not love a face like that?  

This picture was taken at the Melbourne Zoo as well, but we saw the same species flying wild near Cairns- ever seen sparrows flock?  Lorikeets do the same thing, just in neon. 

And finally, I took this picture off a highway near Christchurch, New Zealand.  The road ran right to the edge of the water and sitting on the rocks were about three dozen seals, just basking in the sun.