Last week Thomas and I went with his supplement school on a field trip to Kentucky Down Under! It was wonderful. I can't recommend highly enough this great educational family park.
They focus on animals and lifestyles of Australia. This is not anything like a typical zoo. The enclosures are not off limits to the visitors. With the help of the very well educated staff we went into the enclosures with the animals. They have one enclosure with grey and red kangaroos, wallabies, emus and black swans. There is a lorikeet cage where everyone can feed the birds while they climb all over you.
There are a few educational presentations including one on reptiles and amphibians. Across the field is the Wool Shed which has a fenced in pasture where we watched a demonstration of their Border Collie, Robin, running the sheep with great precision. The wool shed houses several different types of sheep including those breeds that are most popular in Australia and New Zealand. There was a presentation with visitor involvement about life on a Australian Sheep Station. Everyone in our group got to milk their Brown Swiss Cow named Faye. A few of the students even got to bottle-feed some sweet lambs.
As with most of South-Central Kentucky, Kentucky Down Under has a cave. It was lovely. The guide was knowledgeable and friendly. He even got a chuckle or two at my hugely pregnant body trying to traverse some of the tighter squeezes in the cave. I laughed too so it was okay.
A small flume plays host to gem mining via bags of mine silt. Their gift shop has nice souvenirs at reasonable prices. I bought four items that weren't junk for under $12. The Outback Shack has the typical fare plus things like bison and veggie burgers and salads. Even it isn't expensive. The admission is affordable, and the drive isn't bad at all, only 90 minutes from Nashville.
They focus on animals and lifestyles of Australia. This is not anything like a typical zoo. The enclosures are not off limits to the visitors. With the help of the very well educated staff we went into the enclosures with the animals. They have one enclosure with grey and red kangaroos, wallabies, emus and black swans. There is a lorikeet cage where everyone can feed the birds while they climb all over you.
There are a few educational presentations including one on reptiles and amphibians. Across the field is the Wool Shed which has a fenced in pasture where we watched a demonstration of their Border Collie, Robin, running the sheep with great precision. The wool shed houses several different types of sheep including those breeds that are most popular in Australia and New Zealand. There was a presentation with visitor involvement about life on a Australian Sheep Station. Everyone in our group got to milk their Brown Swiss Cow named Faye. A few of the students even got to bottle-feed some sweet lambs.
As with most of South-Central Kentucky, Kentucky Down Under has a cave. It was lovely. The guide was knowledgeable and friendly. He even got a chuckle or two at my hugely pregnant body trying to traverse some of the tighter squeezes in the cave. I laughed too so it was okay.
A small flume plays host to gem mining via bags of mine silt. Their gift shop has nice souvenirs at reasonable prices. I bought four items that weren't junk for under $12. The Outback Shack has the typical fare plus things like bison and veggie burgers and salads. Even it isn't expensive. The admission is affordable, and the drive isn't bad at all, only 90 minutes from Nashville.
There is a coupon in the Entertainment Book for Buy One Get One Free admission. We plan to go again after Baby Scalf 3.0 is born. This time with the whole family.
Here are some pictures of our trip:
Thomas and a friend watching the peacock shake his hinder at us. He just wanted us to know how intimidating he was.
The hands-on reptile and amphibian presentation.
Inside the kangaroo enclosure for a presentation.
Loving on a 'roo!
Thomas and 2 joeys. This was one of the coolest things ever!
Thomas and his lorikeet.
Watching the sheep herding demo.
Milking Faye. That stool was none to comfortable on this pregnant body.
Thomas milking Faye.
We had a fantastic time. If you are looking for a fun and educational family outing you can't go wrong with Kentucky Down Under! It is also a great school or church trip!
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