5 Happy Cats..... me-ow!

My husbands business partner has 6 cats that he loves and adores and that love and adore him.  I believe it all began when Mumma cat began calling his backyard home and had her first litter, followed closely by a second.  All the cats decided that his place was alright and he was also keen on the little critters, so he let them stay.

This particular afternoon, I met 5 of his 6 furry children and the easy favourite for me had to be Harry.  I've known only one other cat to talk as much and he was also a ginger like Harry but this guy could talk under water with a mouth full of fish!!!

 

 

 

 

Looks like he had something rather important to say here :)

 

This is brother Scottie.  The way I told them apart was that Harry was the one making all the noise!

 

 

He wasn't as friendly as Harry (Scottie had a sore foot and I was a stranger after all) but here he just looked like a lion in the bush to me.

 

This is beautiful Mumma Cat.  She was such an interesting mix of colours and she had really beautiful eyes.

 

 

This is Calico, also a little stand off-ish but pretty and posed long enough for me to get these couple.

 

 

Lastly was Mimi.  I've been back over since a few times and she has also become quite the talker.

 

 

 

M-E-O-W :)

 

 

 

A day with the baby tigers

I was fortunate enough to get to spend a morning with these little bundles of joys.  They are the newest addition to Dreamworlds Tiger Island, baby Bengal tigers Baru and Ravi.  Not only could we take as many photos as we liked, we were able to pat them and have our own photo with the tigers.

This is Ravi.  He just wanted to play but was also kind enough to stay still long enough to get a couple shots.  I didn't get anywhere near as many shots of him as the group was split in two with the cubs and we just happened to spend more time with Baru.

This is Baru and the bigger of the 2 in my opinion. When we pat him, his back wasn't as bony as skinny little Ravi. Baru was kind enough to just lay there and pose for me which was lovely.

I love the paw up like he is waving at us.  Such big feet with big pads.....

This was right towards the end of our time with the cubs and by this time, they were getting so tired themselves.

This was just perfect timing with Baru looking right at me.  I was lucky to get this one but so grateful to him.

I had a wonderful experience and would recommend it to anyone if you get the opportunity.



A day at Dreamworld

Mum and I went to Dreamworld to see the white lions a little while ago.  We were left slightly disappointed with the lions as they didn't do anything, they just slept the whole time we were there and when they did move,they went behind a rock (to continue sleeping).  Luckily for us, the tigers were full of energy and we got to see them put on a show. 

One of the tigers (this first one pictured) was apparently put out by the lions which were on the other side of their enclosure and paced the boundary and constantly roaring.  He was a little bit intimidating to the other tigers and the handlers were in the enclosure to keep the peace!

This poor tiger in the foreground knew better than to mess with Mr Cranky Pants as he paced and roared, paced and roared......

This is one of my favourite from the day, capturing him as he was the whole time we watched....... cranky hehe :)

The white tiger was so beautiful - I just wanted to jump the fence and give him a pat!!

This guy is the son of the white tiger which is why he is so light on the tummy.  He was the closest to us during the show and he was just a gorgeous big pussy cat.  I'm a dog person at heart but I could have kept this guy for sure!!

I was super happy with the shots I got, especially the very last frame I took which is of one of the tigers jumping for a piece of chicken.  He got so high - it was impressive :)

And this is the sleeping lion.  There were two in the enclosure but the other one is behind this one and they were both in the land of nod - sleeping away their day :)

It was a lovely day out shooting the tigers and awesome to see the things they can do. 

Thanks Mum for taking me along xx