I have 3 weeks in Australia across Brisbane, Cairns, Tasmania (road trip), and Melbourne. I want to do as much platypus-related stuff as possible - anything I'm missing???

Here's what I already have planned/booked:

-Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary Platypus Experience https://lonepinekoalasanctuary.com/platypus-encounter/

-Airbnb in Tasmania called Platypus Waters (claims to have one living in a river behind the property, reviews say people do see it occasionally)

-Tasmania Arboretum trip (apparently several live in the pond there)

-Paddle with Platypus tour https://tassiebound.com.au/paddle-with-the-platypus/

-Healesville Sanctuary Platypus Discovery Experience (this is the one where you get into the tank in waders to feed them!!!)

The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. The platypus is the sole living representative of its family Ornithorhynchidae and genus Ornithorhynchus, though a number of related species appear in the fossil record. Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant species of monotremes, mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young. Like other monotremes, the platypus has a sense of electrolocation, which it uses to detect prey in water while its eyes, ears and nostrils are closed. It is one of the few species of venomous mammals, as the male platypus has a spur on each hind foot that delivers an extremely painful venom.

I thought you guys would probably appreciate my platyplushies. Since I got sick during the pandemic and never recivered, I needed something else to do with my time. This is the result over the last 4 years. I even made a fluffy one from real sheepskins. Hope you like them!

I love them

If I had a gallon of platypus milk, how much would it cost?

Found this book

Purple platypus is my nickname/typical online name. Hence all the purple platypus stuff I have :)

With prismacolor soft core colored pencils

(the blue foot things are footprints)

Thought everyone here would enjoy my tattoo. Done by Jay @ Rust Belt Ink in Pittsburgh, PA