Today was yet another awesome day! It took the bus about an hour and 15 minutes to get us to the Australia Zoo, former home of the Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin. It's not as big as I had expected, but it is a fabulous place. 
You really get to meet the animals up close and personal. Okay, so we didn't get to pet any crocs (thank goodness!), but we did get to pet/handle several others, including kangaroos, koalas, wombats, aligators (see the picture - he was only 7 months old!) and blue-tongues lizards. Michael's favourite were the kangaroos. There was a great crocodile show. The trainers are NUTS - they actually taunted the crocodile from only feet away! Absolutely crazy! 
Of course there are many other animals at the Australia zoo, including elephants, tigers, dingos, tasmanian devils, foxes, turkeys, walabies, echidnas and cassawaries. Of course, the most prevalent of all were the water dragons. There were dozens (maybe hundreds) of them running free about the zoo, ranging in size from 6 to 24 inches long! So tame and so cute!
I never thought I'd say that a lizard was cute! As I am concluding this little missive about our zoo adventures, I wonder if I should mention the time we almost got eaten by a 24 foot long crocodile named Cameron! I guess not! I'll just include a picture! More excitement tomorrow!
You really get to meet the animals up close and personal. Okay, so we didn't get to pet any crocs (thank goodness!), but we did get to pet/handle several others, including kangaroos, koalas, wombats, aligators (see the picture - he was only 7 months old!) and blue-tongues lizards. Michael's favourite were the kangaroos. There was a great crocodile show. The trainers are NUTS - they actually taunted the crocodile from only feet away! Absolutely crazy! 
Of course there are many other animals at the Australia zoo, including elephants, tigers, dingos, tasmanian devils, foxes, turkeys, walabies, echidnas and cassawaries. Of course, the most prevalent of all were the water dragons. There were dozens (maybe hundreds) of them running free about the zoo, ranging in size from 6 to 24 inches long! So tame and so cute!
I never thought I'd say that a lizard was cute! As I am concluding this little missive about our zoo adventures, I wonder if I should mention the time we almost got eaten by a 24 foot long crocodile named Cameron! I guess not! I'll just include a picture! More excitement tomorrow!
No comments:
Post a Comment