Australia Zoo Beerwah

Brisbane is the place that I am planning on spending the next couple of months saving, the only problem is that I don't have a job and arriving after a 14hr train ride that got in at 5:30am to then be told I couldn’t check into my hostel till after 2pm did not dampen my spirits. Oooo no, on the contrary it gave me opportunity, opportunity I …

26th of September

Today my Auntie and Uncle went back to work for a couple of days so I spent the day sorting out my photos, updating my blog, and generally chilling out!

27th of September

Well today was my first OZ driving experience, my auntie kindly let me use her car to drive over to Australia Zoo. Despite the fact …

We couldn't come all the way to Australia without paying a visit to Australia Zoo – Home of The Crocodile Hunter!

Australia Zoo was established in 1970 by the Irwin family and taken over by the famous late Steve Irwin in 1992. It’s 75 acres with over 1,000 animals, lucky we have 6 hours to explore before our lift back to …

Upon our return to Brisbane (and after a good nights sleep) we quickly packed up again, Gen and Ben in tow, and headed up to Noosa towards the sunshine coast. All seven of us piled into our rental van, Justin at the helm, and made our way out of the city. For the most part Justin has taken quite well to driving on the opposite side of the road ( …

A short hour's journey drops us at Mooloolaba backpackers where we have the pleasure of our own room, but it wasn't ready so we dropped off our bags and went for a walk around the town and on the beach there was a small schools surf and lifeguard competition. The town was nice enough but we were quickly realising that these small towns have not …

The one day I made a plan since I've been in Noosa and it bloomin RAINED! :( Went to the zoo nevertheless and it was ace! Saw all the iconic Aussie animals, stroked a koala, fed more kangaroos/wallabies and fed an elephant! :) Ace …

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Got up early this morning and took a bus out to Australia Zoo. It is about a one hour ride from Brisbane. Australia Zoo is home of The Crocodile Hunter - Steve Irwin. It is a pretty amazing zoo, very interactive with shows going on all day long and opportunities to get right in there with the animals.

Today we actually …

Nachdem der Reiner zum Lebenretten nach Deutschland abberufen wurde, werde nun ich, seine Schwester, die literarische Dokumentation unserer aufregenden Reise durch Australien fortsetzen. Dieses Erbe anzutreten ist sowohl eine Ehre, als auch natuerlich eine grosse Herausforderung, welcher mich zu stellen ich gewillt bin, jedoch bereits an dieser …

(Sam came up with the title!)

We arrivedin Mooloolaba on Monday from Brisbane and checked into our hostel which was quite nice and in a very good location for the bus! (right opposite the stop) We booked the hostel as it came with an offer to save money on the Australia Zoo tickets and is not far away from it, but we hadn't actually …

Back on the oz experience bus today which turned out to be the busiest bus yet! There were 11 of us going to various places between brisbane and rainbow beach. Michelle, Claire and I as well as Gary and Liz were getting off at Noosa for a couple of days and the others were all going elsewhere. Our driver for the day was Uncle Buck and he took …

... and weren't disappointed. The big man himself wasn't there apparently he's currently tagging crocks up north to record how they move etc. The zoo was huge with lots of wildlife we had never seen before. What amazed us was the fact that a lot of the ...

CRIKEY!! Yes, today we went to Australia Zoo, home of the late legend Steve Irwin. I hope you are jealous Claire?! It was a perfect day as well. There was a covering of cloud which kept the searing sun out. This was good for us and would probably make ...

Your probably wondering why I called my last email shark bait???? On our way out of Byron Bay to Australia Zoo we heard a news report that a 9 meter white pointer had been spotted off Byron Bay, we stopped at Sammy place on the way back up and asked ...

... nearly 3 years ago, Steve Irwin's zoo continues to thrive and, quite eerily, feature his image prominently in their displays. The zoo itself was fantastic, the animals seem well cared for, and there were lots of feeding shows throughout the day. They ...

this is by far the best Zoo we have been to.  The ability to touch, feed, and hold these animals is amazing.  You can pay some big money to walk with a Tiger, or a Cheetah. Or visit their animal hospital. The shows where also fantastic, well ...

The day has arrived..... Australia Zoo here we come. We got here just before the park opened at 9am - and it was quiet... we thought it would be packed out like a theme park, but its a 'family' zoo... the enclosures are lovely and big and have no ...

13th December Australia Zoo/Brisbane Headed to Steve Irwin's Zoo at half 8, feelin kinda rough, saw the Crocodile Show, Tons of venomous snakes and various other Australian wildlife, including Koalas, Kangaroos, Dingos, Tasmanian Devils and Lizards, ...

... and wombats on leads, and got to pet the wombats. Eventually the day came to an end and we grudginly left the confines of Australia Zoo. And that's about all our news. Our next stop will be Hervey Bay so that we can organise a trip to Fraser Island. ...

Crikey! ...

... there are pictures and posters about and the big screen in the awesome Crocoseum playing re-runs of Crocodile Hunter shows. Australia Zoo, unlike many others, is more about animal welfare and conservation than purely putting animals on show, so you ...