Beerwah
Travel Blogs from Beerwah, Australia
Australia zoo, home of the crock hunter
'Cricky mate' We went to the crock zoo the other day 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 ...
Hi everybody just thought we'd have a ...
Hi everybody, just thought we'd have a change of author for a while so it's Simone here!! Well after the weather being shite since we arrived in Oz it has finally cleared up and we had a whale watching tour booked, great we thought, something that ...
CRIKEY!!
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 ...
Crickey Mate...What a Beauty
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 what ...
Steve Irwin Australia Zoo
Despite his death 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 ...
A Place to Get Close with the Animals
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 ...
Australia Zoo
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 ...
At Home
On August 6, 2005 Karon & I were married. We had a wonderful day, celebrating with family and friends al Clio's. After an evening of dance, laughter, speeches, The Pearson family choir singing etc etc... we settled down to a month's trip that took us to ...
Australia Zoo and Brisbane
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, ...
Cirkey! It's animal life, it's easy to see...
... 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. ...
Glass House Mountains
... , it would stop. Now either it was scared my camera clicking was a weapon or it was the most photogenic kangaroo in Australia. We got some great pics! We finally arrived at Coochin Creek, which was basically like camping along black ...
Strawberry Fields Forever
... the end of the first week we had got friendly with a couple from Tasmania, Simon and Sarah. The were also traveling around Australia and they were staying in a Caravan park in the nearby town of Caloundra. Simon and Sarah invited us around for a ...
Orange picking in Beerwah
It the hardest job ever ... the trees are very bushy and spicky. The bins to full fill are like 1 m3 and 500 kgs ... and it's paid 30$ per bins (1 bin <=> 2hr and half work). The bags are heavy to carry, the back pains .. and because you're not ...
Melons or Strawberries anyone?
... 8217;s your arms and back giving you grief! Welcome to our current life in Chinchilla – melon capital of Australia! But............ Before the melons there was strawberry planting – our first employment as primary industry ...
Everything Strawberries!!
30th August 2009 Dear All, If memory serves me correctly the last we wrote was to explain the arduous task of melon packing in Chinchilla! Well that was back in May and seems like an eternity ago. So much and so little has happened since then. The 14th ...
Crikey mate, what a ripper of a day!
... 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 ...
Glass House Moutains- trekking
Pretty steep hehe. It's tipped 3 hrs return, I did it in 50 mins ... lol. Anyway, bloody nice scene outlook at the peak, I had a nap in the sun and then enjoyed the view. The moutain I climbed is called Tiberoowuccum I think. You may have a look on the ...
Zoo Station
... getting stuff like a car and our Fraiser / Whit sunday packages sorted and meeting up with Sue tomorrow... Decided to take a trip to Beerwah to the Steve Irwin Aus Zoo. The Zoo is huge loads and loads of crocs, snakes, lizards etc but they also ...
Steve Irwins Autralia Zoo
... is in a pot and I feel a bit fancy. My spoon is metal too and its nice not to eat off of plastic. I wait for the Australia Zoo shuttle from the end of the road and meet a nice couple from York. They are on their honeymoon and have just got married in ...
The Shadow gets "crated".
Murphy, fucking Murphy… I hate his law! The morning had come to take the shadow to get crated. I had been going over and over what I should put into the crate, what should go with me and was just going around in circles. Finally time caught up ...
Australia Zoo (Steve Irwins Zoo)
Crikey! Seen some little beauties at Steve's zoo! we got to feed kangaroos/elephants and pat koalas! Pictures will be up ...
Picking and Packing Strawberries in Beerwah
... Mary river running through it. We received a phone call from one of the strawberry farms that we had visited last month in Beerwah, on the Sunshine Coast. Henry (the owner) told us the strawberries are now ready for picking if we are still ...
wiedermal raege und glasshouse mountains
petrus het wieder gas geh unds so richtig chatze raegne lah. nichts desto trotz simer zude glasshouse mountains gfahre, di (bi sunnigem waetter sicher sehr schoeni) umgebig go ustschegge. glohnt het sich de waeg.. naja. ...
Australian Zoo
... het liefst zoveel mogelijk in het water. Op het grote videoscherm werd ondertussen een boodschap getoond dat "Crocodile Territory" in Australi'' een gebied is van Rockhampton aan de Oostkust helemaal tot aan Broome aan de Westkust, een gebied waar het ...
Australia Zoo
... months of a very excited Andy talking about Steve Irwin (Steve's his hero) (Andy's next to me denying that!), we finally arrived at Australia Zoo, which is the Zoo that Steve Irwin's dad founded and the one he now owns. There are photos of him and his ...
East-coast Oz camper tour Part 2
... much better and quieter. We made friends with some of our fellow campers round the camp fire too. 29th May: Today we visited Australia Zoo, the spiritual home of Steve Irwin, the crocodile hunter! We saw all sorts of animals, some of which we ...
Nierealne szklane Gory istnieja
Dzisiaj wyruszylismy odkryc widziane wczoraj przez mgnienie oka Glass House Mountains, czyli gory Szklanych domow. Nie wiem dlaczego, ale nazwa bardzo mi do tych gor pasuje. Nazwal je James Cook, ktoremu przypominaly one jego rodzinne okolice, fakt mnie ...
Forest Glen
Today we arrived at the closest Big 4 park to Australia Zoo... where we will be going tomorrow. We are staying here for two nights.... I cant wait for ...

