Blogs from Australia Zoo, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 3

Zbierając przed wyjazdem do Australii informacje dotyczące okolic Brisbane, regularnie napotykałam entuzjastyczne relacje z wizyt w Australia Zoo, uznałam więc, że warto się tam wybrać. Początkowo mieliśmy odwiedzić je tuż po wyjeździe z Brisbane, jednak ostatecznie przełożyliśmy wizytę na dziś, żeby nie odwiedzać dwóch ogrodów zoologicznych przez dwa dni z rzędu (przez wyjazdem z Brisbane byliśmy w Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary). Mieliśmy swego czasu pomysł zarezerwowania wycieczki dla VIP-ów w Australia Zoo, polegającej na „zaglądaniu za kulisy” i spotkaniach twarzą w twarz (twarzą w pysk?) z wieloma zwierzętami, w tym z tygrysem, którego można przy takiej okazji pogłaskać. Okazało się jednak, że taka wycieczka kosztuje… 2000 AUD od osoby - tak jest, to nie literówka, okrągłe cztery tysiące dolarów za nas oboje. Ta kwota daje pewne wyobrażenie o tym, jak drogi jest zwykły bilet wstępu do ... read more

After a great time on Fraser Island, we made our way down to Brisbane (Monday morning). We had 2 days in Brisbane and had decided to go to the Australia Zoo (Steve Irwin’s Zoo) on one of those days. Because the zoo is about 70km north of Brisbane we decided to go there straight from Hervey Bay, which meant an early start, as it was about a 3 hour drive! But that wasn’t hard to do (getting up early) as the rain came down hard that night and into the morning. I must say that we have got putting up and taking down the tent, in the rain, down to a fine art. But this is getting beyond a joke. Ha ha!!! We got to the zoo shortly after it opened (Billy’s driving throughout this trip ... read more

Up early again this morning in order to get the City Cat to Riverside before walking to Central Station, unfortunately we missed the first City Cat which in turn made us late for the first train of the day. We had to wait an hour before catching the train heading to Nambour and we would depart at Beerwah, where a courtesy coach would be waiting to take us on to Australia Zoo. First impressions -WOW! There was no queuing and as the owner of the hostel lent us his discount card we saved 20%. First stop the Crocoseum, en route we encountered people feeding the elephants, rhinoceros iguanas and beautiful scenery. Once in the Crocoseum we were entertained whilst waiting for Bindi to arrive to do her singing and dancing on stage - what an entrance ... read more

At Australia Zoo we saw lots and lots of animals. There were Red Pandas, Pythons, Echidnas, Cassowaries, Camels, Tasmanian Devils, Otters, American Alligators and of course Crocodiles. Their names were Charley, Amy, Bluey, Casper, Acco, Connie, Agro, Cookie, Scrappa, Weipa and Lucy. We went to Roo Heaven and you could pat a kangaroo and I patted one laying down saying “pat me”. It was just like patting a dog. At the shop on the way out, I got to cuddle a koala and had a photo taken. Then they brought out the Macaw and a Black Cockatoo. I got a photo holding them too! They were very, very heavy on my arms. ... read more

Highlights of traveling to the Australia zoo: -Big yellow Australia zoo bus from the Alexandra Headland beach to Berwah, the city where the zoo is -feeding of the three huge elephants -petting the camel -Crocoseum show with exotic birds flying overhead, Andy winning the monkey impersonation, zookeepers bringing huge snakes all around the audience, huge crocodile feeding - the croc was cranky and refused to leave the arena. -Roo heaven-we sat around with the kangaroos and wallabies, petting them, and watching them just bounce around -Koalas Koalas Koalas! There were so many of them high up in the trees you could find and a large area where they were close enough to the ground to pet. It was so great just to watch them sleep, stretch, and in the afternoon they would wake up for a ... read more