Australian Zoo

Australian (Steve Irwin) Zoo

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February 5th 2008
Drove from Rainbow Beach down to the Australian Zoo (Home of the Crocoldile Hunter) which is on the way to Brisbane. The Zoo is very cool in that it has pretty huge enclosures for all of the animals - the crocodiles were nearly all rescued by Steve Irwina nd brought to the Zoo or they would have been killed. There was a crocodile show where they feed the crocs - a bit tamer than the one we saw ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more