Australia Zoo - Wombat

Down to Sydney

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February 19th 2006
Noosaville was a nice, quiet place. We went to the Australia Zoo - this is a zoo owned by Steve Irwin (the 'Crocodile Hunter'). He was not there but it was interesting anyway. In addition to crocodiles they had birds, kangaroos, koala, wombats etc. Mostly native Australian animals, although they have a new section with tigers, elephants etc. After Noosaville was Brisbane. We stayed there for f ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

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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