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Australian Zoo

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August 18th 2008
We went to the Australian Zoo..home of the Crocodile Hunter...most of the day today. It was a blast! It had mostly Australian animals, and almost all of their snakes were posinous. Scary! We got to go into the cages with the kangaroos and pet and feed them. We also got to pet a couple of koalas. I really liked this zoo better than the ones I've been to in America because it seemed like the zoo kee ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Beerwah

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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