Ivy in the tortoise enclosure! She had 20 minutes with a trainer and the giant tortoise!

Australia Zoo

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July 9th 2011
All three kids really wanted to go to the Australia Zoo that Steve Irwin had catapulted into fame during his abbreviated life. Suzy and I initially resisted. If you go to a zoo, you could pretty much be anywhere and not know the difference. But since we were passing it on the way south into the rainforest, we decided to leave early and get to the zoo when it opened in hopes of not staying too l ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Australia Zoo

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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