A st kilda penguin

The zoo

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February 22nd 2012
Last weekend our plans to head down to Philip Island to ee the penguins fell through so we took the train the Royal Melbourne zoo instead! We weren’t sure if we really wanted to go because caged animals isn’t really our thing but we heard that a lot of the animals were rescued. It turned out to be a lovely day- the weather was glorious and I got to see koalas, kangaroos and a platypus! The bus ... 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