If you go down to the zoo today you're in for a big surprise - yes they take animals for a walk around the zoo - we bumped into wombats and dingoes on leashes and koalas and kangeroos on pat duty!
Australia Zoo is Steve Irwin's legacy - he and his family are everywhere in terms of impact and philosophy. The zoo is a tribute to all - fantastic day out and everyone enjoyed being able to get up close to animals and birds alike. Unusually for a zoo most of the animals were active and fun to watch.
The main show was really entertaining - showing how the environmental impact and how to overcome the endangered species - man's greed for resources decimating natural habitats and forcing animals into unchartered territory and unknown confrontation (koalas don't get on with cats and dogs, snakes love rats).
Crocodiles are fantastic to watch - nothing much and suddenly they launch and anything within 5 feet of the waters edge is a gonna.
For some reason 2 keepers actually say in the tigers cage - all was good until tiger "attacked one of keepers - other keeper had to rush over and push tiger away - sure it was a play fight but good entertainment!
Needless to say we were the last to leave the zoo - all went remarkably quiet at 4pm so pretty much on our own for last hour - our own private zoo. Good job really because we missed the turn off going so had an extra 35km (2o miles) before next junction - needless to say Mandy was texting at the time!
Off to Fraser Island tomorrow - despite best intentions it has worked out better to go on a tour - Mark will have a day off driving. Hopefully none of us will be digging the truck out!
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