Friday, 13 July 2007

Crikey!!! What a Critter!!!

Crikey!! Welcome to Austraaaaaaaalia Zoo!
Yes, we went to Australia Zoo and it was the stuff that dreams are made of!! As soon as we got there we put our bags in to the locker area (we had everything with us as we were travelling onto Brisbane straight after), and then we went and checked out the Komodo Dragon! What a critter!! Then after the dragon we went and saw the 'Gators!! CRIKEY!! They were beauties! We saw the Dingo's, Tazmania Devils, Camels.
After that it was off to the shop to purchase some proper Australian Leather hats. We both look right charming in them! Then we went to see the Crocs!! CROCS RULE!!!
We went to a Koala show. The good looking girl talk to us about Koala's, it was very informative!! I learnt that Koala's are not bears, even though people call them Koala Bears!
After a spot of lunch (sadly they didnt sell Croc or Skippy burgers) we went and saw the shrine left in memory of steve irwin. there were hundreds of kakhi shirts that people had left messages on, and loads of pictures and banners. it was quite amazing how much there was of it.
we went next to the Crocoseam!! The arena designed for the Croc shows! It was good! They put on a great display. First they had the Elephants, then the snakes. They had some chap from the audience volunteer to be a snake bite victim, and they carried im off on a strecher, then they chucked him in the water! HAhah he had his phone in his pocket! Then I was 1 of 4 that volunteered to have a bird land on me!! However i was tricked! I had to hold my arms out and then squwak like an idiot, apparently to to attract the birds. Then he released the birds and they all flew off!! I was humiliated and embarresed, but i did get a picture of the legend that is Steve Irwin!! Then it was the Croc show!! They fed the croc and got it to jump out the water! It was very entertaining watching a captive animal perform for food!! Once the croc show was over we checked out the elephants and tigers, then headed for more koalas (we have some great photos!!!) and then the kangaroo enclosure!! again some cracking shots!!! we just had time to check out the snakes and then we had to leave. what a splendid day out.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Aaaw bunny, did they make u look like a plonker? U poor thing! Did u get pics?! sounds like uve been havin a fab time! still no change in the uk - still stupid amounts of rain - tempted 2 join u 4 a bit of ozzie sun! miss u both lots, kate xxxxx

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