Australia Zoo

After Lady Elliot Island we rented a car and drove to the Australia Zoo. We stayed overnight nearby and spent two full days at the zoo. We honestly were not sure that we would be able to fill two days, but it ended up that we needed the two days to see everything.

C the Croc Hunter.

One of the signs at the zoo.

The boys driving the Croc Hunter jeep.

An echidna. C loves these and we have had a hard time seeing them at other zoos. They had at least five at this zoo in a huge enclosure. It was fun to watch them walk around- they are suprisingly cute.
We paid the extra money to allow C to go into the echidna enclosure and he got about fifteen minutes learning about the animals, feeding, and petting them.
They had a great koala forest, they marked the trees with koalas in them with signs. Then they had a koala down low that you could pet.
Their kangaroo area was huge. They had kangaroo feed to buy and you could walk around feeding and petting the kangaroos. There were several with joeys in their pouches too. We all really enjoyed interacting with the kangaroos.

C petting a kangaroo.
C riding on a pony. The rides were free and they walked them through a little wooded area.
R feeding an elephant.


C feeding an elephant.


The signs near the crocodile enclosures. They make it pretty clear that the crocs may try to eat you if you get too close.
Look closely behind C. This croc does look like it thinks C would make a good lunch. Thank goodness for the double fence.

The next day was Bindi Irwin's Masquerade Birthday Party. She gives free admission to all the kids on her birthday every year, so it was a bit more crowded. They had activities for the kids- face painting, mask decorating, trapeze lessons, cupcake decrorating, dance lessons, etc. The big thing though was the crocodile show. They had done a croc show the day before, but it was not nearly as exciting as the one they did for Bindi's birthday. Terri Irwin and Wes (Steve Irwin's good friend) did the show.

Bindi blowing out her candles with the media looking on.

Bindi, Robert, and Terri Irwin.



Terri and the crocodile.
Bindi feeding a crocodile (with Wes at her side).

Honestly, this was the nicest zoo we have ever been to. The enclosures were huge and very clean. There were walkways around many of the enclosures so you could easily see the animals, and there were many opportunities to interact with the different animals. Rob and I were impressed.

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