On Sunday I made a pilgrimage with several other OzExperience travelers to the late, great, crocodile hunter Steve Irwin's zoo, the Australia zoo. We got picked up by a bus which showed clips from Steve Irwin's show while we made the hour long journey to the zoo. The zoo itself was very cool. It was specifically devised to be much more interactive than the average zoo. Staff members wander around with various animals which you are invited to view and pet. I got to pet a Koala, and feed a kangaroo, an elephant, and a crocodile (haha, just kidding about the crocodile mom - just checking to see if you were paying attention).
Enough talk, on to the pictures!
Me helping Steve Irwin wrangle a croc
Bindi Irwin (Steve's daugher) follows in his footsteps, and fees a croc. Note that the main handler, Wes, has a very firm grip on her in case he needs to yank her to safety.
kangaroo feeding! I wanted to try and hop into a Kangaroo's pocket llike on the Simpsons, but zoo rules limited the contact to feeding them. Bummer
these tigers knew some impressive tricks. I would have been happy simply with "don't eat me."
feeding the elephants!
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