for Dave's Birthday this year we decided to go to the nearby "Australia Zoo"
to be honest our preconceptions were not very positive.... but how wrong we were!
Australia Zoo was extremely well done, and a fantastic (if a little pricey) day out - we enjoyed seeing all the crocs and different animals.
The best part of the day was the shows that took place in the Crocoseum, they were informative, humorous and showed how intelligent/well trained these different critters are... very food motivated (just like my cat Megsy)
I even got to pat a wombat, that was taking it's handler for a walk on a leash.. provided I stayed behind him and didn't interfere with his grass munching!
The koalas were my favourite, they were, mostly, wide awake and most intent on chowing as many eucalyptus leaves as possible.... every koala for himself!!
The snake display was most impressive and this skeleton display was amazing...
as was this extraordinarily long elephant :) hee hee..
surprisingly, I think this was the exhibit that the Birthday boy enjoyed the most....
the piglets!I took a photo of Dave to show how popular he was.... he received so many birthday phone calls that he was on the phone most of the time we were there..... but check the big mouth Koalie Bear in the foreground!!
what a Cracker!!
