A visit to the Australia Zoo

21st October 2010 (backdated update)

Who doesn't know Steve Irwin? It's such a huge loss that he passed away not so long ago. Thankfully, his passion for animals is still around and his legacy is continued by his wife, children and followers.

Because we missed visiting the zoo back in 2008, this time mummy was adamant that we visit the place. For this reason, we rented a car and drove almost an hour from the city. The zoo is located at Steve Irwin Way, Beerwah which is close to Sunshine Coast, Queensland. We spent the whole day there and it was surely worth the trip!

Here are some pictures that we took with animals at the zoo...

A must for tourists in Australia... taking pictures with kangaroos. Baby Safwan was happy too that he was smiling the whole time. Poor kangaroo though, it almost jumped when Safwan tiny hands grabbed his fur too hard... sorry kangaroo!

Thank goodness we were small enough to ride the cute little ponies. Some kids were frustrated since they exceeded the height limit.

A huge area of the zoo was dedicated for South East Asian animals, mainly elephants and tigers

In front of Tiger Temple

We caught some tigers in action ~ those were huge cats!

Wetlands - an area dedicated to some of Australia's beautiful birds that live near the waters

A pat at the sheep's thick fluffy body was phenomenal

Eye-to-eye with an eagle for the first time

We also watched a show at the zoo's crocoseum where we learn more (live) about elephants, snakes, birds and of course, crocodiles.

Hehehe... Nope, that's not a real turtle!

But this one is! We were lucky to come across a Tasmanian Devil ~ awake during the day although these animals are nocturnal

And here are some more of the animals that we saw... clockwise from the top: comodo dragon, cheetah, Australia's own echidna and cassowary, a huge snake and giant turtles.