Hey everyone! As some of you may know, I've had the privelage of being an exchange student for my school, Moeller High School. I am currently staying is Brisbane, Australia...right on the coast! I am about two weeks into my stay, and about three weeks more! I'm going to Dreamworld in the next couple days and hitting up Movie World and Wet 'n Wild soon.

So we went to the Australia Zoo today. It was really good, they did a great job showcasing the crocs, birds, snakes, 'roos, tigers, and elephants. I really liked how there was alot of interaction between the workers/animals and the guests. They had a great message of keeping the world clean and keeping the animals safe, aswell as humans too. Something I didn't like/thought was wierd was how much Steve Irwin stuff was there. They had him on bilboards infront of the place and near it. There were pictures of him and action figures and CRIKEY everywhere...it was just too much, and they were advertising "The home of the crocodile hunter" EVERYWHERE. It was just abit wierd... Speaking of Irwins, i didn't see any. Unfortunately, my batery ran out before i finished the day with the snake room......really wasn't much there, just a dark room with snakes. They had the Fierce snake who's bite can kill 100 men, making it the MOST venemous snake on EARTH. It was a very awesome and beautiful place with plenty of theming for each attraction, and I'd recomend it to anyone out there! Ohh.....and remember, CROCS RULE!!!!

Got done playing a game of criket with my exchange mate, Doug! For those who don't know what criket is, the best way to explain it is like Home Run Derby and Pickle combined....all on a 5 hour scale.

First little habitat I saw upon entering the zoo. It's a komodo dragon-ish lizard.

We went and watched a show about these small otters, they swam around and chased after food....and made annoying cat-like noises.

A giant tortise named....*sigh* Goliath. 50% of males die during mating because the fall over on their shell and can't roll over! LOL!!!

Lol, I thought this sign was funny.

A pair of fresh water crocs.

A koala! Sleeping...surprise.

Inside the Crocoseum! It's a pretty big thing to fit inside the zoo, and it gives the animals a nice habitat to move around in while being in the show. The park was pretty dead today...

Awesomeness -

So this one woman is going on and on telling people to stay away from snakes and don't bother them and keep safe, blah blah blah....So then she's talking about how guys get bitten more than woman, and she's rambling on about how women are smarter. So the other guy is like.."No, it's because snakes never come into the kitchen!" And alllllllll the guys in the crocoseum laughed their ass off.

A croc named Graham. He is a saltwater croc about 15ft. long.

Must be where all the good 'roos go..

Yup, most 'roos are chillin' under the trees!

"Yeah, pretty much lay around while people bring me food and crap....this really is heaven, right?"

G'day mate.

Sittin' next to an older grey 'roo.

Kangaroo mid-hop!

It's a really tall bird.

I forget the name to this guy, too...

A trio of elephants in an awesome themed south-east Asia area.

A big tiger named Khan. Possible relation to Spanish Khan.

Some great theming aswell as a place to remember one of the recently deceased elephants.

One of the younger tigers messing around with one of the trainers in the water.

Another shot of the tigers messing around....two brothers and a sister I think. It was really cool how thye explained how they interact with them and how they control their behviors with discipline and reward.

Back to chillin' with the red 'roos! I wish they all had names. The kangaroo is pretty sweet, it lays around in the shade...might get up to find some food or water....

It's a kookabura! I get REALLY annoying when me and my friends start laughing at 4AM.

Lol, it's a wombat...and it's name is Meg.

It's a dingo....looks like a normal canine.

And those are all the pics from the aussie zoo. I had a blast there and hope to go back some time in the future.

I thought this was hilarious....insert own caption for the emu! Taken at an emu farm.

Thanks for reading!

Thanks for the fantastic pictures and report!

Wow, just wow!

Believe it or not, I think I may have seen one of those tiger trainers before in a US park. . .I think perhaps Six Flags Great Adventure's Golden Kingdom!

Wow what a fantastic opportunity for you and I appreciate you sharing part of it with us. The pictures are good and I enjoyed seeing them while reading your report. Thanks again have a great time.

Way cool! I've ALWAYS wanted to go to Australia. I may go next year.

Spectacular Trip Report KI man! Those are just some amazing photographs of the animals. It sounds like you are having a great time there. Thanks so much for sharing with us!

I'm glad you had a wonderful time there, and I am very jealous that you got to go.

Hmm...caption for the Emu picture...I've got nothing, maybe later.

That emu is scary... a few years back i was at the Indianapolis Zoo and i was feeding an ostrich and it bit me...

Thanks for the comments guys! Haha emu's are soooo wierd. They make these low, bass deep grunts. It's so funny!

Great pics!!! I had planned to stop there last year, but I never made it. Not going to try again, so this is the next best thing..looks like a great place. I love the dingos-they resemble wolves in their behaviour.

Australia is just awesome. Everyone is nice and friendly...and I am deffinately coming back here, temporary or permanant.