Australian Zoo – Home of the crocodile hunter

So on Northwards to the Australia Zoo.. found an excellent pull off the next side road down (and then turned into a forest) to park our van in overnight.. love it when we find cool places easily.

Anyway – Australia Zoo – home of the crocodile hunter… and I must say, it’s a really well laid out park actually.. we saw lots of the amazing native creatures.. including the crocs. I’ll put up a selection of a few of them. They had mini-shows / presentations throughout the day, so it kept us really interested – I’m not usually a zoo person. Anyway, running outa time in the cafe, so just going to put the pics up now. But do go, it’s a great place.

A saltwater croc – in the CROCOSEUM! (he showed us how they sink down beneath the water and just watch their victims.. can hold their breath for 3 hours. You need to stay 1/2 the length of a croc away from the water)

Koala..

A kookaburra. These guys rock, their call is basically gut-laughter

There are lots of lizards in this pic.

And just a couple of big ones

These brightly coloured birds are from S.America.. Lorikeets. The bird show was great – 2 helpers were flying them around the arena… amongst the crowd.

I thought this sign was pretty cool. doubt I will see another one ever..

Then there were turtles..

and finally A Burmese Python wrapped around our necks.