Finally visited Australia Zoo. Beerwah, Queensland.

Dec
01
2008

Today I was glad to see the weather staying sunny, and decided to take the visit on a Monday. Fortunately, it soon occurred to me that today is also the birthday of Robert, son of the zoo manager Steve Irwin. He turned five on this day, and they had a special show an hour before the crocodile hunter show just for him. Too much kids dancing and music for me, though. :P But it was great fun.

Walked lots, been to all the places from 9:30 am to 2pm. The train from Chelmer to Beerwah took one transfer, and takes about an hour and a half single-trip. Not too bad. I spent all my time waiting/on the train reading Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series, the third book The Dragon Reborn. Once I got off the train, a free bus took us from the station right in front of the zoo within 4 minutes.

The admission ticket for one single adult was $52 AUD though. Ouch. And I heard Seaworld here is even more expensive - I’ll find out later. But I must say the day in the zoo is a lot of fun. Wombats were bigger than I thought, and you can actually sit next to the kangaroos and pat them, or feed them with special food you can buy. The entire place is not too big; I could walk from the main entrance around and back within twenty minutes if I wanted to, but they had a lot of animals to see. If I had brought friends (don’t know anyone here yet), it might have taken a few more hours going around as well.

Anyways, some photos here. Enjoy. =]