Australian Zoo day trip

“6.00 am dring dring!”

It’s time to wake up. Today, it’s a special day: I'm leaving at dawn to spend an incredible day at the Australian Zoo. But before arriving at the zoo located at Beerwah, we have an hour's drive to go. I joined my friends at Roma bus station in Brisbane.

“9.00 am Opening doors” Where shall we begin? Australia Zoo is a huge park and this year, it’s the 40^th anniversary since its establishment. The park spreads over 70 acres, with 1,000 animals and it's Australia’s number one tourist attraction. Every day, there are a lot of showtimes and the choice is hard: we can feed tortoises/otters/elephants, see a wildlife warriors show, learn about koalas and crocodiles, see the tigers play. The park is divided into 7 territories, each with their animals. My friends and I first see crocodiles, each crocodile has a name and many of them have been caught by Steve Irwin. Steve is the famous Crocodile Hunter and the entire park pays tribute to his memory.

Next, we continue with koalas, cassowaries, dingoes, binturong… and we really appreciate that you can almost touch them.

“11.00 am Wildlife Warriors Show” It’s an essential moment in the park. We go to the crocoseum and the show begins. We are very impressed by the presenters, they play with a snake and a crocodile, I was afraid for them!

“12.00 Lunch Time” A good break, we walked a lot during the morning.

I enjoyed that the non-dangerous animals are almost free, we could touch kangaroos, koalas, birds and took pictures close up.

I don’t know why, but when I took a photo the animals posed, didn’t they?

“4.00 pm we finish with the shop”. Before leaving, tired but happy, we make a little detour to the stores. And we end up falling asleep on the bus!