Australia Zoo

I was a huge fan of Steve Irwin but I think that Christa was more excited to go to the zoo then I was. The double Decker shuttle bus picked us up and on the way to the zoo showed a DVD telling of the Irwin’s family’s start in crocodiles. We got to see the stories of some of the crocodiles that were at the zoo and how they were captured which was really sweet. Unfortunately we didn’t get to see Bindi (Steve’s daughter) at the zoo; she was probably doing the Oprah show or something. The zoo was massive and we didn’t know where to start. We first checked out the alligators, and then we watched a feeding of the giant tortoises before Christa got to feed the Elephants. It was so cool to watch Christa stand there and have a huge massive elephant, named Sabu, take an apple out of her hand with its trunk and put it into its mouth. I think that Christa really loved the elephants because she really wanted to go back to the elephant enclosure. But before we did that we had to catch the big nature show that the zoo put on. The show educated about birds, snakes and off course crocodiles. After seeing the crocodiles in the wild I honestly wasn’t too impressed, but that’s just me I love the wild, Christa really enjoyed the show. After the show we had lunch and then wandered around the Steve Irwin museum. There were so many cool stories and pictures of the Irwin family; there was also a memorial to Steve which had things that people sent from all over the world. I loved the passion that Steve had for life and what he did; it really showed in his zoo. Then we went up to see the tigers and the baby tiger cubs. This was my favourite part of the whole park. To see these baby tigers play around was so amazing and I could have stayed there all day but there was still a lot left to see. The Elephants were across from the tigers and that is where Christa really enjoyed spending time. After we walked through the koala and kangaroo enclosure where we had a chance to feed the kangaroos and pet the koalas. Then it was off to take a quick look at the wombats, what a funny animal, they look kind of like large grey beavers without tales. Another really cool part was the snakes. Here the zoo displayed the world’s ten most deadly snakes, all found in Australia. Last but not least we checked out the salt water crocodiles better known as Salties. These were the crocodiles that were on the DVD we watched. They all had very aggressive histories and one of them named “Agro” almost killed Steve’s best friend at the zoo one stormy and rainy night. He was in Argo’s enclosure clearing something out because of the storm when Agro all of a sudden caught him off guard and attacked. Steve was there just in time to pull his friend away as Agro for some reason opened his mouth. “Crickey” that was close. They had pictures of the bit marks on Steve’s best mate’s leg and Wow!! Before we left the Zoo we had to check out the souvenir shop off course. I bought myself the coolest Crocodile Hunter coffee mug and then it was back on the bus.
We spent one more day in Noosa and had a awesome time hanging out with Pastor Peter. We went to church in the morning and then Pastor Peter took us out for lunch. We had such a good time hanging out and talking, we were so encouraged by him. God has truly blessed us with so many amazing people that we have met along the way.