Crikey mate that's a whopper! (Steve Irwin Zoo)

After spending another night in Brisbane we decided to take a day trip to the Steve Irwin Australia Zoo. We had to get up at the crack of dawn to get our bus which was annoying and when we got on the bus there were three Japanese people making a travel documentary. So at some point I will be on Japanese TV discussing my trip so far.

I had heard lots of good things about the zoo but I didn't expect it to be so interactive. At 10.00 we went to an elephant feeding and all got to feed them a couple of times. This was really good and felt so weird when its trunk wrapped round your hand; it was really rough and you could tell how strong it was.

After watching the tigers for a while we went to get a seat in the crocoseum ready to watch a show. On the way, however, we got distracted when we saw a lady holding a baby alligator (four years old) for people to have pictures with. I ended up holding it for a picture and it felt so weird, it was really quite squishy underneath where I was holding him. After holding the alligator they brought out a koala so I held him as well. This wasn't such a success as when I handed him back to the keeper I realised he had pooed in my hand and done a wee all over my top. Here's a fact I never knew about koalas... they stink.

We finally went to take our seats in the Crocoseum which was really amazing as we got to see the keepers feeding the crocs and the crocs leaping out of the water. This was apparently the show Steve Irwin would perform when he was still alive.

After the show Gwenda said she wanted to hold a snake so we went back to the photo place and all held it together. It was a massive Burmese Python and when we were holding it, it felt like holding one massive, smooth, powerful muscle.
In the afternoon we went to see the tigers playing. The keepers don't like to call it a show but they get a pile of toys out and see if the tigers want to play with them. It was fantastic to watch as the tigers are literally big cats with their keepers. There was a pool in the enclosure and while the tigers were playing they were jumping in and out of it.
When all the shows had finished we carried on looking round the zoo at all the other enclosures, including roo heaven where you could sit amongst the kangaroos and wallabes feeding them. This was a lot of fun as the kangaroos were jumping all over us trying to get the food.  

At the end of the day we returned back to Brisbane completely shattered but ready to leave for Rainbow Beach the next day.