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09-Jul-08, 03:12 AM
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Hi all,
I just had a 3 week holiday in Far North Qld. I was based in Port Douglas but spent a bit of time up The Cape and in the Daintree.
While I was up there I checked out a few zoos and thought id give you all a review on some.
The 1st zoo is Cairns Tropical Zoo.
IMO this zoo is fantastic, the staff and keepers are friendly and know what their talking about. The range of animals is quite broad from Birds to Red Pandas and heaps of Reptiles.
This place is well worth a visit if your up that way.
pic 1&2/ Coastal Taipan, 3/ Inland Taipan, 4/ mating pair of Blue Bellied Black snakes,
5/ Eastern Brown.
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09-Jul-08, 03:13 AM
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Being a Reptile nut I spent most of my time in the snake house, They also had crocs but I was crocked out by this time seeing quite a few in the wild and other zoos, so I didnt take pics of the ones here.
Some more photos.
Pic 1/ Scrubby, 2/ GTP, 3/ GTS, 4/ Pilbra Death Adder, 5/ Netted Dragon.
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09-Jul-08, 03:21 AM
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They also had a few Iguanas.
pics 1 & 2/ Fijian Crested Iguana, 3 & 4/ Green Iguana, 5/ Frog Mouth.
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09-Jul-08, 05:45 PM
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Here are a few mor pics from Cairns Zoo.
This is the biggest Croc Ive seen in the flesh at about 5 meters. I love my zoom lens.
Also a Gator pic.
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09-Jul-08, 06:00 PM
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09-Jul-08, 06:15 PM
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Your also quite handy witha camera........ 
Very nice photo's
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09-Jul-08, 06:19 PM
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Nice pics love the GTP.!!!
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09-Jul-08, 06:23 PM
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Is the big saltie called SARGE?
If it is i first saw him there when i was 9 years old & was glad i saw him there when i went to cairns a couple of years ago
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09-Jul-08, 06:29 PM
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This is the history of how sarge ended up at the zoo
(Sorry for hijacking the thread)
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09-Jul-08, 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by froglet  Is the big saltie called SARGE?
If it is i first saw him there when i was 9 years old & was glad i saw him there when i went to cairns a couple of years ago | Sorry Froglet, this saltie was called Zack.
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09-Jul-08, 06:45 PM
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Bugger,
Did you see Sarge at all?
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09-Jul-08, 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by froglet Bugger,
Did you see Sarge at all? | I didnt spend much time looking at the Crocs, so I didnt get to check him out.
I was talking to one of the reptile keepers there and he let me handle the Boyds Forrest Dragons, so I spent most my time in the reptile house playing with Boyds.
As soon as Boyds are Legal in vic, Im getting a few of these awsome little Dragons.
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09-Jul-08, 06:51 PM
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09-Jul-08, 08:01 PM
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i really like the Iguanas.
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09-Jul-08, 09:35 PM
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Nice photos.I was up there a few weeks ago and the reptile display was my favourite part,along with the bloke that got the Mulga snake and Inland Taipan out for a show.Did you see the 3 Childrens pythons in with the Scrubby? Or the Olive python hosed with Green Tree frogs?
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