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Our native wildlife have a fighting chance at survival following an awesome summer holidays at Australia Zoo! Daily silent auctions gave visitors the chance to bid for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take part in one of our amazing animal encounters alongside Terri, Bindi and Robert Irwin, with all money raised going to the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital. A whopping $48,500 was raised by ...]]> Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST 21 January 2012

A massive summer school holidays was topped off this week with Charlie the 12ft saltwater crocodile being fed a whole wild boar carcass in the Crocoseum! Terri, Bindi and Robert watched in awe as Wes tossed Charlie the boar on a rope, and after several minutes of tugging and death-rolling, Charlie won the day. It was the very first time we have ever showcased a whole animal feed in the Crocoseum ...]]> Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST 14 January 2012

The results are in. Australia Zoo has been voted the Best Attraction and Best Eco Holiday in the 2012 Best of Australian Travel People's Choice Awards, featured in Out & About With Kids magazine. ...]]> Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST 07 January 2012

Fleet the koala, who was shot by a slug gun in October last year, unfortunately lost his battle for life this past Wednesday. Fleet was brought to the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital on Thursday 13 October 2011, with seven pellets littered throughout his body; one pellet lodged in his skull/nasal cavity, lower back and behind his ear as well as one pellet in each limb. Three pellets located clos ...]]> Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST 24 December 2011

Australian broadcaster ABC has commissioned FremantleMedia Australia to produce a brand new TV series - Bindi's Bootcamps - in association with Sydney-based Sticky Pictures, which was shot on location here at Australia Zoo in Queensland, Australia. ...]]> Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST 23 December 2011

Giraffes, rhinos and zebras are now just a hop, skip and a jump away, with a new walking track to Australia Zoo's Africa exhibit opening on Boxing Day. The new 700m track means our guests have the option to experience the African savannah at their leisure, which will be great for families visiting over the school holidays. Regular local visitors in particular can also make the most of the new ac ...]]> Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST 12 December 2011

On the November 29th Carolyn Male MP, Member for Pine Rivers made a speech in state Parliament to urge the Department of Environment to refuse a Scientific Purposes Permit which would allow the harvest of wild crocodile eggs from Western Cape York. In her speech Carolyn raised concerns about harvesting wild populations of crocodile eggs for research. "The removal of crocodile eggs at any stage m ...]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST 09 December 2011

Terri, Bindi and Robert recently accepted a cheque for $40,000 donated to Australia Zoo Wildlife Warriors by Brett McFall, an online marketing guru who held a seminar on the Gold Coast in late November. ...]]> Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST 02 December 2011

Crikey! Our Australia Zoo Club just got a whole lot better - not only do you already get all the latest news on all things Australia Zoo with heaps of up-to-date news on Terri, Bindi and Robert Irwin and stacks of news about our awesome Zoo Crew. It's now PACKED full of Robert's Real Life Adventures videos too! Wooo-hoo! ...]]> Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST 26 November 2011

Movember may be drawing to a close, but the Australia Zoo Mo Crew is still going strong, raising money for men's health awareness (and the Mo Sistas are lending their support too!) ...]]> Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST