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The Australia Zoo in Queensland is one of the
most famous tourists attractions in Australia
mainly due to 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin who
was well known for his wildlife documentary
series The Crocodile Hunter which was first
broadcast in Australia in 1992 before it was
picked up by the Discovery Channel network.
 Australia
Zoo is mainly a reptile zoo located on the
Sunshine Coast at Beerwah, a small northeastern
town, in Queensland. This famous zoo is set on
over seventy acres of natural Australian
bushland with over one thousand adorable
animals. Although the crocodiles are the main
attractions at the Australia Zoo, other
interesting animals seen here include famous
Australian wildlife such as kangaroos, koalas,
Tasmanian devils and wombats. This amazing place
of interest in Queensland was started by Steve
Irwin's parents which was then known as the
Beerwah Reptile Park. Steve Irwin then helped
his parents to care for the reptiles whereby he
even worked as a crocodile trapper until he
finally took Photo: Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin
over the management of the reptile park in 1991
and changed its name to Australia Zoo. Using his
fame from the feature film, The Crocodile
Hunters: Collision Course, he single-handedly
turned Australia Zoo into a famous place of
interest in Australia.
 As
the Home of the Crocodile Hunter, your trip to
this great Australia Zoo will always delight and
astonish you. This famous tourist area is
located near the Glasshouse Mountains which is
slightly less than one hour drive from Brisbane.
The staff at the Australia Zoo is always ready
to give excellent inside tips and information to
you so that you can get the most out of your
Australia Zoo experience. There are amazing
daily shows being prepared for your pleasure and
also opportunities for visitors to
Photo: Australia Zoo in Queensland
get up close and
personal with the animals. The main attraction
at the Australia Zoo is to watch the animals in
action at the 5000-seat Animal Planet Crocoseum.
This is where you will experience the wildlife
adventure of your life. Watch the birds fly
overhead, the snakes slither around and, of
course, not forgetting the famous saltwater
crocodiles. At this tourist attraction, the
children will definitely loved the cheeky
otters. You too can feed the elephants and watch
the amazing tigers play. Other places of
interest at the Australia Zoo include the Tiger
Temple and the Animal Encounters.
 Visitors
coming to this zoo will certainly would not want
to miss the live crocodile feeding sessions
besides the snake, tiger and bird shows which
are sometimes conducted by Steve Irwin himself.
The highlight at the Australia Zoo for everyone
was getting the opportunity to watch Steve
Irwin, who made a trademark of hovering
dangerously close to
Photo: Animal Planet Crocoseum
untethered
crocodiles, often leaping on their backs, talked
a mile-a-minute in a thick Australian and
dressed in khaki shorts and shirt, and heavy
boots.
 The
crowd always enjoyed themselves when they see
Steve Irwin struts his stuff with the giant
crocodiles. But visitors will no longer to able
to witness this great wildlife icon at work
anymore as Steve Irwin was killed by a stingray
while filming on the Great Barrier Reef on the
4th September 2006. He was in the water at Batt
Reef, Australia's northeastern coast, shooting a
segment for a series called Ocean's Deadliest
when he swam too close to one of the stingrays
when a stingray's barb went up into his chest
and put a hole into his heart. Video footage of
the attack shows Steve Irwin swimming above a
bull stingray, which weighs around 100kg, when
the marine wildlife suddenly lashed out and
speared him in the heart with its barbed tail.
Steve Irwin left behind his American wife Terri
Irwin and his two children, Bindi Sue Irwin and
Robert Clarence Irwin. On the day of Steve
Irwin's death, thousands of fans laid wreaths
outside his Australia Zoo. US-based Steve Irwin
and Australia Zoo television company Discovery
Communications, which produces Animal Planet has
established a conservation fund in honor of
Steve Irwin.
Visitors to the
Australia Zoo are always charmed by Steve
Irwin's quirky style and his typically
Australian catchphrase of 'Crikey' whereby he
has become Australia's most famous iconic TV
naturalist. Some tourists even traveled all the
way from America just to witness Steve Irwin's
daring face-to-face confrontations with all
manner of deadly crocodiles, snakes and spiders.
Steve Irwin even set up an environmental charity
called Wildlife Warriors Worldwide and has
always rallied people to the wildlife
conservation cause he so passionately promoted
on television. Steve Irwin was given a
final send-off in a memorial service at the Crocoseum of his beloved
family zoo on the 20th September 2006. Terri, Bindi, his father Bob Irwin and his friend John
Stainton spoke at the public memorial service.
Fans of Steve was asked to make a
donation to his wildlife charity fund to gain
admission to the service besides three thousand
free admission tickets being given out.
Thousands of Steve Irwin's fans made a trip to
the Australia Zoo not only to witness
some of Australia's most unique and amazing
wildlife but also to pay tribute to Steve Irwin,
who was
buried at the Australia Zoo.
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