All Things Australia-ish

[The Sad Punk]

Use your word posts to make comments about Australia here.

[cobl04]

I hear Chicago zoos are where it's at.

[Reggo]

The zoo in Salt Lake only has one Australian animal, a red kangaroo. And all he does is lay in the sun and scratch his balls.

[Axver]

I'd say that I wish Melbourne Zoo was free, but I get a free peek every time I go past on the tram anyway.

This mainly involves seeing the kangaroos lying around doing nothing and the elephants standing around doing nothing.

[Vlad n U 2]

Stupid animals. They should only be existing for my entertainment!

[cobl04]

Originally Posted by Reggo

The zoo in Salt Lake only has one Australian animal, a red kangaroo. And all he does is lay in the sun and scratch his balls.

that kind of sucks. they're absolute beasts.

the Werribee Zoo is okay. definitely not free though. that's where Hamish and Andy dressed up as gorillas i think and they had the Bondi Vet bloke convincing the crowd their behaviour (drinking beers, playing slaps, getting into cars) was normal.

[Axver]

How to spot the locals at a zoo in Australia: they're the ones who walk past the kangaroo enclosure with a dismissive, been-there-seen-that look.

[KhanadaRhodes]

to continue from the last thread:

because i can...

Originally Posted by KhanadaRhodes

oh and i haven't just seen a koala, i've held one. so much fun!

Originally Posted by cobl04

Why can't threads continue on ad infinitum, out of interest?

oh, just because the bigger a thread is, the more taxing it is on the server, etc.

i'm also trying to remember if the memphis zoo has anything aussie-ish. they do have two khanda panda bears though!

[Tania]

The zoo here in Perth is worth a look. It is quite small but big on Orangutans. It is right in the middle of a specky area with lots of rather exclusive homes, and have often wondered what would happen if the lions escaped. Oh, also big on sun bears which are absolutely the most gorgeous animals and the reptile house is awesome (though every time I look at the crocodile the feelings are of awe and fear - definitely would not like to come across one in the wild). Have to admit, the Australian exhibit is not a big fav.

I like the seal exhibit at Taronga, where you can watch them underwater - could stand there for hours. Dubbo zoo is great as well. Very impressed with them as we were traveling around Oz at the time with our German Shepherd who was getting elderly and they looked after her for the day (they have kennels) and spoilt her rotten (she didn't actually go in the kennel but hung out in the aircon office.

[The Sad Punk]

My favourite thing about the Adelaide zoo is not the pandas (but they are pretty adorable) but Mujambi, the epileptic lion. He's absolutely gorgeous.

btw, is it standard procedure to have male lions outnumber females in one area in zoos? Melbourne's is like that, at least last time I was there, and I thought it would be a bit of a social fuck up for the critters. I was a bit surprised and even a little disappointed by that. The gorilla walking around with a coffee cup cheered me up, though.

[Axver]

I think Melbourne Zoo's lion enclosure in general is a bit ... disappointing. It's the kind of soulless enclosure that makes me sympathise with the anti-zoo folk.

Anyway, personally, I'm a total sucker for any penguin exhibit. Melbourne's blue penguins are adorable. I still don't know what the fuck any sort of penguin is doing living in Australia though. Did anybody else watch Penguin Island on the ABC last year, about the penguins on Phillip Island?

[blueeyedgirl]

Originally Posted by The Sad Punk

The gorilla walking around with a coffee cup cheered me up, though.

You know Melbournites and their coffee...

[Axver]

I am actually the sole person living in Melbourne who despises coffee, aren't I?

[cobl04]

you aren't, i don't live in Melbourne per se, but i can't stand the stuff.

i went to the Dubbo Zoo once.

as for the penguins on Phillip Island... what an extortion that is. the place is like built like a mini-fucking-airport and the penguins are about 30cm tall and you can only see them from 50 metres away.

not to mention we can't call them rainbow penguins anymore

EDIT- nice tags bonster.

[The Sad Punk]

Originally Posted by cobl04

EDIT- nice tags bonster.

Cheers.

I love little penguins, have been lucky to see them in the wild in a few places, Coffin Bay, KI, Victors and so forth. The first time I went to Melbourne I got a Phillip Island shirt with a penguin on it even though we didn't actually go there. I was seven, so.

re: coffee, I hated the (non iced) stuff until last year, now I love it. One day I want to be all Agent Cooper like and only drink black coffee, but at the moment I drink latte and cap pretty exclusively. Cibo is the best.

[cobl04]

To demonstrate my apathy for all things coffee, I went on what I thought was a little date at uni last year (it wasn't) and I was stumped for what to order cos I don't drink coffee. I wasn't sure if there were man coffees or chick coffees, like alcohol. I think I got a cappuccino.

[Vlad n U 2]

I just drink coffee, man. Is good.

[The Sad Punk]

Originally Posted by cobl04

To demonstrate my apathy for all things coffee, I went on what I thought was a little date at uni last year (it wasn't) and I was stumped for what to order cos I don't drink coffee. I wasn't sure if there were man coffees or chick coffees, like alcohol. I think I got a cappuccino.

Yeah, it can be pretty intimidating at first. I pretty much just started drinking cappuccinos because I had fond memories of eating the froth when I was a kid, haha.

[Angela Harlem]

I'm going to contact some politicians for the first time in my life soon. I am going to give/sell my vote to the candidate who can get a zebra crossing put up the road. I'm going to get all middle-aged-letter-writerish about it. I always reckon they don't listen, but many have told me they have minions who really pay attention to this kind of thing. We'll see how much one vote matters to them.

[cobl04]

Go Anna!

Originally Posted by The Sad Punk

Yeah, it can be pretty intimidating at first. I pretty much just started drinking cappuccinos because I had fond memories of eating the froth when I was a kid, haha.

Haha that's pretty much the reason I chose it too.