{"id":1432,"date":"2021-08-09T17:09:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T07:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/?p=1432"},"modified":"2021-09-15T05:43:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T19:43:49","slug":"australia-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/?p=1432","title":{"rendered":"Australia Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An overdue visit to Australia Zoo was also worthwhile. It\u2019s well laid out and full credit to the Irwin family for keeping the dream alive. With visitor numbers way down due to covid last year plus all the lockdowns this year would make it very frustrating running this type of business. You can easily see how fragile the tourism industry has become with infrastructure such as this needing people through the gates constantly just to maintain its zoo population let alone anything else. Here are some of the animal pics I took while walking around, it\u2019s well worth a visit if you can get there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ozzoo2s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1423\" src=\"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ozzoo2s-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ozzoo3s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1424\" src=\"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ozzoo3s-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ozzoo4s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1425\" src=\"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ozzoo4s-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tigerss-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1428\" src=\"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tigerss-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/giraffes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1414\" src=\"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/giraffes-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/zebras.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1430\" src=\"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/zebras-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/turtles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1429\" src=\"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/turtles-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/crocs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1412\" src=\"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/crocs-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/tiger1s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1427\" src=\"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/tiger1s-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An overdue visit to Australia Zoo was also worthwhile. It\u2019s well laid out and full credit to the Irwin family for keeping the dream alive. 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