Wed 31 Jan 2007
Wildlife World
Posted by Sean under Australia , Creatures , Photos , Sydney
I love animals. It may not seem like it from this blog, but I really do. I don’t actually think I will be eaten by shark or bitten by a snake, but I am honestly amazed at the incredible variety and sheer quantity of animals that can kill you in Australia. It really is astounding. So last week on my birthday Amanda and I spent the day together and ended up at one of Sydney’s newest places to take your money, Wildlife World in Darling Harbour. Bonus: I saved 20% because I paid with an HSBC card. No idea why, but I’m not complaining.
Kind of a random thing to do on your birthday but I must say I really enjoyed marvelling at the deadliest snakes, spiders, and koala bears. I spent a lot of time studying what the Eastern Brown snake as it’s been biting people like we’re going out of style.
February 1st, 2007 at 9:37 am
What a nice way to spend your birthday! I was hoping you would include a picture of the butterfly enclosure which I found fascinating.
February 2nd, 2007 at 4:18 pm
Stumbled across your blog on a Google search. And being a ‘new’ Aussie myself can relate to the stories and the pure awe that this continent imposes! Even though I am from Africa, there are creatures here that freak me out!
Loving the humour so hoping to visit more often! If I bring my HSBC card do i get frequent flier miles!??
February 2nd, 2007 at 5:14 pm
Happy belated birthday!
Your koala picture is really wonderful…
February 2nd, 2007 at 11:42 pm
mb: the butterflies were cool…but I don’t think I took any photos of them.
Zhivana: welcome to Australia!
Mike: thanks dude!
February 7th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
Happy belated bday!
The Thorny Devil is cute!
Hmmm…deadliest snake “asian” by any chance? Mwahahahaha….and can I buy one for Dereck? =)
Mags
February 7th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
Thanks Mags! And actually it’s not Asian. According to wikipedia:
The taipan was named by Donald Thompson after the word used by the Wik Mungkan Aboriginal people of central Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.
I’ll see if I can find one for you to give to dereck.