The Austraila Zoo

Tuesday we made our way to the Australian Zoo, which was founded by the legendary Steve Irwin. We met Adrian, our Zoo guide. Adrian is in charge of all education programs which includes all volunteers as well. He talked to us about the place of the modern zoo in society, which is far different from animals kept in cages on concrete slabs.

We had some free time before our service work to check out the animals nearby. Adrian then took us to visit the tortoises, which was AMAZING! It is incredible how large they are.Read more