Tag: Australia

I’ve been visiting Australia Zoo (aka Steve Irwin’s Zoo) near Brisbane. I’d arranged three interactive Animal Encounters. Naughty Wombat Encounter Elle the wombat was cool, and willing to be patted, but she also made it very clear she was really only in it for the snacks, and dragged her keeper off as soon as all…

The Magnetic Termites of North Australia are extremely cool. Their mounds look rather like tombstones. They are some 5-8 ft tall, very thin East-West (about 4 inches) and long North-South (2-3 feet). They are aligned like this to reduce the impact of the sun on the nests. The termites are known as magnetic termites or…