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Papua New Guinea
Australia, 2024
East Timor
Australia Zoo
Brisbane
Australia Zoo
Animal Encounters
I'd reserved three in-person animal encounters, with a wombat, some dingoes, and an echidna.
Naughty Wombat Encounter
Elle is only in it for the snacks
Wandering Wombat
Wandering Wombat
By Jingo Dingo Encounter
With two
reasonably
amiable Dingoes
By Jingo Dingo Encounter
Archie + Graham
Archie is
very
white
And, yes, White is a natural Dingo colour!
Spiky Little Echidna Encounter
With a very mellow 24 year old short-beaked echidna
Spiky Little Echidna Encounter
Spiky Little Echidna Encounter
Bonus crocodile statue
Other Australian Animals
Boab Tree (??)
An Australian species of Baobab
Fine Skink (?)
Charming Tasmanian Devil
Charming Tasmanian Devil
Dopey Koala
Bosco, a saltwater crocodile "with an explosive personality"
Crocodile Hunter Lodge: Penned residents
Crocodile Hunter Lodge: Wild kangaroo
World Animals
The zoo also has the usual star animals from Asia and Africa
Sumatran Elephant
"Tiger Temple" resident
Watchful Meerket
Napping Komodo Dragon
Brisbane
Brisbane Central Business District
Queensland Parliament (1868)
Old Government House (1862)
Commisariat Building (1829)
Oldest building in Brisbane. Convict built.
Old Treasury Building
Queen Victoria Statue
Anzac Memorial
Anzac Square: Bottle Tree
Commemorating Boer War Soldiers
Old Customs House (1889)
King George Square
George V statue
Brisbane City Hall
Complex City Hall pediment sculptures
A benevolent Goddess (?) welcome the settlers
Settlers' Monument
Settlers' Monument
Graham + Amiable Kangaroos
City Hall Auditorium
General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane
City Hall Museum
Papua New Guinea
East Timor