Australian Zoo--Sunshine Coast, Australia

G'day Mate...

Yeah...R U ready? I will take u guys visiting Australian Zoo in Sunshine Coast.

Before We enter the entrance, here some information about Australian Zoo that You guys should know..

Australian Zoo is a 76-acre (31 ha) zoo located in the Australian state of Queensland on the Sunshine Coast near Beerwah / Glass House Mountains. It is a member of the Zoo and Aquarium Association (ZAA) and is owned by Terri Irwin, the widow of Steve Irwin, whose wildlife documentary series The Crocodile Hunter made the zoo a popular tourist attraction. *

Logo of Australian ZOO

Australia Zoo was opened by Bob and Lyn Irwin on June 3, 1970 under the name Beerwah Reptile Park. Their son Steve, had helped his parents since childhood to care for crocodiles and reptiles and to maintain the growing number of animals in the zoo. *

Australia Zoo won the Australian Tourism Awards for 2003-2004 in the category Major Tourist Attraction. In 2004, the Australian Animal Hospital was opened next to the zoo to help with animal care and rehabilitation.*

Inside the Austraian Zoo, you can find so many range of animals. Besides, there are many attraction shows that you can enjoy too...

Preparation before the show (^ ^)

From seal to Tiger,,,,,Grrrrrrrrrr let watch their show....

They are human's friend

Drinking Milk

Swim together

From Tiger the Legend...we are going to visit the Bird's Zone. See their feathers, they are so fabulous.

They are among the audiences...

And here my favorite show .....Interact with Crocodile...watch out guys!! don't go too close to them

Feeding the crocodile

Ouch..Mr. Crocodile missed catching the poor mouse

After enjoying all the shows, C'mon we continue the tour of Australian Zoo...keep up keep up....

Hey, Do u see that? I spot something among the trees

Shhhttt....they are sleeping

And is it a rock??  

Hoop Hoop...let follow them Hooping....oh well..Mrs. Kangaroo...where is Joey?

And now they are resting

One Albino Kangaroo 

well...Do you feel tired fellows? we have gone around the Australian Zoo..

I'll leave you to mesmerize these fantastic animals here...

And do not forget to go to the next destination...I 'm waiting you there.

Alright, guys...thank you accompany me go around the Zoo. See you around on my next page OK (^^)

Regards,

YS World 

*Wikipedia

Merapi Volcano--Central Java, Indonesia

Hello again my fellow readers..

It's good to be back. it has been a while since my last post.
Hope that I'm back with a good story (^^)

This time I will bring it the incident of Merapi eruption in October 2010 last year.
I 've been there for some donation activities and I also managed capturing some pictures of the refugees and the condition in the evacuation's site.

Before I put some pics, here some basic information about Merapi Volcano.


Merapi is the youngest in a group of volcanoes in southern Java. Typically, small eruptions occur every two to three years, and larger ones every 10–15 years or so. In addition, Merapi is very important to Javanese, especially those living around its crater. As such, there are many myths and beliefs attached to Merapi.*

some kids show happiness & togetherness after getting bowls of noodles

An old man is sleeping in evacuation site

Some donations from communities  

The refugees are queuing for medical check up 

On 25 October 2010 the Indonesian government raised the alert for Mount Merapi to its highest level (4) and warned villagers in threatened areas to move to safer ground. People living within a 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) zone were told to evacuate. The evacuation orders affected at least 19,000 people; however, the number that complied at the time remained unclear to authorities.*

 Destruction motorcycle caused by the volcano's ash

As of 3 December 2010, at 09.00 am, the Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (CVGHM) lowered the status of Mount Merapi to the level of "Caution Alert (Level III). They clarified that with this alert level the potential of hot ash clouds and projected incandescent material remained.*

Happy smile after getting donation

An innocent joyful laugh of a little kid knowing her dad getting some donation stuff

 

It's a tense , touching, and wonderful experience to be around them. Some old woman told me when she went  back to her house in a slope of the mountain which was dangerous at that moment, she heard the mountain rumbled and about to vomit the hot lava and ash. She had to run and run and run to save her life. She also said that now she often had a nightmare because of that incident. What I could do was to console and comfort her as best that I could.

Before I forget, we had to wear mask and safety goggle to prevent the ash particles go inside your lungs and eyes.

Very creative indeed !! It's to remain people to wear mask and safety goggle

Alright readers, I have to finish my Merapi Volcano experience till here, wait for me in the next page, OK.

Thank you for viewing my page...

Regards,

YS World

*wikipedia