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

Ramayana Dance -- Prambanan Temple Yogyakarta

Hi readers,

It's been quiet long time since ma last posting, it was due on my broken lappie.
Anyway, I got my lappie back and yeah I m about to write my recent story.
It's about Ramayana Dance which was performed in Prambanan Temple-- Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

I was invited by entrepreneurship organisation which involve ambassadors around the world.
The venue was in Prambanan Temple with special performance of Ramayana Dance.

PrambananTemple

The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of India. It depicts the duties of relationships, portraying ideal characters like the ideal servant, the ideal brother, the ideal wife and the ideal king.

 It tells the story of Rama whose wife Sita is abducted by the demon king of Lanka, Ravana.

In this Ramayan Dance, the main characters are: Rama, Sita, Hanuman and Ravana.


Rama is the hero of the tale. Portrayed as the seventh incarnation of the God Vishnu, he is the eldest and favorite son of the King of Ayodhya, Dasharatha, and his wife Kausalya. He is portrayed as the epitome of virtue.

Rama and Hanuman

Sita is the beloved wife of Rama and the daughter of king Janaka. She is the incarnation of Goddes Lakshmi, the consort of Vishnu. 

Sita is portrayed as the epitome of female purity and virtue. She follows her husband into exile and is abducted by Ravana. She is imprisoned on the island of Lanka until Rama rescues her by defeating the demon king Ravana. 

Ravana Tried to abduct Sita

Hanuman is a vanara belonging to the kingdom of Kishkindha. He is portrayed as the eleventh incarnation of God Shiva (He is also called Rudra) and an ideal bhakta of Rama. He is born as the son of Kesari, a vanara king, and the Goddess Anjana. He plays an important part in locating Sita and in the ensuing battle.

Hanuman & Sita

Hanuman tried to save Sita

Ravana, a rakshasa, is the king of Lanka. After performing severe penance for ten thousand years he received a boon from the creator-God Brahma: he could henceforth not be killed by Gods, demons, or spirits. He is portrayed as a powerful demon king who disturbs the penances of Rishis. Vishnu incarnates as the human Rama to defeat him, thus circumventing the boon given by Brahma.

Ravana, the demon King

Hanuman is being tied and ready to be burnt

However, the end of story, the goodness always win. Hanuman is successfully helping Sita to escape from Ravana. 

Hanuman burn the Ravana kingdom, it becomes a sea of fire. 

All the audiences stood up and gave very big applauses for the fabulous performance.

Last but not least, See you on the next page of my YS World (^^)

Regards,

YS World

*Wikipedia

Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Yo ma reader friends,

In this chance, I want to introduce to you all the amazing things that Yogyakarta have. Yup, Yogyakarta is very rich of culture and history .

It is renowned as a centre of classical Javanese fine art and culture such as batik, ballet, drama, music, poetry, and puppet shows.


The area of the city of Yogyakarta is 32.5 km². While the city spreads in all directions from the kraton (the Sultan's palace), the core of the modern city is to the north, centring around Dutch colonial-era buildings and the commercial district.

One of the pavilion inside Kraton

Jalan Malioboro, with rows of pavement vendors and nearby market and malls, is the primary shopping street for tourists in the city. At the southern end of Malioboro, on the east side is the large local market of Beringharjo, not far from Fort Vredeburg a restored Dutch fort.

"Beringharjo" Market

Bank of  Indonesia--with Dutch -era building style

Three cycle vehicle a.k.a "Becak"

one of the attraction place in Yogyakarta--Water Palace

Prambanan Temple

Yogyakarta is known for its silver work, leather puppets used for shadow plays (wayang kulit ), and a unique style of making batik dyed fabric.

One of the process to make leather puppet

One of the process to make "Batik"

variety of Batik

Well guys, there are still too many of beautiful places, nice and unique objects I wanna share with you. However, I will continue some of them in the next page.

Visit Yogyakarta...nice city, very friendly people surrounding, delicious food, Very Recommended!!

Thank you for visiting my blog

Regards,

YS World

Shrine of Remembrance-- Melbourne

Dear Readers,

As on previous page I talked about the beautifulness of Royal Botanic Gardens, in this page I will talk about the greatness of Shrine of Remembrance which is only located a short block to Royal Botanic Gardens.

The Shrine of Remembrance, located in Kings Domain on St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Australia was built as a memorial to the men and women of Victoria who served in World War I and is now a memorial to all Australians who have served in war. 
It is a site of annual observances of ANZAC DAY (25 April) and Remembrance Day (11 November) and is one of the largest war memorial in Australia. *


Here some snapshoot of the building architecture and features :

Some of the exterior of the building

One of the four groups of statuary which mark the corners of the Shrine

Shrine of Remembrance on sunset 

The building complex is huge. We can enter the building and mesmerize the history written there.
Inside the Shrine is the Sanctuary, a high vaulted space entered by four tall portals of Classical design .

At the centre of the Sanctuary is the Stone of Remembrance. 

This is a marble stone sunk below the pavement, so that visitors must bow their heads to read the inscription on it: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN

Overall, this Shrine of Remembrance is recommended to be visited. 

*Wikipedia

Thank you for visiting my blog and see ya on the next page..

Regards,

YS World

Royal Botanic Garden--Melbourne

Dear the Reader of YS World blog..How R you?? well yeah I hope You are all fine.

This page I will write about the beautiful of Royal Botanic Garden in Melbourne.
It is located near the center of Melbourne on the south bank of the Yarra River. 
They are 38 hectares of landscaped gardens consisting of a mix of native and non-native vegetation including over 10,000 individual species. It is among the best in the world too.


I like to spend my spare time by just walking around the Botanic Garden. It is so relaxing after the 5-days work.
They have very smoothing nice view, variety and colorful flowers..breezing wind and a quiet space .


Here some snapshots from Botanic Gardens

Royal Botanic Gardens

When you are in Melbourne, spend time to visit this Botanic Garden and enjoy its scenery..
RECOMMENDED 


Thank you for visiting my blog and wait for the next posting


Regards,


YS World