{"id":314,"date":"2014-07-17T18:25:39","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T08:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/?p=314"},"modified":"2014-07-17T23:11:38","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T13:11:38","slug":"road-trip-second-stop-australia-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/?p=314","title":{"rendered":"Road Trip \u2013 Second Stop \u2013 Australia Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140710_133406.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-316 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140710_133406-247x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20140710_133406\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140710_133406-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140710_133406.jpg 529w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/a>Ah yes\u2026 the infamous Steve Irwin zoo filled with all kinds of Australian animals including many crocs! It was great to see the croc show still done in the same \u2018Crikey\u2019 spirit as any of Steve\u2019s shows. \u00a0Jamie and Mykee were pretty keen on holding the giant Burmese python, so Britt and I were pretty thrilled to actually have a chance to hold a koala and learn some new things about this strange marsupial. They are really as furry as they look and really smell like eucalyptus!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other critters at the zoo were emus, cassowaries, wombats, dingos, kangaroos and a whole new section added including Asian and African animals that are endangered and slowly moving towards the extinction list.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140710_133322.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140710_133322-300x243.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20140710_133322\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140710_133322-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140710_133322-369x300.jpg 369w, https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140710_133322.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>It was obvious that in addition to \u2018come see our animals\u2019, this zoo really has a large focus on protecting not only the habitats these animals live in but public education on the endangered species.\u00a0 And Terry Irwin and kids are every present and working to keep the zoo going.<\/p>\n<p>Another highlight was walking in the fenced area among the large red kangaroos\u2026 and seeing Mykee trying to get his hand into a kanga pouch \u2013 whose kid is this?!?! (I believe it came out of some bet with his brothers!)<\/p>\n<p>Walking around the zoo you could definitely see Steve Irwin\u2019s legacy live on.\u00a0 It made me think\u2026 what legacy will I leave? \u00a0It\u2019s definitely not going to be a large amount of stuff to pass on (sorry kids \u2013 we are spending your inheritance now J).\u00a0 Forbes would have us believe that your legacy is what you physically leave behind as a way to make sense of your existence.\u00a0 \u00a0But a legacy is also the values you\u2019ve left behind and the memories that can be passed on.<\/p>\n<p>We may not have much to physically leave behind, but I\u2019m so thankful that our family has a lot to pull from our \u2018memory bank\u2019.\u00a0 So many evenings start with\u2026. \u201cRemember when\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ah yes\u2026 the infamous Steve Irwin zoo filled with all kinds of Australian animals including many crocs! It was great to see the croc show still done in the same \u2018Crikey\u2019 spirit as any of Steve\u2019s shows. \u00a0Jamie and Mykee were pretty keen on holding the giant Burmese python, so Britt and I were pretty &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/?p=314\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Road Trip \u2013 Second Stop \u2013 Australia Zoo&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=314"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319,"href":"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions\/319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}