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  • Bonorong: A "Sanctuary"?

    Posted on Saturday August 9th, 2008 at 11:51 in australia, zoo reviews

    Bonorong is a "wildlife sanctuary" near Hobart in Tasmania. It was the worst of the five on the island we visited, by far. There were too many kangaroos for too small an area, and the grass was all but non-existent with too much overgrazing. The b...

  • Sydney's Taronga Zoo

    Posted on Thursday August 7th, 2008 at 23:09 in australia, zoo reviews

    Sydney Australia's Taronga Zoo wasn't a planned stop on our trip, but given any spare time in a city I will always try to sneak in a zoo visit. We had just a couple of hours but I still wanted to try and fit it in, and I am glad I did. Visiting zoo...

  • Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo

    Posted on Monday July 28th, 2008 at 15:55 in zoo reviews

    Recently a business trip took me to Chicago, so I checked out the Lincoln Park Zoo. This zoo is free - which is pretty amazing - since it appears to be nice, clean, well run, and have a decent selection of animals. They must have a lot of private f...

  • Lone Pine Sanctuary

    Posted on Wednesday June 18th, 2008 at 07:06 in australia, zoo reviews

    Flying into Brisbane from the U.S., we were scheduled to go to Lone Pine Sanctuary first as the trip kicked off. Lone Pine is a long established wildlife park which has a large number of koalas and other wildlife. You take a boat from the City abou...