billboard of Steve Irwin with crocodile
at entrance to Australia Zoo

Green Python

beautiful to the eye, this snake inhabits the far north of Australia (rare) and New Guinea (more plentiful) . up to 2 metres in length, highly sought after overseas as pets

baby kangaroo (called a "joey") peers at me from her mother's pouch

dingo

about 20 inches high and 4ft long sometimes captured by Aborigines and kept as hunting companions

Emu
2nd largest bird (after Ostrich)
flightless, grows up to 6ft high, & 130lbs, often seen on open plains and in outback

close up of grey kangaroo

at Warrumbungle National Park, NSW