Maz NZ and Oz

In keeping with tradition - I spent St Patrick's Day at the Zoo. Australia Zoo, that is. I was working in our Brisbane office on the Thursday and Friday of that week so on the Saturday, Kim very kindly drove us up the Sunshine Coast to what was Steve Irwin’s Zoo. I was actually a little surprised because I was expecting the Zoo to be the biggest one, like, ever. But in fact, the zoo is fairly moderately sized and is very focused on conservation and education and most of the inhabitants are either native to Australia or were introduced a long time ago.
In the Crocoseum, we saw a show aimed at educating visitors to the Zoo about Crocodiles and Snakes. I learned that when confronted by a snake, you should not panic and try to kill the snake (most snake bites are the result of a person trying to whack the snake with the nearest stick, apparently). The best thing to do is to panic and run away. Sound advice as far as I'm concerned!