Check this out! You can take a seat in our 5000-seat Animal Planet Crocoseum to get up close and personal with all of our amazing wildlife! From your seat in the Animal Planet Crocoseum you will experience wildlife like nowhere else! The birds fly overhead, the snakes slither around, and of course, the highlight of the day - at 12 o'clock it's CROC O'CLOCK! |
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Bindi and the Crocmen Wooo-hoo! The biggest star in the conservation world made her global entertainment debut during Easter 2006 at the Animal Planet Crocoseum! Steve and Terri Irwin’s very own Bindi, a seven-year-old blonde dynamo with plenty of spark, sang and danced her way into the hearts of thousands during the Easter school holidays, accompanied by her awesome Crocmen. This energetic and action-packed performance occurred twice a day over Easter, with Steve and Terri providing plenty of moral support – and even offering their services as back-up dancers (an offer respectfully declined by Bindi). We hope this awesome star and her band of merry Crocmen will come back again to rock our socks in the Crocoseum! |
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| Easter 2006 Death Roll Tally What an incredible Easter long weekend! Once again, our massive Saltwater Crocodiles were going OFF… April’s cooling weather did nothing to cool their natural instincts as Steve brought out their wild side every day in the Animal Planet Crocoseum. Steve, Terri and Wes drew HUGE crowds every day, and our thousands of guests just loved the action-packed, entertaining and educational CrocsLIVE shows. Check out the number of death rolls each crocodile did in their attempts to get the ‘big piece of meat’ (i.e. Steve).
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The Namgyal Monks of Tibet During February 2006, Australia Zoo was proud to host the four Namgyal Monks of Tibet, personally chosen by the Dalai Lama to travel the world promoting the Year of Tibet. The monks created a beautiful sand mandala in the Zoo, which they then dismantled and used to bless the Zoo and its conservation works. For the week during their stay, the monks meditated each morning in the Animal Planet Crocoseum, inviting Australia Zoo staff and visitors to join them for this special experience. What an honour! |
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| Australia Day 2006 What do you get when you put John Williamson and Steve Irwin in the Animal Planet Crocoseum together? A true blue, fair dinkum, once-in-a-lifetime Aussie experience! These two awesome Australian icons joined forces on Australia Day to entertain record crowds in the Crocoseum. John and his mate Warren performed some classic Australian hits like Rip, Rip, Woodchip, True Blue, Raining on the Rock and Old Man Emu. What a show! And what a privilege to have a living legend performing centre stage in our own Crocoseum! |
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Check out our big, beautiful snakes when they take centre stage in the Crocoseum! You'll be amazed by these awesome creatures and the keepers who handle them. We'll even show you basic first aid to treat snake bite! Wooo-hoo! |
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Watch as kookaburras, Wedge-tailed Eagles, owls, falcons and our beautiful South American macaws free-fly around the Animal Planet Crocoseum. Learn more about these magnificent birds as they swoop and soar right over your head! |
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Crocs rule at Australia Zoo! We bring them out into the clear water so you can see them as they would hunt in the wild, doing their best to get the "big piece of meat" (the Croc team that is!). |
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| NB: Times subject to change. Please phone Australia Zoo on 07 5436 2000 (International +61 7 5436 2000) to confirm on the day of your visit. |
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| Bindi's Birthday Imagine the world's foremost wildlife arena, packed to the brim with thousands of people roaring their approval of the most unreal animal show on earth. Australia Zoo pulled out all the stops for our very own Bindi Irwin on her special day, July 24th. Not only were there the usual snakes, tigers, birds and crocodiles doing their thing... we also had everyone's favourite green ogre, SHREK! The Shrek 2 Live show is currently the world's most popular children's live entertainment, and we were stoked to have Shrek and his pals, Donkey and Puss in Boots, smack-bang in the middle of crocodile territory. Our guests loved the show, too! We had record crowds for Bindi’s big day, and they all went ballistic in the Animal Planet Crocoseum. |
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The Animal Planet Crocoseum provides world-class shows and animal encounters you are sure to enjoy. As well as the one-of-a-kind animal experiences, you will also be entertained by your Masters of Ceremonies Ben, Adam and Jeremy. Performing various slapstick stints, these larrikins interact with the audience, encouraging them to perform Steve or Terri Irwin impersonations and various other interactive activities, including 'The Australian Crikey Wave'. You can also catch Adam, Jeremy and Ben performing various characters during the animal shows in the Animal Planet Crocoseum, including impersonations of Steve Irwin and a Yobbo. The entertainment in the Animal Planet Crocoseum is indeed unique. Ben, Adam and Jeremy provide laughter and a warm atmosphere for patrons to relax and enjoy the Animal Planet Crocoseum. To read further about Entertainment at Australia Zoo, click here. |
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Our Audio Visual Department are the behind-the-scenes stars of the Animal Planet Crocoseum, using five cameras to capture all the action! The team make sure that everyone gets a close-up view of all the wildlife on our big screen. Our AV team also go out and about with cameras every day catching all the adventures of our wildlife and the Zoo Crew so you can watch it up on the big screen! |
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Also keeping big smiles on little faces is BW Croc, our friendliest crocodile at the Zoo. She has a big heart and just loves entertaining and getting cuddles from kids when she is out and about in the Zoo. BW is the guest judge of the Crike-Off competition in the Animal Planet Crocoseum and can often be seen dancing away to the music in between the shows! |
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The Animal Planet Crocoseum is the fulfilment of one of Steve Irwin's lifelong dreams. Steve wanted to provide the visitors to Australia Zoo with the opportunity to see crocodiles in clearwater ponds. This idea was to help educate the public by showing them how crocodiles live and behave in the wild. Crocodiles use the murkiness of the water in their territory to camouflage from their prey. By using clear water, we can highlight to you the dangers that can be lurking just below the surface of a seemingly serene billabong. Steve's dream was to be able to use an intricate system of channels and gates to allow him to house several male Saltwater Crocodiles alongside each other in private enclosures, and bring them individually out into the centre of the Animal Planet Crocoseum for our crocodile shows. Not only did he disprove his critics, who said "It just CAN'T be done," he has provided Australia Zoo with the perfect arena to display some of the most beautiful animals on the face of the earth. This includes not just our crocs, but animals such as our Bengal and Sumatran Tigers, snakes and one of the most amazing free-flight bird shows you will ever see. Overall, the construction team took almost eleven months to complete the mammoth task. They spent weeks bringing in nearly 7000 cubic metres of dirt to level the building site! Crikey! That is a lot of dirt |
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