http://www.australiazoo.com.au/about-us/in-the-news/ The latest news from Australia Zoo. www.australiazoo.com.au/about-us/in-the-news/ en http://www.australiazoo.com.au/about-us/in-the-news/index.php?news=508 Look who's growing up fast!Australia Zoo yesterday celebrated the birthday of two very special residents by treating them to a sardine-laced birthday cake.The celebrations were for the Zoo's two female cheetahs, Cleopatra and Sheeba, who turned four. Guests were treated to a present of their own with behind-the-scenes tours of the off-display cheetah facilities, including the breed Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://www.australiazoo.com.au/about-us/in-the-news/index.php?news=508 http://www.australiazoo.com.au/about-us/in-the-news/index.php?news=507 The University of Queensland has continued its collaboration with Australia Zoo, capturing and tagging 15 large estuarine crocodiles in Far North Queensland in August.Professor Craig Franklin, from the School of Integrative Biology, said that in sixth year of the team’s monitoring program, it had once again broken new ground in crocodile research.Professor Franklin worked with a team of Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://www.australiazoo.com.au/about-us/in-the-news/index.php?news=507 http://www.australiazoo.com.au/about-us/in-the-news/index.php?news=506 Sunshine Coast tourism celebrity Terri Irwin has announced plans for a $180 million African safari-themed hotel for Australia Zoo at Beerwah.At the launch of Caloundra Tourism’s new advertising campaign and holiday guide, Terri spoke of her love of the Sunshine Coast and her desire to expand the zoo to become an international destination for tourists.She said the 350-room hotel would foc Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://www.australiazoo.com.au/about-us/in-the-news/index.php?news=506 http://www.australiazoo.com.au/about-us/in-the-news/index.php?news=505 Terri Irwin said G’day to North America and New Zealand on behalf of Australia’s Tourism industry, and now she is about to launch the latest Caloundra Tourism marketing campaign designed to bring visitors back to the Caloundra region.Ms Irwin will be on hand this Friday at the Sunshine Coast Function Centre at the Caloundra RSL where a new television advertisement and the lates Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://www.australiazoo.com.au/about-us/in-the-news/index.php?news=505 http://www.australiazoo.com.au/about-us/in-the-news/index.php?news=504 Who would have thought a whale needed to know left from right? Guest’s on Steve’s Whale One, the Australia Zoo Whale Encounters vessel, were treated to a surprise visit by a black whale off Mooloolaba yesterday.The all-black Humpback Whale was frolicking with other whales along the Sunshine Coast and put on a great show for the lucky watchers.Skipper Allan “Shorty& Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://www.australiazoo.com.au/about-us/in-the-news/index.php?news=504 http://www.australiazoo.com.au/about-us/in-the-news/index.php?news=502 It turned out they did not need the 300 tonnes of ice brought in for Bindi’s 10th birthday bash at Australia Zoo yesterday, with temperatures dropping to a chilly 12c amid plenty of rain.But that did not stop hundreds of families from donning their waterproof ponchos, gloves, beanies and scarves to play in the “snow” or have a slide on a toboggan.The birthday girl was Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://www.australiazoo.com.au/about-us/in-the-news/index.php?news=502 http://www.australiazoo.com.au/about-us/in-the-news/index.php?news=503 Bindi’s bash…Bindi Irwin celebrated her 10th birthday yesterday with mum Terri, brother Robert and thousands who braved wind and rain to pack the Australia Zoo Crocoseum. Bindi thanked the crowd for coming and said her birthday wish was for no mining at her late father’s wildlife reserve. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://www.australiazoo.com.au/about-us/in-the-news/index.php?news=503 http://www.australiazoo.com.au/about-us/in-the-news/index.php?news=501 Anyone who’s ever had teenagers will sympathise with the big cat supervisors at Australia Zoo.They’ve got three young Bengal tigers on their hands and while they may have officially turned one on Friday, they have all the behavioural attributes of any teenage human.“They’re not adults and not really cubs ... to us they are like naughty teenagers,” Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://www.australiazoo.com.au/about-us/in-the-news/index.php?news=501 http://www.australiazoo.com.au/about-us/in-the-news/index.php?news=500 Belted by a car and hauled 12km, but this lucky koala dodges death He’s got to be the luckiest koala in Queensland- not only surviving a hit by a car travelling at 100km/h, but also a harrowing, fur-raising 12km ride with his head stuck in the vehicle’s front grille.So it’s no wonder the staff at the Australian Wildlife Hospital at Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://www.australiazoo.com.au/about-us/in-the-news/index.php?news=500 http://www.australiazoo.com.au/about-us/in-the-news/index.php?news=499 Bindi Irwin was so excited at winning an Emmy she took the statuette to bed with her and wanted to carry it back to Australia on the plane.Family friend, manager and producer of the award –winning Bindi: The Jungle Girl series, John Stainton, said form New York yesterday that the Emmy win on the back of Bindi's Australian silver Logie in May was "just fantastic" Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://www.australiazoo.com.au/about-us/in-the-news/index.php?news=499