Feb 25: Steve's Zoo

Just a little north of Brisbane is the Australia Zoo, otherwise known as the Steve Irwin zoo. Though it isn't as large as its sister in Melbourne, it does have one feature that no other zoo can match. The crocoseum! Trainers coax animals to do all sorts of crowd-pleasing tricks. The most popular demonstration involves a crocodile leaping from the water to take food from a brave man's hand.

Eventually I made my way through Caloundra (pronounced Cull-ow-n-dra), a charming little beach town at the southern end of the Sunshine coast. The Sunshine coast is known the world over for getting a lot of sun (some 300 days a year).

If you happen to stop through make sure you test out the restaurant called "Something Blue" where the guy with the moustache who is the host, waiter, bartender, bus boy and general enthusiast teams up with the guy with the moustache who plays live music using only a guitar, a synth pedal and a library of popular hits such as Time After Time. You will never leave hungry. I submit that it is impossible not to have a great time at "Something Blue".