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VIP Australia Zoo Tour | Be an Aussie for a Day Tour Experience

VIP Australia Zoo Tour | Be an Aussie for a Day Tour Experience

From the famous Australia Zoo and all it has on offer to the beautiful waters of Mooloolaba Beach, this tour has it all

VIP Australia Zoo Tour | Be an Aussie for a Day Tour Experience Highlights

  • Get up to 10% cash back per person when you book with us
  • Return transfers from selected Brisbane CBD Hotels
  • Day admission into Australia Zoo
  • 5 x hours to explore Australia Zoo & experience the Wildlife Warriors Show
  • Exclusive access i nto the amazing Wildlife Hospital
  • Visit the iconic Mooloolaba Beach + stunning Mooloolaba Wharf
  • Stroll the Mooloolaba Esplanade & take a swim or sit on the beach
  • Complimentary Mooloolaba beach towel
  • Visit Mooloolaba Surf Club & taste famous Mooloolaba prawns & an ice-cold XXXX Beer

What to Expect

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Water (available on bus), Snacks (food outlets are available), Comfortable walking clothes, Comfortable footwear (closed recommended), Insect Repellent, Sunscreen, Hat or sun protection, Camera or smartphone!  Some swimwear and towel now the water park area is open!

What are the pickup times for Australia Zoo?

Depart Brisbane CBD at 7:30am Depart Australia Zoo for Mooloolaba at 2:30pm Depart Mooloolaba back to Brisbane at 6:30pm

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  • Return transfer to & from selected Brisbane CBD Hotels
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  • At Least 6 hours to Explore Australia Zoo
  • Adult - $169, Child -$120 , Pension - $159, Student - $159
  • 2 x Adults & 2 x Children - $525

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  • Day admission into Australia Zoo
  • 5 hours to explore Australia Zoo
  • Wildlife Warriors Show
  • Sneak peak into Wildlife Hospital
  • Visit the Iconic Mooloolaba Beach
  • Visit the Mooloolaba Wharf
  • Stroll the Mooloolaba Esplanade
  • Take a swim or sit on the beach.
  • Complimentary Mooloolaba Beach Towel
  • Visit Mooloolaba Surf Club
  • Taste Famous Mooloolaba Prawns & an ice cold Queensland XXXX Beer
  • (other drink options will be available and food platters will be supplied)
  • Transfer back to your Brisbane Hotel
  • Adult - AUD$495, Child - AUD$385

Koala Cuddle Adventure

  • Return Transfer to Australia Zoo
  • Koala Cuddle inclusive of an 8x10 photograph within the Wildlife Studio!
  • Sneak Peek Ticket into the amazing Wildlife Hospital!
  • Adult - $189, Child -$139

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Taronga Zoo VIP Aussie Gold Tour

Taronga Zoo VIP Aussie Gold Tour in Sydney

An experienced zoo guide will provide you with an excellent introduction to Australia 's native wildlife on this exclusive guided walking tour. Get up close and personal with some of Australia's curious native animals on this exclusive small group guided tour at Taronga Zoo. Your guide will provide access to enter behind-the-scenes areas and take you to a part of the zoo not accessible to the general public.

There will be many opportunities to take photographs of Australia's fascinating wildlife, meet some hand-raised animals, and explore the trails of the Australian Walkabout area with your guide. You will learn about native species whilst wandering amongst free-roaming kangaroos, wallabies, and emus, and encountering native birds, wombats, echidnas, and other animals.

This tour is ideal for inquisitive minds traveling solo, families with children, or small groups of friends seeking a fun learning experience, and includes plenty of one-on-one time with your guide. Full-day access to Taronga Zoo and the Sky Safari cable car is included with your tour.

Please Note: The tour duration and departure time are for the guided walking tour. Your ticket includes admission to the zoo and access to the Sky Safari cable car, and guests can arrive at any time during the opening hours. Transportation is not included in the tour price, so you can come and go at will. The zoo is open from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM in winter (May to August) and from 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM in summer (September to April).

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For a jam-packed day of wildlife adventure, be sure to tick all these animals off your list!

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Please arrive at the Sanctuary 30 minutes prior to your experience.

Advance bookings are required as spaces are limited and subject to availability.

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Come with us on a journey through the Australian bush and meet the animals who live there.

Experience Healesville Sanctuary like a VIP on a small group tour that includes behind the scenes elements and insights, plus reserved seating at the acclaimed Spirits of the Sky, free-flight bird presentation.

During this exclusive experience, you’ll explore the beautiful bushland setting of Healesville Sanctuary at a relaxed pace and get the opportunity to learn more about kangaroos and other unique Australian wildlife from your own private ranger.

Zoo entry not included. Be sure to also book your entry tickets for the same date as your encounter.

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Join one of our extremely knowledgeable guides as they take you on a tour through Taronga’s NEW Nura Diya Australia Precinct, and venture down to our Backyard to Bush precinct for a uniquely Australian experience. This tour will introduce you to all the Aussie natives that call Nura Diya home and gives you the opportunity to have all your Australian animal questions answered by your informative guide and get the perfect close-up photo opportunity of all of Taronga’s Australian native furry friends.

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Where does a seal go when it's found washed up on a beach? Where would you send a lion for root canal therapy? Find out when you go behind the scenes at our veterinary facility. You’ll learn wild facts such as how we treat a chimp with the flu, where we prepare meals for our patients, and more from our expert guides.

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Get even closer to our animals with brand NEW encounters and the popular Mini Zookeeper For a Day program for kids aged 8-12 years old.

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Rhino Encounter

Meet the big, adorable white rhino – Tino! Come behind-the-scenes and get hands-on with a gentle giant.

Red Panda Encounter

Western Sydney’s fluffiest animal experience is here! Join our zookeepers and get hands-on with one of the most elusive species in the world.

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Elephant encounter.

Get up close to our amazing elephants and go behind-the-scenes of our elephant facilities for an unforgettable encounter with some massive mammals. 

Tiger Encounter

Experience the thrill of hand feeding a tiger! Meet eye to eye with the world’s most magnificent big cats and learn all about them from our experienced zookeepers. 

Giraffe Encounter

Meet the tallest species on earth with our giraffe encounter. Experience a hand feed and snap a photo with our resident giraffe Eyelean.

Lion Encounter

Want to feed a lion by hand? Experience Sydney’s only lion encounter and get behind the scenes with our lion brothers.

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Come and feed our adorable meerkats, snap a photo and learn more about these African favourites during a meerkat encounter.

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Get up close to the world’s largest rodent – the capybara. This is Sydney’s only encounter where you can feed and pat these adorable mammals.

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Experience a thrilling encounter with an awe-inspiring, prehistoric reptile. 

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Join a reptile keeper as they give you a behind-the-scenes tour of the most scaliest and slithery residents of Sydney Zoo. 

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Get up close to our majestic camels, snap a photo and learn more about these zoo favourites during a camel experience.

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Does your child love animals? Designed for 8-12 year olds, this program takes kids behind-the-scenes to experience a day in the life of a zookeeper.

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Created for 13-17 year olds, this program teaches teens what it takes to become a zookeeper and provides a hands-on experience feeding and caring for a range of different animals. 

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Chris Brown Announces 2024 11:11 Tour With Ayra Starr & Muni Long: Here Are the Dates

The North American trek kicks off in June.

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Chris Brown is going to be dancing across the country again. The multi-hyphenate entertainer announced the North American 11:11 Tour on Tuesday (March 5).

The 26-city trek will include support from emerging R&B singers Muni Long and Ayra Starr on select dates. Pre-sale tickets will be going on sale on Wednesday (March 6), and the general public will get their shot on March 11 at 10 a.m. local time. According to the singer, the pre-sale password on Live Nation is “SENSATIONAL.”

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Various VIP packages will also be available for fans looking for a luxury experience. Baltimore and Philly attendees could be in for a treat, as a special guest who hasn’t been announced just yet will be appearing on those two dates specifically.

Brown is coming off the November release of his album 11:11 , which reached No. 1 on the Top R&B Albums chart. CB’s seventh studio LP debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 with 45,000 album-equivalent units sold in the first week.

“Sensational,” an Afrobeats-tinged standout featuring Davido and Lojay from the project, has reached the Billboard Hot 100, where it sits at No. 89 on the latest chart.

See Brown’s tour announcement and dates below:

11:11 TOUR with @ayrastarr @munilong ❤️ Artist Presale: Wednesday March 6th 10am Password:SENSATIONAL Public On Sale: Monday March 11 at 10am pic.twitter.com/uuvyGxgsvG — Chris Brown (@chrisbrown) March 5, 2024

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Porn Star Rocco Siffredi’s Netflix Bio-Series ‘Supersex’ Is More Tedious Than Sexy: TV Review

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Loosely based on the experiences of real-life porn sensation Rocco Siffredi , known as the “Italian Stallion,” Netflix ’s “ Supersex ” isn’t actually very sexy at all. Instead, the seven-part series, created by Francesca Manieri, is a tale about family, masculinity and toxic bonds. While the show, which stars Alessandro Borghi in the lead role, has some interesting chapters, the surrealist elements — including some hallucinatory moments and the bizarre way some of the sex scenes are filmed — make it more than a biographical account. Instead, it’s an overly complex examination of relationships and the vices people indulge in to escape their emotional turmoil.

Series opener “Superpower” acts mainly as a coming-of-age story. Following Rocco’s retirement news, the show zips back to 1974. Ten-year-old Rocco Tano feels trapped in the impoverished rural town of Ortona and lost in the chaos of his family life. His mother is devoted to his mentally disabled brother Claudio, and Rocco lives in the shadow of his charismatic older half-brother, Tommaso (Adriano Giannini). Tommaso is Rocco’s North Star. He represents a type of freedom and hypermasculinity that appears out of reach for the men of Ortona. Tommaso also has the love of the town’s most stunning woman, Lucia (Jasmine Trinca), which only endears Rocco to him further.

In addition to examining Rocco’s family dynamic, “Supersex” zooms in on his fixation on sex, which begins at a very young age. The series unpacks his crush on Lucia and later his discovery of “Supersex,” a pornography magazine starring Gabriel Pontello. The euphoria from observing and later engaging in sex is a feeling Rocco chases across the next three decades. But his sex work comes at the expense of his mental health. It also destroys the romances and familial bonds he tries to form and maintain.

Despite a lifelong admiration of Tommaso’s machismo, his brother’s treatment of Lucia, who funds their lifestyle through her sex work on the streets of Paris, slowly shifts Rocco’s point of view. An invitation to a sex club awakens previously unknown desires. Becoming a porn star gives him financial security, but his inner turmoil stems from trying to live up to the expectations his family places on him.

“Supersex” dwells far too long on Rocco’s dysfunctional brotherhood with Tommaso, giving the toxic and exhausting connection unneeded exposition. Fewer episodes and less time spent on the self-destructive café manager would have kept the storyline squarely on Rocco’s psyche. Moreover, Manieri positions Lucia’s life as a counternarrative to Rocco’s. As with Rocco’s female co-stars, she isn’t allowed the same agency and status he obtains. Women are sexualized and then vilified for being sexual in the same breath. While Lucia eventually finds herself on a new path, it’s not without suffering and sacrifice, difficulties Rocco never contends with. The pair are an intriguing juxtaposition, but this mirroring gets muddled under their dark pull toward Tommaso. Similarly, Rocco’s enthusiasm for rough sex acts is never fully explored.

Still, “Supersex” makes some smart choices. Intercourse and other types of sex are showcased, of course, but these scenes aren’t gratuitous. Instead, they illustrate Rocco’s emotional state as he deals with loss and yearning or even demonstrate his self-worth.

The penultimate episode, “Resurrection of the Bodies,” is the standout and centers on Rocco’s return to Ortona amid his mother’s illness and one of the biggest highlights of his career, winning best European actor at the Hot d’Or Awards. In 53 minutes, Rocco confronts the effects of shame and how so-called family members react to him when he’s no longer playing by their rules.

Though Rocco’s story is solidly depicted, audiences hoping for a bio-series-type narrative won’t find it here. It’s also worth noting that Netflix offers a dubbed English version, but the show is best viewed in Italian with subtitles. Overall, “Supersex” isn’t just an examination of one man’s life and career but a look at the lives people create, however unconventional, when they dare to move through the world as their most authentic selves.

“Supersex” premieres March 6 on Netflix .

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Bangarra Dance Theatre is a company of professional Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander performers and is one of Australia’s leading performing arts companies. Started in 1989, their dance technique is forged from over 65,000 years of culture, embodied by contemporary movement. Each year in June, Bangarra premieres a new work in Australia’s most iconic venue, the Sydney Opera House, before touring nationally.

Frances Rings became Artistic Director in 2023, after Stephen Page stepped down from the role after 33 years. Frances is a descendant of the Wirangu and Mirning Tribes from the West Coast of South Australia and, today, leads the Bangarra Dance Theatre company as co-CEO alongside Louise Ingram. Frances has received multiple awards for her work and, internationally, has established important intercultural relationships with both Kahawi Dance Theatre in Six Nations, Turtle Island (Canada) and Atamira Dance Company in Auckland, Aotearoa (New Zealand).

Fremantle Prison, Artist & Tour Guide: Janine Della Bosca

Visual artist Janine Della Bosca was spellbound by historic Fremantle Prison, long before she began working as a tour guide having held painting classes in the old women’s prison. The convict-built prison, now a World Heritage site, represents the end of convict transportation to Australia during the 18th and 19th centuries and was operational for 136 years before being decommissioned in 1991.

Today, Janine leads visitors on a variety of tours through the prison, including the night-time Torchlight Tour, Tunnels Tour, and the Prison Art Tour. Artwork includes etchings, Aboriginal landscapes, dot paintings and a range of graffiti and tattoo art, some of which dates back to the 1800s.

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Janine says, “Viewing art in a maximum security prison changes the whole meaning of the artwork. You’re not in a nice gallery: you’re in this really locked-down circumstance.”

Janine says the intimate nature of the Prison Art experience – it’s for groups no larger than 12 people – encourages participants to share their thoughts on the work. “People are exhilarated, and I think that’s because we talk about individuals on this tour. These are real people”.

Melbourne Cricket Ground, VIP Guide: Miyuki Yoshida

Regarded as Victoria’s spiritual home of sport and the largest stadium in the Southern Hemisphere, the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) is Australia’s premier sporting stadium. The iconic stadium has hosted cricket games since 1853, played host to the Olympic Games in 1956, the Commonwealth Games in 2006, and has seen many major events throughout Melbourne’s history – and continues to do so today. Offering VIP and behind-the-scenes tours through Cultural Attractions of Australia, as well as home of Australian Sports Museum, the MCG is an Aussie icon.

When Miyuki Yoshida arrived in Australia from Japan via the United States in 1983, she knew nothing about Australian sport. After an Aussie Rules football game, she was hooked and when, in 1986, the Members’ Reserve was opened up to women, she put her name down. Today, some 35 years later, Miyuki is one of the volunteer guides at the ground, arguably Australia’s most hallowed sporting stadium. Miyuki, who spent her career working in finance, now reveals all the stories and secrets behind the ground, and the sportspeople who have graced the turf. She also guides visitors through the high-tech Australian Sports Museum, offering a personalized introduction to one of the sporting capitals of the world.

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TAMPA, Fla. — ZooTampa unveiled an Australia-themed section of the park on Friday, its latest expansion ready just in time for spring break.

The new area will feature a safari ride where parents and their kids can learn about Australia's wildlife, as well as a splash pad to cool off in the Florida heat.

Guests can also get up close and personal with their favorite Aussie animals by visiting the wallaby viewing area or taking advantage of the koala meet-and-greet. ZooTampa said there will also be new food and drink options.

Spring breakers will have plenty of time to enjoy the new amenities with the park's extended hours until 7 p.m. through March 9-17 and on weekends until the end of April.

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