no, Australia zoo was not affected, that is on the sunshine coast and on higher ground... i really miss Steve Irwin, he was a really top, down to earth Bloke he was, i met him once about 3 years before he died, i went to the zoo there one day and he was filming a live crocodile and snake demonstration for animal planet in the states and europe... was a great day, i was sad when he died, his children have really grown up the last few years, Bindi (his daughter) is i think about 13 now and Bob. (his son) 8 i think....i know he would of been proud of them if he was still alive. yeah, private message only occurred to me once i split the message up and sent it... lol if i end up with long messages again ill do that...
yes, that is the only good part of a tour guid, though i prefer to do my own history research to find background on some thing.. lol just so i can be sure of the acuracy, some guids will take you on a ride of fiction information...lol