Cairns Tropical Zoo

I have visited Cairns Tropical Zoo before it shuts doors after 35 years. The popular zoo had the largest wildlife collection in the Far North, boasting crocodiles, alligators, Komodo dragons, cassowaries, brolgas, wombats, pademelons, cotton top tamarins, lemurs and dingoes. I took part in a unique Australian experience at Cairns night zoo and see local animals in their nocturnal state there. I enjoyed a traditional Australian BBQ dinner of steak, sausages and seafood before an escorted tour around the zoo to meet the creatures of the night.



オーストラリアのケアンズにあるケアンズ・トロピカル・ズーは小規模な動物園ですがコアラやウォンバットと記念撮影が出来る貴重な動物園でした。夜の動物園ツアーが有名でしたが残念なことに今年3月で閉園となりました。

I could see nocturnal activities of nocturnal animals at the zoo.

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Cacatua galerita

キバタン

Cairns Night Zoo

Google map

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Koala

Phascolarctos cinereus

コアラ

Black-headed Python

Aspidites melanocephalus

opossum

フクロネズミ

Centralian Bluetongue

Tiliqua multifasciata

アオジタトカゲ　舌が青い

wallaby

ワラビー

sooty owl

Frillneck Lizard

Chlamydosaurus kingii

Cave-dwelling Tree Frog

Centralian Bluetongue

Tiliqua multifasciata

アオジタトカゲ

Reticulated Python

Python reticulatus

Burmese Python

Python molurus

Soa-soa

Philippine sailfin Lizard

Hydrosaurus pustulatus

Carpet Python

Morelia spilota

Magnificent Tree Frog

Litoria splendida

Veiled Chameleon

Chamaeleo calyptratus

kangaroo

Crocodile, feeding show

クロコダイルの餌付けショー

Emu

エミュー

wombat

ウォンバットと記念撮影

Live Aussie music

Southern Cross

南十字星

Australian BBQ

Cairns night zoo

 About 5 years have passed since Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. I have visited various places of Japan to see the health consequence of the accident.

 Fortunately I have never found any impacts by the accident among Japanese creatures. As far as I know, nobody has health problem which is caused by the accident in Japan.

 Our Prime Minister Abe assures that "The situation is under control. The influence of the contaminated water is completely blocked within Fukushima. There are no health-related problems until now and there will never be health problems." He also said that "Tokyo is 250 kilometers away from Fukushima, and the kind of danger that you imagine does not exist in Tokyo. Tokyo is a very safe city."

 As PM Abe said, Australia is very far away from Fukushima too, Aussie have no concern about the nuclear power plant accident. Aussie have already forgotten the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident, because they think radioactive materials cannot reach there.

 We know there is no problem for childbirth and child rearing in Australia. So Aussie are living without any concern about the accident. I continue to visit various places in the world to see the effects of the accident, because I can meet various creatures which are more sensitive to radioactive materials from the environment. It is important to see their health for our safety.

公衆衛生ネットワーク

Public Health Network in Japan

http://plaza.umin.ac.jp/phnet/

Bird watching in Tokyo, Japan

 Tokyo has good places for birdwatching. Machida is accessible by the Odakyu Line from Shinjuku, and the JR Yokohama Line between Yokohama and Hachioji.
 Machida is a good place for birdwatching too. Machida city is the western part of the metropolitan area of Tokyo, Japan.  The city was founded on February 1, 1958. The population of the at that time was 60,000. Now it grows in a city with colorful charm naturally, and the population also keeps developing beyond 420,000 people on today.

人口が多い東京にもバードウオッチングのポイントがいくつもあります。今回は町田駅の側を流れる境川で撮影しました。電車を降りて少し歩くとカワセミが飛んでいます。

These pictures were taken on April 2016.

Google map

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カワセミ

Common Kingfisher

Alcedo atthis

ダイサギ

Great Egret

Ardea alba

コサギ

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

アオサギ

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

ジョウビタキ

Daurian Redstart(male)

Phoenicurus auroreus

Daurian Redstart (female)

ハクセキレイ

Japanese Pied Wagtail

White Wagtail

Motacilla alba lugens

キセキレイ

Grey Wagtail

Motacilla cinerea

セグロセキレイ

Japanese Wagtail

Motacilla grandis

シジュウカラ

Japanese Tit

Parus minor

カワウ

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

コガモ

Common Teal

Anas crecca

カルガモ

Grey duck

Spotbill duck

Anas poecilorhyncha

オナガガモ

Northern Pintail

Anas acuta

ツグミ

Dusky thrush

Turdus eunomus

カワラヒワ

Oriental Greenfinch

Carduelis sinica

スズメ

Tree Sparrow

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

アオジ

Black-faced Bunting

Emberiza spodocephala

セグロカモメ

Herring gull

Larus argentatus

ムクドリ

White-cheeked Starling

Sturnus cineraceus

シロハラ

Pale Thrush

Turdus pallidus

ロマンスカー

Romancecar

http://www.odakyu.jp/global_site/

Japanese foods are good and safe.

Because of stricter food safety law by Japanese government, we have no worry about foods.

Hakone Hachirigoe Cake

箱根八里越え饅頭

 5 years have passed since Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. I have visited various places of Japan to see the health consequence of the accident.

 Fortunately I have never found any impacts by the nuclear power plant accident among Japanese creatures. As far as I know, nobody has health problem which is caused by the accident in Japan.

 Our Prime Minister Abe assures that "The situation is under control. The influence of the contaminated water is completely blocked within Fukushima. There are no health-related problems until now and there will never be health problems." He also said that "Tokyo is 250 kilometers away from Fukushima, and the kind of danger that you imagine does not exist in Tokyo. Tokyo is a very safe city."

 As PM Abe said, Tokyo is very far away from Fukushima, people in Tokyo have no concern about the nuclear power plant accident. People in Tokyo have already forgotten the accident, because they think radioactive materials cannot reach there.

 We know there is no problem for childbirth and child rearing in Tokyo. So people in Tokyo are living without any concern about the nuclear power plant accident.

 I continue to visit various places in Japan to see the effects of the accident, because I can meet various creatures which are more sensitive to radioactive materials from the environment. It is important to see their health for our safety.

公衆衛生ネットワーク

Public Health Network in Japan

http://plaza.umin.ac.jp/phnet/