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

https://goo.gl/maps/aeCo2jN6fc72

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/

Great Barrier Reef, Cairns

 Cairns, considered the gateway to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, which is selected as a World Heritage Site, is a city in tropical North Queensland. Once a sleepy sugar-milling town, it's now a destination for sailing, diving and snorkelling. The majestic coral structures that make up the Great Barrier Reef extend over 1,500 kilometres, and are home to the greatest variety of flora and fauna species found in any one location in the world. 

 The scope of the reef is magnificent, encompassing some 21,900 individual reefs and an area of 348,000 square kilometres larger than the combined total area of Ireland and the United Kingdom! 

 The Great Barrier Reef, now a national marine park, provides superb recreational activities such as snorkelling, diving, swimming, semi-submersibles, coral viewing and fishing, and offers a unique environment for scientific research.

グレートバリアリーフは、オーストラリア北東岸に広がる世界最大のサンゴ礁地帯でケアンズはその入り口です。スキューバやスノーケリングで海洋生物の観察が出来ます。泳げない方にはグラスボートがあります。

These pictures were taken on March, 2016.

Great Barrier Reef

Cairns

Google map

https://goo.gl/maps/VxxFaovFXut

I joined Sunlover Reef Cruises for Snorkelling and to see the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef. Sunlover Reef Cruises operates a fast, air-conditioned catamaran to a large pontoon (floating platform) located at pristine Moore Reef on the outer edge of the Great Barrier Reef, approximately 40km from Cairns.

Sunlover Reef Cruises

http://www.sunlover.com.au/

pontoon (floating platform)

Snorkelling

Coral

underwater observatory

Australia

Australian food is safe and good.

Lobster

Crocodile, Kangaroo, Beef

Fruits

Breakfast

 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 in Japan. 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/