Sydney Australia’s world-class Taronga Zoo offers a first-hand view of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Mascots. Syd, the Platypus When the first platypus specimens were sent back to England from Australia after European Settlement in 1788, they were thought to be elaborate hoaxes. They appeared to be cleverly created from a number of animals, including a […]
Hot Bloods – The Horses Down Under
Forty minutes outside of Sydney, in Dural, New South Wales there is a farm nestled among the rolling hills of the awesome Australian outback. It is home to Simeon Stud, an Arabian horse farm, owned by Peter and Ruth Simon and Marion Richmond. Established in 1956 with a mare from the government stud in […]