Steve Irwin's Family Zoo, Queensland

Australia Zoo, Queensland

A Tasmanian Devil

Think of derring-do with wild animals and the late crocodile hunter, TV hunk and wildlife expert Steve Irwin comes to mind. Since Irwin's death in 2006, his family has run the zoo he set up, set over 70 acres of bushland on the Sunshine Coast, 45 minutes' drive north of Brisbane. The Australia Zoo is packed with more than 1,000 thrilling beastie boys from Australia and elsewhere, including crocodiles, of course Not only, wombats, echidnas, possums, rhino, tigers and plenty of venomous snakes, but let's not forget the poor old Tasmanian Devils. Check out the campaign to save these little endangered devils!