CIRCUS 1903 – The Golden Age of Circus : An Elephant Experience

CIRCUS 1903 – The Golden Age of Circus : An Elephant Experience

image supplied As a small girl, I dreamed of growing up and running away with the circus to become a Liberty Horse trainer. You may have held similar imaginings, albeit as an acrobat or lion tamer or even a clown? As adulthood nears, dreams of the circus typically move aside for serious things like study, work and …

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Royal Melbourne Zoo : Close Encounters of the Animal Kind

Royal Melbourne Zoo : Close Encounters of the Animal Kind

Way back in 1986, my family settled in Woodend, Victoria after living in Darwin and Tasmania. I started a new primary school and for the very first time visited Melbourne zoo. It was the perfect year for an introduction to the site with the Butterfly House, the first every built in the Southern Hemisphere and …

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