My wife and I are visitin...

My wife and I are visiting Australia for the month of Feb 2004. We would like info and suggestions for seeing the "outback" including kangaroos, crocodiles, etc. Where do we go to see these? We are basing our travel from Brisbane and north from there. Jim & Ginger Klein

first ofall--Austrailia is HUGE...you will only see a small portion of the country/continent while you are there...we spent a month there 5 years ago, spenidn time in Queensland and New SOuth Wales.......we had fun at Steve Corwin's Austrailia Zoo, before he became so famous in the USA, Went to Bin Berra(sp) nature resort in the mountains,overlooking the Gold Coast .SPenty a week on the barrier reef.........saaw more wwild lfie thatn we thought POSSIBLE...INCLUDING two Taipan, the world.s most dealdyu snake onaa hiking path!!!Your trip IS in the right direction,Brisbane and NOrth.......we ar ein the midst of moving...i wil try to find the names of the places we stayed....