Thread: Big cat near Stanthorpe (pic added)

Ha knew it

Originally Posted by VladTepes

So there - it WAS a zoo "on the SE Qld coast" after all.

Umm - Bullen's african whatever it was called was in Sydney wasn't it???

Your geography is also on par with your ability to tell convincing porkies it seems...

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Umm - Bullen's african whatever it was called was in Sydney wasn't it???

Your geography is also on par with your ability to tell convincing porkies it seems...

Bullens was at Yatala.....the African Lion Safari at Waragamba ( went there as a kid) was on outskirts of Sydney.

regards

Stevo

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Umm - Bullen's african whatever it was called was in Sydney wasn't it???

No it was on the Gold Coast.

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Your geography is also on par with your ability to tell convincing porkies it seems...

Was you ! And you're wrong.

Originally Posted by VladTepes

No it was on the Gold Coast.



Was you ! And you're wrong.

Weellllllllllllllllllllllllllllll....define Gold Coast........Yatala I think now falls within the GC Council defined area. Back in dem days....would have been Brisbane. So whose right? Who cares ,

Regards

Stevo

Originally Posted by stevo68

Bullens was at Yatala.....the African Lion Safari at Waragamba ( went there as a kid) was on outskirts of Sydney.

regards

Stevo

Cheers, didn't know about the Yatala one... but both were owned by the Bullen family???

Interesting reading:
Bullens African Lion Safari Park proved a roaring success | Courier Mail

Not surprisingly, there were some nasty accidents over the years.

In 1973, an attendant was dragged off by lions and killed in front of a family sitting in their car, and a little girl was bitten on the cheek by a lion.

Striking workers, some of whom said they had been bitten by hyenas and clawed by tigers, were locked out by management at one stage after demanding danger money.

Another time, "Jumbo" the Indian elephant busted out and was found rummaging through garbage bins in suburban Beenleigh looking for a midnight snack.

It must have been tricky getting her back in her pen as she responded only to commands given in a thick Indian accent.

And Warragamba:

Incidents

On August 7, 1995 several lionesses escaped from the park, terrorised the nearby townships of Warragamba & Silverdale and killed a dog. The lioness responsible for killing the dog was shot. As a result of the escape the park was required to upgrade facilities. A bear also escaped and was shot by residents.[3]

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Wallacia, NSW.


[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Lion_Safari_%28Warragamba%29"]African Lion Safari (Warragamba) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

African Lion Safari, Warragamba...I think Vlad's tiger is in the ad

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orl8uNuQqew"]YouTube - African Lion Safari commercial [1980s][/ame]

Originally Posted by MickS

Bullen's Animal World - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wallacia, NSW.


African Lion Safari (Warragamba) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

African Lion Safari, Warragamba...I think Vlad's tiger is in the ad

YouTube - African Lion Safari commercial [1980s]

Ahhhh....takes me back that add....could sing it from the first few words. Thing is....imagine trying to have the same now........just wouldnt happen. Bloody nannied country we have become ,

Regards

Stevo