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When the Africans couldn't come to the Australian netball team yesterday, the players went on safari.
The Australians' match against Malawi, a warm-up for tomorrow's world championships, was called off when the Malawi Queens' travel plans went awry, so the Aussies were treated to a different taste of Africa at the Auckland Zoo.
The Australians' bus driver in Auckland, Dave Tuki, is also a zoo safari tour guide and gave midcourter Selina Gilsenanan up-close encounter with an elephant, while the cacophony of lorikeets primed the Australian players for the din from New Zealand fans at the Trusts Stadium in Waitakere City next week.
