Billabong Zoo
Billabong Zoo is a 10-acre (4.0 ha) wildlife park and koala breeding centre located in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. It was opened in 1986, and features a wide variety of Australian and exotic animals.[2]
History
The park was opened in 1986, and was a major breeding centre for koalas. Starting in 2005, new ownership of the park has seen it move from simply breeding koalas to a more common wildlife park.
Exhibits
The park contains a number of native and exotic animals.[3] [4][5]
- African lion
- Bare-nosed wombat
- Black-handed spider monkey
- Blue-and-gold macaw
- Blue-fronted amazon
- Bush stone-curlew
- Cheetah
- Common death adder
- Common marmoset
- Cotton-top tamarin
- Dingo
- Eastern grey kangaroo
- Eastern quoll
- Emu
- Fennec fox
- Fijian crested iguana
- Glossy black cockatoo
- Green and golden bell frog
- Green iguana
- Indian star tortoise
- Koala
- Little penguin
- Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo
- Meerkat
- Orange-bellied parrot
- Pygmy bearded dragon
- Red panda
- Red-necked wallaby
- Saltwater crocodile
- Snow leopard
- Southern cassowary
- Southern hairy-nosed wombat
Facilities
The park also contains picnic barbeques, gardens, and billabongs (small lakes) covered with water lilies and stocked with koi carp and a visiting speckled longfin eel. It also features a café in the main entrance building.[3]
Education
The park has a number of education talks through the day including a koala photo session.
Conservation
The park breeds koalas to send to other zoos in the Australasian breeding program.[6]
In 2011 the park joined the Zoo and Aquarium Association and has participated in a number of species management programs including koalas and snow leopards.
See also
References
- ^ "Member Location Map". zooaquarium.org.au. ZAA. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ "Billabong Koala & Wildlife Park". au.totaltravel.yahoo.com. TotalTravel. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
- ^ a b Billabong Koala Park. "Attractions". Archived from the original on 16 February 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
- ^ Ian Walker (13 November 2015). "Australia's latest arrivals are a bunch of cheetahs". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ Ian Walker (13 November 2015). "Australia's latest arrivals are a bunch of cheetahs". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ Zoo Aquarium Association. "Taxon Advisory Group Koalas". ZAA. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
External links
- Media related to Billabong Koala and Wildlife Park at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
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