Australian Walkabout Wildlife Park
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| Date opened | 1 April, 2001 |
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| Location | Calga, New South Wales, Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°25′25″S 151°13′24″E / 33.423645°S 151.223281°ECoordinates: 33°25′25″S 151°13′24″E / 33.423645°S 151.223281°E |
| Land area | 80 acres (32 ha) |
| No. of species | 180+ |
| Memberships | ZAA[1] |
| Website | www |
Australia Walkabout Wildlife Park is a wildlife sanctuary located in Calga, New South Wales, Australia.[1] The wildlife park is home to Australian native birds, mammals and reptiles as well as farm animals. It offers research and education programs, with visitors able to undertake day and night tours. [2] The park is home to a wide range of Australian animals and in 2021 became home to a group of meerkats, the park's first exotic animals[3]
Animals found at the park[]
- Native Bird species include
- Non-Native Bird species are
- Blue peafowl (in park's petting zoo)
- Domestic goose (in park's petting zoo)
- Domestic turkey (in park's petting zoo)
- Brahma chicken (in park's petting zoo)
- Native Herptile (Reptile and Amphibian) species include
- Lace tree goanna
- Eastern water dragon
- Pygmy bearded dragon
- Shingleback lizard
- Eastern blue-tongued lizard
- Cunningham's spiny-tailed skink
- Hosmer's spiny-tailed skink
- Barking gecko
- Olive python
- Murray Darling carpet python
- Centralian carpet python
- Coastal carpet Python
- Jungle carpet python
- Diamond python
- Spotted python
- Tiger snake
- Red-bellied black snake
- Common death adder
- Brown tree snake
- Eastern long-necked turtle
- Eastern short-necked turtle
- Eastern dwarf tree frog
- Peron's tree frog
- Eastern froglet
- Red-crowned toadlet
- Native Mammal species include
- Grey-headed flying-fox
- Dingo
- Short-beaked echidna
- Tasmanian devil
- Spotted-tail quoll
- Eastern quoll
- Bare-nosed wombat
- Southern hairy-nosed wombat
- Koala
- Red kangaroo
- Eastern grey kangaroo
- Eastern hill wallaroo
- Tammar wallaby
- Parma wallaby
- Red-necked wallaby
- Swamp wallaby
- Agile Wallaby
- Red-necked pademelon
- Rufous bettong
- Long-nosed potoroo
- Southeastern common brushtail possum
- Southeastern common ringtail possum
- Sugar glider
- Bilby
- Long-nosed bandicoot
- Spinifex hopping mouse
- Non-Native Mammal species are
- Meerkat
- Huacaya alpaca (in park's petting zoo)
- Domestic pig (in park's petting zoo)
- Domestic miniature goat (in park's petting zoo)
- Domestic rabbit (in park's petting zoo)
- Guinea pig (in park's petting zoo)
References[]
- ^ a b "ZAA Accredited Member Location Map". Zoo and Aquarium Association. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Animals You Might See". Australian Walkabout Wildlife Park. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ Lara Coffey (23 October 2021). "Wildlife sanctuary taking in animals in need". Nine Media. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
External links[]
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Categories:
- Zoos in New South Wales
- Wildlife parks in Australia
- Tourist attractions in New South Wales
- Central Coast (New South Wales)