Billabong Zoo
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| Date opened | 1986 |
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| Location | Port Macquarie NSW |
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| Land area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
| Number of species | 30+ |
| Memberships | Zoo and Aquarium Association[1] |
| Website | www |
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]
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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]
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- 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
- Koala
- Little penguin
- Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo
- Meerkat
- 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
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