Central Coast Zoo & The Amazement Farm & Fun Park are conjoined privately owned zoos located at Wyong Creek, New South Wales, Australia, while the latter has been open for years, the 'Central Coast Zoo' is currently only open to private tours through phone-call or email bookings, however the zoo is expected to formally open officially to public visitation in 2023.[1][2][3][4] Expected to be amongst the most popular animals to visitors are a pride of six (3 female & 3 male) former circus-kept African lions.
| Central Coast Zoo | |
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| 33°16′18″S 151°23′23″E / 33.27167°S 151.38972°E | |
| Date opened | The Amazement Farm & Fun Park opened 2008. Central Coast Zoo opened 2022 to private tours (full public opening 2023) |
| Location | 170 Yarramalong Rd, Wyong Creek, New South Wales |
| Land area | 6.0594 ha (14.973 acres) |
| Website | www |
Animals edit
The species kept at the 'Central Coast Zoo' are listed below:
- African lion
- Aldabra giant tortoise
- American alligator
- Barbary sheep
- Blackbuck
- Blue-and-gold macaw
- Brown capuchin
- Burmese python
- Canada goose
- Capybara
- Common marmoset
- Corn snake
- Dromedary camel
- Egyptian goose
- Elongated tortoise
- Fennec fox
- Glossy ibis
- Green iguana
- Green-winged macaw
- Grey parrot
- Hermann's tortoise
- Leopard tortoise
- Meerkat
- Mute swan
- Ostrich
- Paradise shelduck
- Red-fronted macaw
- Red-rumped agouti
- Red-tailed boa
- Rhesus macaque
- Rhinoceros iguana
- Scarlet macaw
- Serval
- Veiled chameleon
- Yellow-headed parrot
The species kept at 'The Amazement Farm & Fun Park' are listed below:
- Agile wallaby
- Alexandrine parrot
- Black swan
- Bourke's parrot
- Cape Barren goose
- Central bearded dragon
- Coastal carpet python
- Common ringtail possum
- Common wombat
- Derbyan parakeet
- Diamond python
- Domestic donkey
- Domestic goat
- Domestic horse
- Domestic sheep
- Eastern grey kangaroo
- Emu
- Fallow deer
- Galah
- Koi
- Llama
- Rainbow lorikeet
- Red deer
- Red-tailed black cockatoo
- Rufous bettong
- Saltwater crocodile
- Short-beaked echidna
- Southern cassowary
- Spectacled flying fox
- Sulphur-crested cockatoo
- Tammar wallaby
- Tawny frogmouth
References edit
- ^ Amy Nelmes-Bissett (27 September 2021). "central coast zoo is opening this summer". coastiesmag.com.au. coasties mag online. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ Harry Mulholland (3 October 2021). "the lion king arrives on the coast". coastcommunitynews.com.au. ccn. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ Lara Coffey (28 August 2021). "animals waiting for visitors at central coast zoo". nbnnews.com.au. nine network. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ Haylie Gordon (8 October 2021). "central coast zoo is set to open after lockdown". ellaslist. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
External links edit
- http://www.centralcoastzoo.com.au/ (official website: currently being developed)
- https://www.facebook.com/Central.Coast.Zoo/ (current website in use)
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