Oakvale Wildlife Park is a wildlife park established by the Sansom family in Salt Ash, in the Port Stephens region of New South Wales, Australia. Home to a variety of animals which, while primarily native species of eastern Australia, also includes some exotic species. It also has several children's play facilities, including a water-play area and tractor rides.[1][2][3][4]
| Oakvale Wildlife Park | |
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 Oakvale Wildlife Park logo | |
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| 32°47′38″S 151°54′37″E / 32.79389°S 151.91028°E | |
| Date opened | 1 November 1979 |
| Location | 3 Oakvale Drive, Salt Ash, New South Wales, Australia |
| Land area | 10 ha (25 acres) |
| No. of species | 100+ |
| Memberships | Zoo and Aquarium Association |
| Website | oakvalewildlife |
Animal exhibits
edit- Aviaries (some walk-through)
- Tawny frogmouth
- Laughing kookaburra
- Blue-winged kookaburra
- Australian magpie
- Bush stone-curlew
- Galah
- Sulphur-crested cockatoo
- Red-tailed black cockatoo
- Blue-and-gold macaw
- Cockatiel
- Eclectus parrot
- Superb parrot
- Alexandrine parrot
- Sun conure
- Purple-crowned lorikeet
- Rainbow lorikeet
- Diamond dove
- Bar-shouldered dove
- Pied imperial pigeon
- 'Reptile Ravine'
- Perentie
- Lace monitor
- Sand goanna
- Spencer's goanna
- Frilled lizard
- Eastern water dragon
- Boyd's forest dragon
- Central bearded dragon
- Pygmy bearded dragon
- Eastern blue-tongued lizard
- Northern blue-tongued lizard
- Shingleback lizard
- Cunningham's spiny-tailed skink
- Eastern Pilbara spiny-tailed skink
- Scrub python
- Olive python
- Woma python
- Black-headed python
- Centralian carpet python
- Darwin carpet python (albino)
- Water python
- Other reptiles
- 'Wetlands Walk' and 'Waterfowl Pond'
- Royal spoonbill
- Black swan
- Canada goose
- Cape Barren goose
- Brown Chinese goose
- Australian wood duck
- Muscovy duck
- Pacific black duck
- Plumed whistling duck
- Wandering whistling duck
- Freckled duck
- Mallard duck
- Aylesbury duck
- Indian runner duck
- Grey teal duck
- Chestnut teal duck
- Radjah shelduck
- Eurasian coot
- Dusky moorhen
- 'Lemur Island'
- 'Wallaby Walk'
- Adjacent exhibits
- 'Nocturnal House'
- Adjacent exhibits ('Koala Country' etc.)
- Koala
- Bare-nosed wombat
- Tasmanian devil
- Short-beaked echidna
- Southern cassowary
- Wedge-tailed eagle
- Barn owl
- 'Farmyard Nursery'
…is a walkthrough animal nursery which includes:
- Domestic goat
- Domestic sheep
- Guinea pig
- Domestic rabbit including Flemish giant rabbit
- Chinese silky bantam
- Helmeted guinea fowl
- Paddocks
- Donkey
- Miniature pony
- Domestic pig (including Berkshire pig)
- Arabian camel
- Llama
- Alpaca
- Water buffalo
- Scottish highland cattle and Texas longhorn cattle
- Jersey cow, Holstein-Freisian cow and Red Angus calves
- Kangaroo area
References
edit- ^ Ellie-Marie Watts (29 October 2019). "Oakvale Wildlife Park celebrating 40 years of conservation and education". portstephensexaminer. Australian Community Media. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Ellie-Marie Watts (29 July 2019). "Oakvale comes up golden in regional tourism awards". portstephensexaminer. Australian Community Media. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Vicky Karantzavelou (10 January 2017). "New water park opens in Port Stephens 'Splash Bay' at Oakvale". traveldailynews. Travel Daily News Media Network. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Meg White (27 May 2020). "Oakvale Wildlife Park: Get up close to animals". newywithkids. REENACTION PTY LTD. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Leanne Sansom & Kent Sansom and or employee(s) (April 2018). "Oakvale Wildlife Park (Park Map)". oakvalewildlifepark. OAKLANDS PTY LTD Pty Ltd. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Leanne Sansom & Kent Sansom and or employee(s) (April 2018). "Oakvale Wildlife Park (Our Animals)". oakvalewildlifepark. OAKLANDS PTY LTD Pty Ltd. Retrieved 16 November 2021.