Billabong Zoo
Billabong Zoo is a 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.
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.- African lion
- Asian small-clawed otter
- 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 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.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.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.