Wildlife parks
David Fleay Wildlife Park
Visit a wildlife park with a difference! Nestled in secluded bushland in the heart of Queensland’s Gold Coast, David Fleay Wildlife Park is home to many native animals. Here, animals are displayed in surroundings similar to their natural habitats. Enjoy local native animals as well as rare and threatened species seldom seen in the wild.This park has a long tradition of breeding and displaying our native animals. The Environmental Protection Agency manages the David Fleay Wildlife Park as an environmental education facility, to draw community attention to wildlife and the need to conserve our native animals. More…
Daisy Hill Koala Centre
Learn all about koalas at the Daisy Hill Koala Centre on Brisbane’s south-eastern outskirts.The bushland area between Daisy Hill and Redland Bay is important koala habitat. So, it is very fitting that a centre dedicated to koala conservation should be located there.
Koalas are a threatened species in the Southeast Queensland bioregion. In March 2004, the koala was included in the vulnerable species category of the Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 1994 because of a significant decline in the numbers of animals in the wild. The bioregion includes the Daisy Hill and Redland Bay area, as it stretches from the New South Wales border to Gladstone and west to Toowoomba. More…
Last updated: 11 December 2006
