If you're looking to see Australian wildlife, this park is probably one of the less known local options, but it does have its virtues. It has inherited a conservation function, and some of their animals are rescues that can't survive in the wild or breeding populations. The park isn't all that large, and just wandering around it you'd be done pretty quickly, but they do a daily series of shows, covering a variety of different animals. Their birds of prey (and owls) are quite impressive and will whiz right by you, while their wallabies will cutely prance about. There is an enclosure where you can walk up close to the wallabies and an emu. Seekers of the best known animals will find there is a feeding for the "small" salt water crocodiles and some koalas hanging out in trees (though you can't get close to them). Personally, I was most fascinated by the cassowaries, large, flightless birds with a sort of fur instead of feathers. The shows are enough to keep a group of tourists or kids entertained for most of the day, and the handlers seemed to know what they were doing. The park itself, though, will be the first to admit that it's only an introduction, and the best way to see the wildlife is ultimately to track it down in the wild. They do point that out, while giving the occasional tip to protect travelers from the ever-dangerous creatures (and them from us). At the park here, there is a considerable boardwalk through the wetlands, and you can walk by the creek down to the ocean (all of this is outside of the paid area and it was news to me). The park itself might be worth visiting once, but what's beyond it is what you should come back for again and again. read more

David Fleay Wildlife Park - Wallaby with joey - Zoos Near Me - Burleigh Heads, QLD