Gorge Wildlife Park was more interesting and interactive than visiting a traditional large zoo. Here it's more personal and on a smaller scale, which also allows for more interaction with some of the animals.
After paying your admission fee and purchasing a bag of peanuts to feed the animals, along with any refreshments for yourself, walk along the paths to see the animals. The flies are a constant nuisance, so apply bug/mosquito repellent.
I was scared initially of holding a koala because my host was telling me stories about the koalas having fleas that would bite and that the koalas would pee on me. They are gentle creatures. The koala handler told me to give it good support at the bottom so that it would be comfortable and wouldn't try to use its paws to dig in to support itself on me. It was comfortable, feeding on its primary diet of young, tender eucalyptus leaves.
Feeding the fruit bats with peanuts and biting off pieces of an apple to feed them was interesting to watch.
There was a large aviary to walk through. The Tasmanian devil was there but was sort of a disappointment, preferring the cartoon character that it was based on.
There are dingoes, a wild dog; wallabies; wombats; kangaroos; pelicans; water dragons; swans; pheasants; peacocks; leopards; alligators; and ostriches.
Flies are a problem here; even after applying bug repellent they are all over everything.
Phone: +08 8389 2206, +08 8389 2332