Editor Pick
Australian Wildlife World
- July 18, 2007
- Rated 4 of 5 by
auskiwi from Tacoma, Australia
The newest attraction to be added to Sydney’s vast array of tourist "things to do" is the Sydney Darling Harbour Aquarium’s Australian Wildlife World and it’s really neat.
The entry to the Australian Wildlife World is located right next door to the Darling Harbour Aquarium, near the water, and at $26 per adult it is a bargain.
Right from the outset we were riveted to the exhibits and the creatures, bugs, and animals in them.
There were fully glass front enclosures that housed Australian nocturnal animals - the quouls, the marsupial mice, the bilbys, the sugar gliders, the opossums and many more – and more enclosures with reptiles, snakes, lizards, etc.
Other enclosures had native Australian bugs - stick insects and beetles - and spiders.
Then there were the usual assortment of kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, emus, wombats, cassowaries, etc. all housed in large, fully glass fronted enclosures. There’s just an inch of glass between you and the animals.
The great thing was that most of the animals were actually active – not the usual lifeless looking things you sometimes see in some zoos – but that may have something to do with the fact that it was feeding time. Feeding time is not for the squeemish of heart, especially around the snake enclosures – thank god those rats are dead when they are thrown in, watching a live rat slowly get the last breathe squeezed out of them would be way to much.
During certain times of the day you can have your photo taken with a koala and a several different times throughout the day the animal keepers and specialists give educational talks about the animals, insects, etc. These times are indicated on the timetable/broacher you receive when you pay your entry fee.
The latest exhibit to be constructed at the Wildlife World is the butterfly house. We entered into an exhibit area full of brightly coloured butterflies fluttering around. Some of them even landed on people, if they were fortunate enough. The most popular people were the people who were wearing something red – so if you want the pretty butterflies to land on you wear red.
From journal Oxford Street, Coogee and a Taste of Wildlife