Tuesday, 26 February 2019

Oakvale Wildlife Park

Oakvale Wildlife Park is a family-owned accredited farm committed to helping visitors learn about native Australian wildlife and how they can protect it.  They have a koala breeding program and also participate in another program, Devil Ark, which is working to save the Tasmanian Devil whose population has crashed since 1996 when the first signs of a fatal facial cancer was found in devils.

Besides these good works, they have a wonderful array of Australian animals on display.  The koala photos in the last blog were all taken at Oakvale.


Rainbow Lorikeet


Quokka


Centralian Carpet Python


Cassowary


Juvenile Male Superb Fairywren whose blue feathers are just coming in.  
This is a wild bird that I snapped as it was flying around the wildlife park.


Swamp Wallaby


Frill-necked Lizard


Purple Swamp Hen, also a wild bird


Wild Dusky Moorhen chick


Kangaroo with a large joey in her pouch


Young wombat, about one year old


Royal Spoonbill


Poor mom is STILL nursing her very large joey while also carry a second one 
in her pouch (the bulge between her legs is the young joey hidden in her pouch)


Bush Stone Curlew


Perentie


Tasmanian Devil


Devils are very aggressive


Emu


Emu


Curious Emu





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