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finally got to visit Wings Wildlife Park today. Its been owned and
operated by the Wing family for 31 years and proudly has 8 generations
of the family associated with it. It's a beautifully set out place, very
professionally organised and the animals are in the absolute best care.
Makes me worry sometimes that animals are kept for or amusement, but
Wings has mostly surrendered or injured animals which cannot be released
back into the wild.
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| Fern the orphaned wombat |
In recent years they've expanded their collection and
now have everything from standard Aussie animals such as wombats,
kangaroos, koalas and Tasmanian Devils to American Buffalo, miniature
horses, reptiles of all sorts, fish, huge bird aviaries, goats, frogs,
deer, alpacas, Marmoset monkeys, an albino magpie and meerkats! I'm sure
there are many I've forgotten. There's something cool everywhere you
look. Also the food in the canteen is fantastic. Hubby and I shared a
massive Buffalo burger with crunchy potato circle thingies and salad.
They employ two chefs and about 20 staff. There are plenty of souvenir
options for tourists.
Wings
Wildlife Park is situated in the lush and gorgeous Gunns Plains valley,
along the River Leven. Idyllic location with wonderful views. The
animals are so lucky! There are lots of different types of tours and
interactions you can choose from. We paid for the guided tour which
included special cuddle sessions with baby Tassie Devil, a baby wombat
and a young koala. Magic! We also hand fed the Marmoset monkeys,
kangaroos and emus. Everywhere we went there were little kids running
around with food sacks dishing out grain to animals, in total safety and
supervision.
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| Lottie the koala |
Kidlet signed up to become a member of
Kids Club, which gives her access to events, workshops, half price entry
any time for 12 months and lots more. She can't wait!
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| young Tassie Devil hand raised |
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| albino magpie |
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| very friendly goat |
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| Chloe the gorgeous wombat |
Wings
Wildlife Park is situated in the lush and gorgeous Gunns Plains valley,
along the River Leven. Idyllic location with wonderful views. The
animals are so lucky! There are lots of different types of tours and
interactions you can choose from. We paid for the guided tour which
included special cuddle sessions with baby Tassie Devil, a baby wombat
and a young koala. Magic! We also hand fed the Marmoset monkeys,
kangaroos and emus. Everywhere we went there were little kids running
around with food sacks dishing out grain to animals, in total safety and
supervision.
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