Wild Life Sydney Zoo (formerly Sydney Wildlife World) is a wildlife park in the Darling Harbour precinct, on the western edge of the Sydney central business district, Australia. Opened in September 2006, the zoo is located adjacent to a leisure and retail precinct that includes the Sea Life Sydney Aquarium and Madame Tussauds Sydney.
History In May 2006, Sydney Aquarium announced plans to expand the existing aquarium site, in order to incorporate a wildlife park. Following this announcement, and after the acquisition of the tourist attractions at Sydney Tower and of Manly Oceanarium, Sydney Aquarium changed its name to Sydney Attractions Group. Village Roadshow purchased Sydney Attractions Group in late 2007.Village Roadshow wins battle for Sydney Attractions Group Attractions Management 11 February 2008 UK attractions group Merlin Entertainments bought Sydney Wildlife World as part of its acquisition of Village Roadshow assets in March 2011.
The park changed its name to Wild Life Sydney and re-opened on 13 September 2011.
The attraction was named the best family-focused tourism at The Australians 2007 Travel and Tourism Awards.e-Travel Blackboard: Australia's Number One Industry Newsletter
Design Construction began in November 2004 on the site, and was completed in August 2006. Wild Life Sydney is unusual for a zoo or wildlife park in that the public areas are almost entirely enclosed and air-conditioned. The A$52 million development features a walkway which snakes through of enclosures.
The upper level exhibits are open-air, enclosed only by a large stainless steel mesh roof structure supported by curved beams, which were designed to look like the ribs of the rainbow serpent of Aboriginal myth when viewed from above. This open-air feature has enabled the exhibits to be landscaped naturally with live plants, including full-sized trees. The largest exhibit is the semi-arid habitat of kangaroo walkabout, featuring of red sand trucked in from central Australia and full-sized bottle trees. This habitat houses Kangaroo Island kangaroos, echidnas, a quokka and koalas.
Exhibits Wild Life Sydney Zoo is divided into ten zones, containing the following exhibits:Tricky Tongues and Treehouse Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo Short-beaked echidnaDevil's Den Tasmanian devilSnake Shack Eastern brown snake Northern death adder Red-bellied black snake Tiger snakeWallaby Cliffs Bare-nosed wombat Chestnut-eared finch Red-browed finch Spencer's goanna Yellow-footed rock wallabyDaintree Rainforest Australian green tree frog Australian king parrot Boyd's forest dragon Brown cuckoo-dove Emerald dove Frill-neck lizard Green and golden bell frog Magnificent tree frog Plumed whistling duck Red-browed finch Red-legged pademelon Satin bowerbird Southern cassowary Topknot pigeon Wonga pigeonKangaroo Walkabout Australian king parrot Budgerigar Chestnut-breasted mannikin Chestnut-eared finch Cockatiel Kangaroo Island kangaroo Emerald dove Galah Gouldian finch Princess parrot Red-browed finch Spinifex pigeon White-browed woodswallow White-headed pigeon Wonga pigeonCrocodile Billabong Banded rainbowfish Central bearded dragon Central netted dragon Crimson-spotted rainbowfish Dwarf bearded dragon Freshwater crocodile Frill-neck lizard Olive python Pig-nosed turtle Red-collared lorikeet Seven-spot archerfish Shingleback lizardPlatypus Pool Platypus Eastern water dragonNight Fall Bilby Black-headed python Centralian knob-tailed gecko Eastern quoll Night skink Northern brown bandicoot Palyoora Rufous bettong Scorpion Spotted python Sugar glider Tawny frogmouth Woma python Yellow-bellied gliderKoala Rooftop (including Koala Rooftop Cafe)'
Cyclone Larry stick insect Giant burrowing cockroach Goliath stick-insect Mitchell's rainforest snail Queensland whistling tarantula Superworm Koala Wolf spider
Experiences Wild Life Sydney offers a Koala Photo experience where guests can get close to the Koalas and take a quality photo with them.
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