Central Coast Zoo (Australia)

This article is about the zoo in Wyong Creek, Australia. For the zoo in California formerly known as the Charles Paddock Zoo, see Central Coast Zoo (California).

Central Coast Zoo & The Amazement Farm and Fun Park
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33°16′18″S151°23′23″E / 33.27167°S 151.38972°E / -33.27167; 151.38972
Date opened	The Amazement Farm & Fun Park opened 2008. Central Coast Zoo opened 2022 to private tours (full public opening possibly in 2026)
Location	170 Yarramalong Rd, Wyong Creek, New South Wales
Land area	6.1 ha (15 acres)
Website	www.centralcoastzoo.com.au

Central Coast Zoo and The Amazement Farm & Fun Park are conjoined privately owned zoos located at Wyong Creek, New South Wales, Australia. While the latter has been open for years, the Central Coast Zoo is currently only open to private tours through phone-call or email bookings; however the zoo is expected to formally open officially to public visitation in 2023.^{[ needs update ] [1] [2] [3] [4]} Expected to be amongst the most popular animals to visitors are a pride of six (3 female & 3 male) formerly circus-kept African lions.

Animals

Central Coast Zoo (VIP encounter bookings only)

• African lion
• Aldabra giant tortoise
• American alligator
• Blue-and-gold macaw
• Brown capuchin
• Burmese python
• Capybara
• Caracal
• Common marmoset
• Corn snake
• Duméril's boa
• Elongated tortoise
• Fennec fox
• Green iguana
• Green-winged macaw
• Grey parrot
• Hermann's tortoise
• Leopard tortoise
• Meerkat
• Red-fronted macaw
• Red-handed tamarin
• Red-rumped agouti
• Red-tailed boa
• Rhinoceros iguana
• Scarlet macaw
• Serval
• Veiled chameleon
• Yellow anaconda
• Yellow-headed parrot

Amazement Farm & Fun Park (open to general admissions)

• Agile wallaby
• Alexandrine parrot
• Barbary sheep
• Blackbuck
• Black swan
• Bourke's parrot
• Canada goose
• Cape Barren goose
• Central bearded dragon
• Coastal carpet python
• Common ringtail possum
• Common wombat
• Crab-eating macaque
• Derbyan parakeet
• Diamond python
• Domestic donkey
• Domestic goat
• Domestic horse
• Domestic sheep
• Dromedary camel
• Eastern grey kangaroo
• Egyptian goose
• Emu
• Fallow deer
• Galah
• Glossy ibis
• Hamadryas baboon
• Koala
• Koi
• Llama
• Meerkat
• Mute swan
• Ostrich
• Paradise shelduck
• Rainbow lorikeet
• Red deer
• Red-tailed black cockatoo
• Rhesus macaque
• Rufous bettong
• Saltwater crocodile
• Short-beaked echidna
• Southern cassowary
• Spectacled flying fox
• Sulphur-crested cockatoo
• Tammar wallaby
• Tawny frogmouth

References

1. Amy Nelmes-Bissett (27 September 2021). "central coast zoo is opening this summer". coastiesmag.com.au. coasties mag online. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
2. Harry Mulholland (3 October 2021). "the lion king arrives on the coast". coastcommunitynews.com.au. ccn. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
3. Lara Coffey (28 August 2021). "animals waiting for visitors at central coast zoo". nbnnews.com.au. nine network. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
4. Haylie Gordon (8 October 2021). "central coast zoo is set to open after lockdown". ellaslist. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

External links

• http://www.centralcoastzoo.com.au/ (official website: currently being developed)
• https://www.facebook.com/Central.Coast.Zoo/ (current website in use)