Zoo

Ballarat Wildlife Park

Q: Where is Ballarat Wildlife Park?

Australia. Ballarat Wildlife Park is a zoo or wildlife park in Australia. Its coordinates are 37.570° S, 143.893° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Great Otway National Park, about 114 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Ballarat Wildlife Park?

20 species. Citizen-science photos record 20 species at Ballarat Wildlife Park, including Southern Cassowary, Western Grey Kangaroo, Koala, Tawny Frogmouth and Emu. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Q: Where can you see the animals of Ballarat Wildlife Park in the wild?

Southern Cassowary: Daintree National Park. Some of the animals photographed at Ballarat Wildlife Park also live in the parks and cities we cover: Southern Cassowary (about 10% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Daintree National Park), Western Grey Kangaroo (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Flinders Chase) and Koala (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Flinders Chase).

Q: When did Ballarat Wildlife Park open and how big is it?

Opened 1987, 9.0 ha. Ballarat Wildlife Park, a zoo or wildlife park in Australia, opened in 1987 and covers about 9.0 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 20 species are photographed there.

🇦🇺 Australia

🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, Australia 20 spp. present

The Ballarat Wildlife Park is a zoo in Ballarat, Victoria. Opened in February 1985, it is privately owned by founder Greg Parker, and Julia Leonard and managed by Jared Mulholland. The 10-hectare park holds over 300 animals, including Australian animals—there are over 100 free-roaming kangaroos—and an extensive collection of reptiles. It was once well known for housing Patrick, the common wombat who was the oldest known marsupial in captivity when he died aged around 30 years old in 2017. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

37.570° S 143.893° E

🎟️ Visit

Essentials

Entrance

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Tourism

High

Species present

species

Opened

1987

Size

Medium

Visit

Getting there

wildlifepark.com.au ↗

What visitors say

🦒 Animals in captivity

Casuarius casuarius

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

in Daintree National Park

LC Endemic

Macropus fuliginosus

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Flinders Chase+ 3 more parks

VU Endemic

Phascolarctos cinereus

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Flinders Chase+ 6 more parks

LC Endemic

Podargus strigoides

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

in Hattah-Kulkyne National Park+ 8 more parks

LC Endemic

Dromaius novaehollandiae

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

in Flinders Ranges National Park+ 8 more parks

EN Endemic

Sarcophilus harrisii

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

in Maria Island National Park+ 2 more parks

Suricata suricatta

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park+ 2 more parks

LC Endemic

Vombatus ursinus

Daily sighting probability >90% · Very likely

in Maria Island National Park+ 5 more parks

Before you go

Where is Ballarat Wildlife Park?

Australia

Ballarat Wildlife Park is a zoo or wildlife park in Australia. Its coordinates are 37.570° S, 143.893° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Great Otway National Park, about 114 km away.

What animals can you see at Ballarat Wildlife Park?

20 species

Citizen-science photos record 20 species at Ballarat Wildlife Park, including Southern Cassowary, Western Grey Kangaroo, Koala, Tawny Frogmouth and Emu. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Where can you see the animals of Ballarat Wildlife Park in the wild?

Southern Cassowary: Daintree National Park

Some of the animals photographed at Ballarat Wildlife Park also live in the parks and cities we cover: Southern Cassowary (about 10% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Daintree National Park), Western Grey Kangaroo (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Flinders Chase) and Koala (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Flinders Chase).

When did Ballarat Wildlife Park open and how big is it?

Opened 1987, 9.0 ha

Ballarat Wildlife Park, a zoo or wildlife park in Australia, opened in 1987 and covers about 9.0 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 20 species are photographed there.