Description of the attraction
Lone Pine Koala Park, founded in 1927, is located in the suburbs of Brisbane. This is the largest and oldest park in the world, in which koalas live on an area of 4, 6 hectares. The name comes from the only pine tree planted here by the first owners of the park, the Clarkson family. The first inhabitants were two koalas - Jack and Jill. The park gained international fame during the Second World War, when many Americans visited it to get acquainted with the fauna of Australia.
Today in the park you can see koalas, kangaroos, Tasmanian devil, wombats, echidnas, various reptiles, as well as a platypus brought here in 2010 from Melbourne.
This is one of the few parks in the world where visitors can hold one of 30 cute "eucalyptus" bears for a small fee. Strict restrictions allow you to accurately ensure that each koala bear is held in your arms for no more than 30 minutes a day. Koalas are kept in a special koala forest enclosure, where they are fed in the morning and at lunchtime. If you are lucky enough to be in the park at this time, you can see them jumping from branch to branch, trying to get to the best and freshest leaves.
Visitors can also feed and pet kangaroos freely walking around the territory - there are about 130 of them. Sometimes a baby can be seen in a kangaroo's bag.
The park is home to colorful Australian parrots and cockatoos, as well as other endemic birds - kookaburras, emus, cassowaries. Rainbow parrots arrive at the Lonely Pine Park to feast on specially prepared fruit nectar.
Twice a day, there is a kind of show of birds of prey that demonstrate their agility, agility and keen eyesight. Tasmanian devils can be fed in the afternoon.
You can get to the park by car in 20 minutes from the city center or by ferry from the Queensland Cultural Center in 1.5 hours.
