Dream Zoo (Australia)

OskarGC

OskarGC

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My dream zoo is based off the habitats & regions of Australia. Including: Tasmania, Savanna Country, Aussie Coast, Western Australia, Australian Rainforest, Snowy Mountains, Outback, Kakadu, Bush & River Systems. Each area is linked via a large nocturnal house but there are also paths outside the nocturnal house which do the same to control foot-traffic.

Tasmania
There are two entrances to the zoo. One is through the nocturnal house & the other is a path on the outside. The first tank is based off a seabird colony on the Tasmanian coast with holes & tussock grasses, it is for an adult Tiger Snake (black morph). Next are two similar large nocturnal exhibits, the ground is planted with ferns & there are many climbing (trees & mock rock) & digging opportunities. The first is for a mix of Eastern Barred-Bandicoot, Common Brushtail-Possum, Long-Nosed Potoroo & Short-Beaked Echidna (ssp. setosus). The second is a bit smaller & for a pair of Eastern Quoll. The smallest tank in this part of the nocturnal house is based on an alpine heath with rocks, moss & grasses, it is for White-Lipped Snake.
Other
Outside the nocturnal house is a row of three aviaries. The largest is based off a fern forest, but it is also planted with other native trees such as Mana Gum & Soft Tree-Fern. The aviary is walk-in (not walkthrough) & is there is a knee-high fence encouraging the guests not to go any further. There's also a pond located in the middle of the aviary. This aviary is for: Forty-Spotted Pardalote, Musk Lorikeet, Yellow Wattlebird, parrots (Orange-Bellied & Swift), Brush Bronzewing, Pink Robin, Beautiful Firetail, Green Rosella & Tasmanian Native-Hen. The next two aviaries are a bit smaller, they're not planted but have many perches & tree hollows, the first is for a pair of Grey Goshawk (normal & white morphs) & the second is for a pair of Morepork. The last outdoor enclosure in this area is also based off a fern forest with many different Tasmanian plants, there a many hollow logs & rocks, as well as a den. This exhibit is for two Tasmanian Devil.
 
OskarGC said:
My dream zoo is based off the habitats & regions of Australia. Including: Tasmania, Savanna Country, Aussie Coast, Western Australia, Australian Rainforest, Snowy Mountains, Outback, Kakadu, Bush & River Systems. Each area is linked via a large nocturnal house but there are also paths outside the nocturnal house which do the same to control foot-traffic.

Tasmania
There are two entrances to the zoo. One is through the nocturnal house & the other is a path on the outside. The first tank is based off a seabird colony on the Tasmanian coast with holes & tussock grasses, it is for an adult Tiger Snake (black morph). Next are two similar large nocturnal exhibits, the ground is planted with ferns & there are many climbing (trees & mock rock) & digging opportunities. The first is for a mix of Eastern Barred-Bandicoot, Common Brushtail-Possum, Long-Nosed Potoroo & Short-Beaked Echidna (ssp. setosus). The second is a bit smaller & for a pair of Eastern Quoll. The smallest tank in this part of the nocturnal house is based on an alpine heath with rocks, moss & grasses, it is for White-Lipped Snake.
Other
Outside the nocturnal house is a row of three aviaries. The largest is based off a fern forest, but it is also planted with other native trees such as Mana Gum & Soft Tree-Fern. The aviary is walk-in (not walkthrough) & is there is a knee-high fence encouraging the guests not to go any further. There's also a pond located in the middle of the aviary. This aviary is for: Forty-Spotted Pardalote, Musk Lorikeet, Yellow Wattlebird, parrots (Orange-Bellied & Swift), Brush Bronzewing, Pink Robin, Beautiful Firetail, Green Rosella & Tasmanian Native-Hen. The next two aviaries are a bit smaller, they're not planted but have many perches & tree hollows, the first is for a pair of Grey Goshawk (normal & white morphs) & the second is for a pair of Morepork. The last outdoor enclosure in this area is also based off a fern forest with many different Tasmanian plants, there a many hollow logs & rocks, as well as a den. This exhibit is for two Tasmanian Devil.
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Can you give the Latin names of these species ?
It may be difficult for Non-Australian people to know many of these species, and thus to have an accurate view of the zoo.
 
Savanna Country
Savanna Way
the Savanna Way section is based on the Savanna Way, a route which links Cairns, QLD to Broome, WA. It passes through a wide range of habitats including savanna woodland, sandstone escarpment & spinifex grassland. The first & main exhibit is a large walkthrough-aviary & it exhibits all three main habitats of the Savanna Way. A mock-rock sandstone structure acts a sandstone escarpment & gorge, there's even a stream which runs over the top & drops down into a pond creating a small waterfall. There are many paths which take guests through the different habitats, such as a path which gives the guests a view over the aviary from the top of the "sandstone escarpment", there's also paths which can take guests through the sandstone gorge, savanna woodland & spinifex grassland. The aviary is planted with flora native to the region such as Darwin Woollybut, Boab & Sandstone Spinifex, among others. The aviary is home to: finches (Star, Gouldian & Long-Tailed), Grey-Crowned Babbler, Hooded Parrot, Northern Rosella, Red-Tailed Black-Cockatoo, Dollarbird, quails (King & Chestnut-Backed Button-), Partridge Pigeon, rock-pigeons (White-Quilled & Chestnut-Quilled), Rainbow Bee-Eater, Galah, Australian Pratincole, Australian Bustard, Rufous Bettong, Little Corella, honeyeaters (Banded, White-Lined & White-Throated), Helmeted Friarbird, Sandstone Shrike-Thrush, White-Throated Grasswren, Wilkin's Rock-Wallaby, Gilbert's Dragon, Banded Fruit-Dove & Great Bowerbird. Within the aviary there is also a smaller viewing aviary, it has tree hollows, many branches & a fake arboreal termite mound for nesting, it is for a pair of Blue-Winged Kookaburra. Outside the aviary is a rather large enclosure, there's a mixture of mock-rock & real boulders to create a sandstone escarpment structure, there's a pond at the front & open areas at the base of the sandstone structure, it's for a small group of Black Wallaroo. The last exhibit in the Savanna Way section is an aviary with a "road" going through the middle & savanna woodland habitat on either side, during feeding the food is placed on the road as "roadkill" to show how this species acts in the wild, it is for a pair of Black-Breasted Buzzard.
Farmland
the next section of this area is Farmland. This section is based on the temperate farmland & grassland habitats of central & eastern Australia. The majority of this section is made up by a row of four aviaries. The first is based on an abandoned barn but majority of the bottom is filled with long grass, this is for groups owls (Barn & Eastern Grass-). The second is based on a country roadside & has a scaled down telephone line, a fence & dead trees, its for pairs of Nankeen Kestrel & Black-Shouldered Kite. The next one is similar but without a telephone line & with more trees, this aviary is for a family group of Torresian Crow. The last in this row of aviaries has canegrass, dead trees, a pond & a fence, this is for a mix of Banded Lapwing, Brown Quail, Red-Browed Finch, Red-Rumped Parrot, Eurasian Skylark, honeyeaters (White-Plumed & Painted), Yellow-Rumped Thornbill, Crested Pigeon, Straw-Necked Ibis, Willie Wagtail & Cattle Egret. The last exhibit in this section is the largest, it's more wooded compared to the aviaries, with tall canegrass & den, its for a pair of Red Fox. Between this enclosure & the final aviary are boards explaining the effect foxes & feral cats have on Australian wildlife, especially birds.
Nocturnal House
After entering the nocturnal house the first tank is based on a canefield with a piece of tin & a dead tree, this is for a mix of Coastal Taipan & Pale-Headed Snake. Next are two small invertebrate exhibits, the smaller is based on a meadow with live flowers & is for Flower Crab-Spider & the larger one is based on a sandstone escarpment & planted with spinifex & is for Leichhardt's Grasshopper. After this, the next few exhibits are themed after the sandstone escarpment habitat. The first is based on a sandstone cliff-face with many hiding spots & dead logs for a pair of Kimberley Rock-Monitor. The next one is large & based on a sandstone gorge, the base is filled with water & there's a few caves, this is for a mix of Oenpelli Python & Arnhem Land Long-Necked Turtle. The next three tanks are very similar, each have many hiding spots, dead branches & are based on a sandstone cliff-face. The first is for a pair of Kings' Monitor, the second is for a group of Obiri Rock-Skink & the last is for a group of Giant Cave-Gecko. These tanks transition the nocturnal house from day to night, starting with a diurnal species, then moving on to a species active at any time & then a nocturnal species. After this is the largest sandstone-themed enclosure, it has a cliff, boulders, trees (dead & living) & many climbing opportunities, this is for a small group of Nabarlek & a pair of Rock Ringtail-Possum. After this are more sandstone-themed tanks similar to the three tanks before the large nocturnal exhibit, these are for a Northern Knob-Tailed Gecko & a mixed group of velvet-geckos (Fringe-Toed & Jewelled). After this is a large diurnal exhibit, this kicks off the savanna woodland themed exhibits. There are many plants, trees (dead & living), rocks & a pond, this is for a mix of dragons (Chameleon & Yellow-Sided Two-Lined), Frilled Lizard, Northern Blue-Tongue Skink, Northern Carpet-Python (normal & albino morph) & Spotted Tree-Monitor. Next to this is a very similar slightly smaller exhibit, this time without a pond though, its for an adult pair of Yellow-Spotted Monitor. The nocturnal house goes back to nocturnal exhibits with tank for a Children's Python, it has rocks, logs & bushes. The next tank is similar but taller & it has many dead branches, its for a pair of Northern Spiny-Tailed Gecko. The next exhibit is the last large nocturnal enclosure, it has trees (dead & living), spinifex grass & the roof & walls are covered in mock rock, it's for a pair of Spectacled Hare-Wallaby, a small colony of Ghost Bat & a pair of Brush-Tailed Rabbit-Rat. The next exhibit is based on the forest floor with rocks, logs & bushes, its for a small group of Fat-Tailed Dunnart. The last exhibit in the nocturnal house is large with a dead tree, logs & rocks, its for a pair of Black-Headed Python.
 
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The species lists for the above two areas are as follows.
Tasmania
Nocturnal House
1. Tiger Snake
2. Eastern Barred-Bandicoot, Common Brushtail-Possum, Long-Nosed Potoroo, Short-Beaked Echidna
3. Eastern Quoll
4. White-Lipped Snake
Other
1. Forty-Spotted Pardalote, Musk Lorikeet, Yellow Wattlebird, Parrots (Orange-Bellied, Swift), Brush Bronzewing, Pink Robin, Beautiful Firetail, Green Rosella, Tasmanian Native-Hen
2. Grey Goshawk
3. Morepork
4. Tasmanian Devil
Savanna Country
Savanna Way
1. Finches (Star, Gouldian, Long-Tailed), Grey-Crowned Babbler, Hooded Parrot, Northern Rosella, Red-Tailed Black-Cockatoo, Dollarbird, Quails (King, Chestnut-Backed Button-), Partridge Pigeon, Rock-Pigeons (White-Quilled, Chestnut-Quilled), Rainbow Bee-Eater, Galah, Australian Pratincole, Australian Bustard, Rufous Bettong, Little Corella, Honeyeaters (Banded, White-Lined, White-Throated), Helmeted Friarbird, Sandstone Shrike-Thrush, White-Throated Grasswren, Wilkin's Rock-Wallaby, Gilbert's Dragon, Banded Fruit-Dove, Great Bowerbird
2. Blue-Winged Kookaburra
3. Black Wallaroo
4. Black-Breasted Buzzard
Farmland
1. Owls (Eastern Grass-, Barn)
2. Nankeen Kestrel, Black-Shouldered Kite
3. Torresian Crow
4. Banded Lapwing, Brown Quail, Red-Browed Finch, Red-Rumped Parrot, Eurasian Skylark, Honeyeaters (White-Plumed, Painted), Yellow-Rumped Thornbill, Crested Pigeon, Straw-Necked Ibis, Willie Wagtail, Cattle Egret
5. Red Fox
Nocturnal House
1. Coastal Taipan, Pale-Headed Snake
2. White Crab-Spider
3. Leichhardt's Grasshopper
4. Kimberley Rock-Monitor
5. Oenpelli Python, Arnhem Land Long-Necked Turtle
6. Kings' Monitor
7. Obiri Rock-Skink
8. Giant Cave-Gecko
9. Nabarlek, Rock Ringtail-Possum
10. Northern Knob-Tailed Gecko
11. Velvet-Geckos (Fringe-Toed, Jewelled)
12. Dragons (Chameleon, Yellow-Sided Two-Lined), Frilled Lizard, Northern Blue-Tongue Skink, Northern Carpet-Python, Spotted Tree-Monitor
13. Yellow-Spotted Monitor
14. Children's Python
15. Northern Spiny-Tailed Gecko
16. Spectacled Hare-Wallaby, Ghost Bat, Brush-Tailed Rabbit-Rat
17. Fat-Tailed Dunnart
18. Black-Headed Python
 
Aussie Coast
Scrub to Sea Aviary
the Scrub to Sea Aviary is a medium walkthrough-aviary based on many habitats found along the tropical parts of Australia's coast before reaching the ocean, including heath, littoral rainforest & mangroves. The aviary moves through these habitats starting in the heath, then into the littoral rainforest & it ends in the mangroves. The floor off of the path in the mangroves part is mostly either exposed mud or brackish water. Each part has many native plants which would naturally occur in the habitat, such as Coast Banksia, Coconut Palm, Beach Hibiscus & Grey Mangrove. This aviary is home to rails (Buff-Banded & Chestnut), Pied Imperial-Pigeon, Australasian Figbird (ssp. flaviventris), Metallic Starling, lorikeets (Varied & Red-Collared), Bar-Shouldered Dove, honeyeaters (Brown, Red-Headed & Mangrove), Shining Flycatcher, Grey Shrike-Thrush, White-Breasted Woodswallow, Chestnut Teal, Sacred Kingfisher, Yellow-Bellied Sunbird, Major Skink, Varied Triller, Rufous Fantail & Masked Lapwing.
Other
After the main aviary there's a row of three aviaries. The first is based on the habitats found along the temperate parts of Australia's coast, such as heath, coastal plains & headlands. Its for White-Cheeked Honeyeater, Hooded Plover, parrots (Rock & Eastern Ground-), White-Fronted Chat & Southern Emu-Wren. The next aviary is based on a tidal mudflat & has a function which creates a low & high tide at certain times during the day. During the high-tide there's a beach for the birds to roost on. It's for Black-Winged Stilt, Australian Pied-Oystercatcher, Bar-Tailed Godwit, Ruddy Turnstone & Beach Stone-Curlew. The last aviary in this row of aviaries is the biggest, there are trees (dead & living), logs & pool for hunting. The pool is stocked with live fish each day, apart from normal feeding times. It's for pairs of Eastern Osprey & Brahminy Kite. Next is a grassy walkthrough enclosure based on coastal southern Australia, there are trees, shelters & a pond, it's for small groups of Cape Barren Goose & Quokka. The largest enclosure in this area is a large, deep pool with a rocky land area at the back, it's for a small mixed group of Australian Sea-Lion & New Zealand Fur-Seal. Next is an open-topped exhibit, with a shallow pool, sand beach, small grass hill & beach shack, its for a small group of Australian Pelican & Little Pied Cormorant along with a small colony of gulls (Pacific & Silver). The last outdoor exhibit in this area is the Penguin Point aviary, which is for a colony of penguins (Little & Fiordland) & terns (Bridled & Crested), a small group of Black-Faced Cormorant & Eastern Reef-Egret as well as Eastern Shovel-Nosed Ray, Port Jackson Shark, Yellowtail Fusilier & Sand Whiting. There is a pool of water on both sides of the path, every in the aviary can visit the largest & deepest pool which has under & above water viewing, but the penguins & fish can not visit the smaller & shallower pool which does not have underwater viewing. There are also trees & rock & sand land areas on each side of the aviary.
Nocturnal House
This part of the nocturnal house doesn't have a nocturnal section & only has diurnal exhibits. The largest exhibit is viewed from inside but is outside & similar to an aviary, it's based on Christmas Island & has a dirt substrate, burrows, a pond & small trees (mainly Coconut Palm), it's for a small colony of Coconut Crab. Next are three rainforest-themed invertebrate exhibits, the first has a small pool, climbing & burrowing opportunities, it's for a colony of Australian Land Hermit-Crab. The next tank is taller with a small Beach Hibiscus growing in the centre, it's for a large group of Harlequin Hibiscus-Beetle. The last invertebrate exhibit is based on Ball's Pyramid, it's the tallest out of the three invertebrate exhibits & has a Lord Howe Island Tea-Tree growing in the centre, it's for a breeding group of Lord Howe Island Stick-Insect. The second last exhibit in this part of the nocturnal house is a paludarium based on littoral rainforest of eastern Australia, it's tall & has many live plants, rocks & a pool of water on the base, it's for a group of Orange-Eyed Tree-Frog. The last exhibit in this part of the nocturnal house is a large tank for Eastern Brown-Snake. It's based on coastal sand dunes & has a beach sand substrate, Beachgrass, burrows & rocks.
 
I forgot about one exhibit which is in the Aussie Coast area, it's in the nocturnal house between the Orange-Eyed Tree-Frog & Eastern Brown-Snake exhibits. It's a paludarium based on a coastal acidic wallum swamp with reeds & a young wallum growing at the back of the exhibit. The aquatic section varies in depth. It's for a mix of Wallum Sedge-Frog & Honey Blue-Eye. I'll continue this thread shortly.
 
I'm going to restart this thread and post a new one as I want to continue but have changed many parts of each habitat, including areas which I've already posted.
 
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