My Dream Zoo (2nd version)

OskarGC

OskarGC

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My dream zoo would be named Atlas Zoo and it would be located on the Gold Coast in QLD, Australia. There would be a number of geographically & habitat themed areas with smaller areas within them.

Atlas Aquarium
the Atlas Aquarium is split into four areas: Wetlands & Waterways, Windswept Shores, Tropical Mangroves & Great Barrier Reef.
Wetlands & Waterways
based around the freshwater habitats all across the world. & has six smaller areas: Congo River, Blackwater Peat Swamps, Rice Paddy Fields, Mexican Cenotes, Ganges River & Fly River.
Congo River
based on the Congo region of central Africa. Exhibits include a community tank has driftwood & aquatic plants & is for Peter's Elephant-Nose Fish, Reedfish, Congo Tetra, Freshwater Butterflyfish, Rainbow Kribs & Senegal Bichir, two smaller tanks, one with Blue Lyretail & Blue Notho & the other for African Clawed-Frog.
Blackwater Peat Swamps
based on the blackwater peat swamps of South-East Asia (namely Malaysia) & only has one large blackwater community tank with driftwood, aquatic plants & dead leaves for gouramis (Chocolate & Licorice), loaches (Kuhli & Clown), Siamese Algae-Eater, Glass Catfish, Harlequin Rasbora, Fire Eel & Odessa Barb.
Rice Paddy Fields
based on the rice paddy fields of South Asia. There are two community tanks both planted with rice, the first based on Thailand & the second on China. The first one has Siamese Fighting-Fish, Cherry Shrimp, Dwarf Gourami & Celestial Pearl-Danio & the other with Paradise Fish, Giant Danio & barbs (Tiger & Gold). The final tank is for Flowerhorn Cichlid.
Mexican Cenotes
based on the cenotes of the Yucatan peninsula. A tank with rocky structures for Firemouth Cichlid & Jack Dempsey, a mixed cave tank with Blind Cave-Tetra, corydoras (Sterba's & Panda) & Otocinclus, & the final tank based on Lake Xochimilco for Axolotl.
Other
the other two tanks in this section of the aquarium are based on two different river systems: Ganges River & Fly River. They're both community tanks, the Ganges River with barbs (Cherry & Black Ruby), Honey Gourami & Zebra Danio & the Fly River for rainbow fish (Neon, Boeseman's, Lake Kutubu & Red) & Empire Gudgeon.
Windswept Shores
based around the shorelines of the world & split into five areas: Islands, Kelp Forests, Rock-Pools, Ningaloo Coast & Arctic Circle.
Islands
based on two different island groups. There are two exhibits based around the Sub-Antarctic Islands, a large ones with underwater viewing home to penguins (King, Gentoo & Chinstrap) & the other a tank with a fake whale skeleton for Broad-Gilled Hagfish. & a single enclosure with small trees, volcanic rocks & underwater viewing with Marine Iguana & Inca Tern.
Kelp Forests
based on the kelp forests of southern Australia. There's one big aquarium with a sandy & rocky substrate, planted with Giant Kelp & home to Smooth Stingray, Cownose Ray, Eastern Banjo-Shark, Green Sea-Turtle, Luderick, Sea Mullet, Flounder, Spotted Wobbegong, Old Wife, Blue-Throated Wrasse, Rainbow Cale, Ornate Boxfish & Bowmouth Guitarfish. Then there are three smaller tanks with one species each for Big-Belly Seahorse, Giant Cuttlefish & Leafy Sea-Dragon.
Rock-Pools
based on the tidal rock-pools of eastern Australia. The main exhibit is a tidal rock-pool exhibit with a wave function for Blue Periwinkle, Mulberry Whelk, Swift-Footed Crab, Red Waratah-Anemone, Purple Sea-Urchin, Tasmanian Blenny, Stripey, stars (Biscuit & Carpet Sea-) & Australian Clownfish. The other tank in this area has Gloomy Octopus.
Ningaloo Coast
based on Ningaloo region of Western Australia. There are two reef tanks, one for Clark's Anemonefish, Whitetail Dascyllus, Orange-Spotted Filefish, Bicolour Goatfish, Yellow Longnose-Butterflyfish & Brown-Banded Bamboo-Shark & the other for a mix of Pineapple-Fish & Painted Rock-Lobster. There is also a small reef tank with Warty Frogfish.
Arctic Circle
based on the habitats of the Arctic Circle. There's an island cliff exhibit for Atlantic Puffin, an elevated rocky exhibit with snow & small pine trees for Arctic Fox, a glass-fronted aviary with Snowy Owl & the final themed after a harbour with a pontoon in the middle for Harbour Seal.
Tropical Mangroves
based on the mangroves of Africa, Asia, Australia & the Americas.
Australia
There are two rather large aquariums, one for sharks (Bull & Tawny Nurse-) & the other with Dugong, a high-tide mangrove forest aquarium for Mangrove Jack, Spotted Scat, Banded Archerfish, Long-Spine Porcupinefish, Schooling Bannerfish, Dusky Flathead, Silver Moony, Yellowfin Bream & Pinnate Batfish, there are two large paludariums for one species each, Mangrove Monitor & Rusty Monitor, a small insect tank with mangrove saplings for Golden Orbweaver-Spider, a smaller tank with Halfbeak & Smooth Toadfish, a small muddy paludarium for Bearded Mudskipper & Fiddler Crab, a mudflat exhibit with Soldier Crab & a few more tanks with one species each for Upside-Down Jellyfish, Giant Mud-Crab & Jelly Blubber.
Asia
There two outdoor enclosures with are viewed from inside the aquarium with through above & underwater viewing windows, each a land & water side & with planted with some mangrove trees, the smaller one is for Crab-Eating Macaque & Asian Small-Clawed Otter & the larger one which is netted at the back is home to Proboscis Monkey, Great Hornbill, Plum-Headed Parakeet, Lesser Mouse-Deer & Spotted Whistling-Duck. There's also a paludarium with Mangrove Snake.
Africa
There is one paludarium for African Moony, African Scat & Clouded Archerfish.
the Americas
The enclosure based on the Gulf of Mexico has American Crocodile.
Great Barrier Reef
based on the different parts of the Great Barrier Reef: Reef Dangers, Fringing Reef, Coral Atoll, Barrier Reef & Reef Drop-Off.
Reef Dangers
this corner of the Great Barrier Reef section is for some of the most deadly species on the reef & has eight exhibits, four small ones with one species each for Southern Blue-Ringed Octopus, Box Jellyfish, Geography Cone-Snail & Ribbon Eel. & four bigger ones, with two species each for Estuarine Stonefish & Red Lionfish, Striped Eel-Catfish & Black-Saddled Toby, moray-eels (Dragon & Snowflake) & the final with Yellow-Lipped Sea-Krait & Crown-of-Thorns Starfish.
Fringing Reef
based on the reef-type surrounding islands & land-masses, it has three exhibits. A hard coral community tank for Darwin Jawfish, Christmas Tree Worm, shrimp (Banded Coral- & Harlequin), Yellowtail Coris, Banggai Cardinalfish, Pyjama Nudibranch, Blue-Band Goby, Longnose Hawkfish, Pink Anemonefish & Longnose Hawkfish, a touch-pool with sea-stars (Chocolate Chip & Blue), stars (Schayer's Brittle- & Passion Flower Feather-) & Black Sea-Cucumber & a tank for Mimic Octopus.
Coral Atoll
based on the reef-type in which a ring of coral encircles a lagoon, there are five exhibits. A soft coral community tank with tangs (Blue, Yellow & Achilles), Orange Clownfish, Foxface Rabbitfish, Copperband Butterflyfish, Moorish Idol, Blue-Green Chromis, damselfish (Domino & Reticulated), Clown Coris, Blue-Streak Cleaner-Wrasse & Royal Dottyback & four smaller tanks, the first for Mandarinfish, Fire Goby, Longhorn Cowfish & Elegant Firefish, the second with Peacock Mantis-Shrimp, the third for Humpback Grouper & Reindeer Wrasse & the last with Spotted Garden-Eel & Bristle-Tail Filefish.
Barrier Reef
based on the reef-type which is separated from by shore by a channel. There's only one exhibit, a giant reef aquarium home to wrasses (Blue-Streak Cleaner-, Bird & Moon), sharks (Whitetip Reef- & Epaulette), parrotfish (Bicolour & Green Humphead-), triggerfish (Clown, Lagoon & Redtoothed), Blue-Spotted Ribbontail-Ray, angelfish (Emperor, Regal & French), Threadfin Butterflyfish, Maroon Clownfish, tangs (Blue, Yellow & Sailfin), Harlequin Tuskfish, Guineafowl Puffer, Giant Clam, Crowned Squirrelfish, Sea Goldie, Square-Spot Anthias, Needlefish & Blue-Green Chromis.
Reef Drop-Off
based on the point in which the reef drops away & the water becomes much deeper. There's only one exhibit, a giant reef aquarium for wrasses (Blue-Streak Cleaner- & Humphead), sharks (Grey Reef- & Zebra), Hawksbill Sea-Turtle, Queensland Grouper, rays (Spotted Eagle-, Common Shovelnose- & Porcupine), Giant Moray-Eel, Great Barracuda, Red Emperor, Coral Trout & Giant Trevally.
 
What kills me about these speculative aquariums is they have a small amount of species, but then throw in something that has never been kept in captivity before, like a broad-gilled hagfish
 
Ebirah766 said:
What kills me about these speculative aquariums is they have a small amount of species, but then throw in something that has never been kept in captivity before, like a broad-gilled hagfish
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It doesn't look like a "small number of species", in my opinion.
 
OskarGC said:
There's quite a few species in this that would be difficult to acquire. But as it says in the title, it's my "dream zoo".
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Try "illegal" for marine iguanas.

Ebirah766 said:
From what I can tell there's only about 100, which is pitiful for an aquarium.
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There's nearly 200 species listed, and I excluded mammals and birds from that total, as well as recurring doubles.

I do note a large number of poor mixes here though.
 
Ebirah766 said:
... but then throw in something that has never been kept in captivity before, like a broad-gilled hagfish
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Just curious, what is your source for these never having been kept in captivity?
 
Ebirah766 said:
What kills me about these speculative aquariums is they have a small amount of species, but then throw in something that has never been kept in captivity before, like a broad-gilled hagfish
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I know that the hagfish are kept at SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium in Sydney, Australia.

Ebirah766 said:
From what I can tell there's only about 100, which is pitiful for an aquarium.
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This is only one part of the zoo. Most of the zoo is taken up by a section comprising each habitat of Australia & then there's others parts such as Africa, Asia & the Amazon which I'll complete soon.

The total number of species in the Atlas Aquarium is:
Species List
Mammals: 8
Birds: 9
Reptiles: 9
Amphibians: 2
Fish: 152
Invertebrates: 33
Total: 213
 
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the Australia half of the zoo has a large nocturnal house split into the many different habitats/areas of Australia. Each habitat/area have an exit/entrance to outdoor walking tracks & exhibits. There are also walking tracks outside the nocturnal house to create better flow & less foot traffic around the zoo.
Tasmania
the Tasmania area is based on the island of Tasmania off of southern Australia.
Nocturnal House
the entrance to zoo starts of Tasmania section of the nocturnal house. The first is a grassy coastal headland themed tank with Tiger Snake, a large nocturnal exhibit for Eastern Barred-Bandicoot, Common Brushtail-Possum (normal & golden morphs), Long-Nosed Potoroo & Short-Beaked Echidna (ssp. setoffs), another nocturnal one with Eastern Quoll & a heath themed tank for White-Lipped Snake.
Other
outside is an aviary home to Forty-Spotted Pardalote, Musk Lorikeet, Yellow Wattlebird, parrots (Orange-Bellied & Swift), Brush Bronzewing, Pink Robin, Beautiful Firetail, Green Rosella & Tasmanian Native-Hen. There's another aviary with Grey Goshawk (normal & white morphs) & the final enclosure is for Tasmanian Devil.
Savanna Country
the Savanna Country area is split into two parts. The first based on the Savanna Way, a route which links Cairns, QLD to Broome, WA & Farmland, which is based on the temperate farmland habitats of south-eastern Australia.
Savanna Way
the first & main part of Savanna Way is a large walkthrough-aviary which has four habitats which are: savanna woodland, spinifex grassland, sandstone escarpments & gorges. This aviary is home to finches (Star, Gouldian & Long-Tailed), Grey-Crowned Babbler, Hooded Parrot, Northern Rosella, Red-Tailed Black-Cockatoo, Dollarbird, quails (King & Chestnut-Breasted Button-), Partridge Pigeon, rock-pigeons (White-Quilled & Chestnut-Quilled), Rainbow Bee-Eater, Galah, Australian Pratincole, Australian Bustard, Rufous Bettong, Little Corella, White-Bellied Cuckoo-Shrike & Black Wallaroo. After this is the other & last exhibit in the Savanna Way part which is an aviary with Black-Breasted Buzzard.
Farmland
the Farmland has a row of aviaries, the first & largest is for 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 & White-Winged Triller. Then is a thickly planted one with Eastern Grass-Owl & Blue-Winged Kookaburra, a barn one for Barn Owl & a taller one with a mix of Nankeen Kestrel & Black-Shouldered Kite. The last outdoor enclosure is for Red Fox.
Nocturnal House
this section of the nocturnal house has four habitats: farmland, sandstone escarpments, savanna woodland & spinifex grassland (in that order). The farmland part is the smallest with three exhibits, a canefield themed tank with Coastal Taipan, a tank with dry logs & a hollow tree for Pale-Headed Snake & then a small invertebrate exhibit with White Crab-Spider. The sandstone escarpments part starts with another small invertebrate exhibit for Leichhardt's Grasshopper, four diurnal reptile tanks ranging in size with Kimberley Rock-Monitor, a mix of pythons (Rough-Scaled & Oenpelli), Kings' Monitor & a mix of Gilbert's Dragon & Obiri Rock-Skink. The nocturnal part of sandstone escarpments has three reptile exhibits for Giant Cave-Gecko, Northern Knob-Tailed Gecko & a mix of velvet-geckos (Fringe-Toed & Jewelled), the main nocturnal enclosure is large & has trees & mock rock structures for Nabarlek, Rock Ringtail-Possum & Short-Eared Rock-Wallaby. The diurnal exhibits start again in the savanna woodland part with a larger enclosure with trees & smaller mock rock structures for dragons (Chameleon & Yellow-Sided Two-Lined), Frilled Lizard, Northern Blue-Tongue Skink, Northern Carpet-Python (normal & albino morph) & Spotted Tree-Monitor. An exhibit with Yellow-Spotted Monitor & a smaller one for Children's Python. The nocturnal house ends with more nocturnal enclosures which encompass the end of the savanna woodland part & the whole of the spinifex grassland part, there's a small reptile tank with a dead tree for Northern Spiny-Tailed Gecko, the largest enclosure with large spinifex clumps & small trees for Spectacled Hare-Wallaby, Ghost Bat & Brush-Tailed Rabbit-Rat, a long exhibit with dead leaves & thick undergrowth for Fat-Tailed Dunnart & the last a tank with Black-Headed Python.
Aussie Coast
the Aussie Coast area is based on the different habitats encompassing the Australian coastline including: coastal heath/scrub, mangroves, mudflats, headlands, islands & beaches.
Scrub to Sea Aviary
this walkthrough aviary features almost all of these coastal habitats starting from the scrub/heath & ending in the flooded mangroves. The species include: rails (Buff-Banded & Chestnut), Pied Imperial-Pigeon, Australasian Figbird (yellow morph), Metallic Starling, lorikeets (Varied & Red-Collared), Bar-Shouldered Dove, honeyeaters (White-Cheeked, Brown & Red-Headed), Shining Flycatcher, Grey Shrike-Thrush, White-Breasted Woodswallow, Chestnut Teal, Sacred Kingfisher, Yellow-Bellied Sunbird, Hooded Plover, Rock Parrot & Major Skink.
Other
other than the aviary are a couple outdoor exhibits. A jetty themed enclosure for Australian Pelican, Little Pied Cormorant, gulls (Pacific & Silver) & other rescued seabirds, a grassy headland exhibit with Cape Barren Goose & Quokka, a tidal mudflat aviary for Black-Winged Stilt, Australian Pied-Oystercatcher, Bar-Tailed Godwit, Masked Lapwing, Ruddy Turnstone & Beach Stone-Curlew, another jetty themed exhibit with Australian Sea-Lion & New Zealand Fur-Seal & an aviary for Eastern Osprey & Brahminy Kite. The last outdoor enclosure is Penguin Point which is a walkthrough-aviary with underwater & above-water viewing. It is home to: penguins (Little & Fiordland), Eastern Shovel-Nosed Ray, Port Jackson Shark, terns (Bridled & Crested), Black-Faced Cormorant, Yellowtail Fusilier, Sand Whiting & Eastern Reef-Egret.
Nocturnal House
this part of the nocturnal house only has diurnal exhibits. An enclosure with dead palm fronds, palms & other trees for Coconut Crab, then there are four exhibits with one species each for Australian Land Hermit-Crab, Harlequin Hibiscus-Beetle, Lord Howe Island Stick-Insect & Orange-Eyed Tree-Frog. Last is a sand dunes themed tank with Eastern Brown-Snake.

  • Species Lists
Tasmania
Mammals: 6
Birds: 11
Reptiles: 2
Savanna Country
Mammals: 10
Birds: 37
Reptiles: 22
Invertebrates: 2
Aussie Coast
Mammals: 3
Birds: 38
Reptiles: 1
Amphibians: 1
Fish: 4
Invertebrates: 4
 
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OskarGC said:
another aviary with Grey Goshawk (normal & white morphs) & Morepork.
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Not a good mix, the goshawks would likely kill the owls.

OskarGC said:
This aviary is home to finches (Star, Gouldian & Long-Tailed), Grey-Crowned Babbler, Hooded Parrot, Northern Rosella, Red-Tailed Black-Cockatoo, Dollarbird, quails (King & Chestnut-Breasted Button-), Partridge Pigeon, rock-pigeons (White-Quilled & Chestnut-Quilled), Rainbow Bee-Eater, Blue-Winged Kookaburra, Galah, Australian Pratincole, Australian Bustard, Rufous Bettong, Little Corella, White-Bellied Cuckoo-Shrike & Black Wallaroo.
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The kookaburra will eat the finches and possibly the quails.

OskarGC said:
An enclosure with dead palm fronds, palms & other trees for Coconut Crab & Major Skink
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The crabs are likely to injure/eat the skinks.
 
Western Australia
the Western Australia area is based on the state of Western Australia & the regions which encompass it, particularly the South-West WA, Shark Bay & Pilbara regions.
Karri Forest
this part is based on the Karri Forest habitat of south-west WA. First is an aviary for Cinnamon Quail-Thrush, Western Bowerbird, Purple-Crowned Lorikeet, Western Rosella, Baudin's Black-Cockatoo, Red-Capped Parrot, White-Winged Fairywren, Australian Ringneck (twenty-eight form), White-Naped Honeyeater, Crested Shrike-Tit, Western Spinebill, White-Fronted Chat, Red-Eared Firetail & Southern Scrub-Robin. Next are two similar enclosures, the first has a mix of wallabies (Western Brush- & Tammar) & the second for Numbat.
Nocturnal House
the nocturnal house has species from each different region of WA. The South-West WA part starts with a wetland exhibit for Western Swamp-Turtle, a small invertebrate tank has Peacock Spider, there's a mixed species reptile exhibit for Western Shingleback, Superb Two-Lined Dragon & skinks (Western Blue-Tongue & King's), a tank with Spotted Mulga-Snake. Then is the nocturnal part, there's two small enclosures for Starred Knob-Tailed Gecko & Turtle Frog, there's two similar exhibits, one for Dibbler & Red-Tailed Phascogale & the other, which starts off the Shark Bay part has Woylie & Greater Stick-Nest Rat. Starting in the Shark Bay area & moving to the Pilbara part are five reptile tanks ranging in size with one species each, for West Coast Banded-Snake, Pilbara Death-Adder, Pygmy Python, Southern Pilbara Rock-Monitor & Banded Knob-Tailed Gecko.
 
Great Argus said:
Not a good mix, the goshawks would likely kill the owls.



The kookaburra will eat the finches and possibly the quails.



The crabs are likely to injure/eat the skinks.
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I'll remove to Morepork from that aviary

would a mix of Blue-Winged Kookaburra & Black-Breasted Buzzard or Eastern Grass-Owl work?

I'll put the crabs & skinks in seperate exhibits
 
Great Argus said:
No. I don't currently see an existing aviary that would work to mix them in.
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or perhaps the Blue-Winged Kookaburra could be kept in one of those smaller aviaries sometimes found within larger walkthrough-aviaries? & thus could be kept within the Savanna Way aviary just separated from the others.
 
OskarGC said:
or perhaps the Blue-Winged Kookaburra could be kept in one of those smaller aviaries sometimes found within larger walkthrough-aviaries? & thus could be kept within the Savanna Way aviary just separated from the others.
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I've already seen Kookaburras mixed with middle-sized birds as Australian Cockatoos, Eclectuses and Keas. It seems to work as I've seen it for many years.
 
Australian Rainforest
the Australian Rainforest area is based off the rainforests ranging up the east coast of Australia, but mainly those in QLD, particularly the South-East, North-East & Cape York regions.
Rainforest Aviary
a large rainforest walkthrough-aviary with a boardwalk path, this aviary similar to that of Taronga Zoo's "rainforest aviary" but bigger & with more species. The species are: bowerbirds (Regent, Satin, Golden & Tooth-Billed), pigeons (Topknot, White-Headed & Wonga), fruit-doves (Rose-Crowned, Superb & Wompoo), Green Catbird, Eastern Yellow-Robin, parrots (Australian King-, Double-Eyed Fig- & Eclectus), Golden Whistler, Black-Breasted Button-Quail, Eastern Whipbird, Red-Necked Pademelon, Noisy Pitta, Blue-Faced Parrot-Finch, Palm Cockatoo, Pacific Emerald-Dove, scrubwrens (White-Browed & Yellow-Throated), honeyeaters (Lewin's, Bridled & Macleay's), kingfishers (Buff-Breasted Paradise- & Yellow-Billed), Papuan Frogmouth, Musky Rat-Kangaroo, Lovely Fairywren, Barred Cuckoo-Shrike, Pied Monarch & Red-Necked Crake. Within the aviary there's also a small aviary for Black Butcherbird.
Other
before heading back into the nocturnal house the paths goes past a few outdoor enclosures, they're all viewing from an elevated boardwalk. There are four exhibits, the largest has Southern Cassowary, then one with climbing structures for Lumholtz's Tree-Kangaroo, last are two similar aviaries, one for Spectacled Flying-Fox & a larger one with a mix of Lesser Sooty Owl & Pacific Baza.
Nocturnal House
the nocturnal house starts off with some nocturnal enclosures, there are two similar exhibits, the first with Striped Possum & Common Spotted-Cuscus & the second with a mix of Long-Nosed Bandicoot, Mahogany Glider & Green Ringtail-Possum. There are three tall reptile tanks with Common Tree-Snake (blue-phase & golden morphs), a mix of geckos (Northern Leaf-Tailed & Chameleon) & Green Python & White-Lipped Tree-Frog, then as it transitions to diurnal enclosures are five invertebrate exhibits for Queensland Whistling-Tarantula, Australian Amblypygid, Lichen Huntsman, Giant Rainforest-Mantis & a mix of insects (Australian Leaf- & Peppermint Stick-) & Spiny Rainforest-Katydid. There are four reptile tanks ranging in size which have: two mixes of Land Mullet, Pink-Tongued Skink & Emerald Tree-Monitor & then Boyd's Forest-Dragon & Scrub Python, the other two tanks have Jungle Carpet-Python & Prickly Forest-Skink. Next are the creek enclosures, the first two are mixes: one with rainbowfish (Crimson-Spotted, Banded & Chequered) & Freshwater Moray-Eel & the other has Red-Bellied Turtle, Spangled Perch, Sleepy Cod & Coal Grunter, the two smaller ones have Giant Freshwater-Prawn & Lamington Spiny-Crayfish. There's a forest-floor exhibit for Jumping-Jack Ant. Going from the diurnal part & back into the nocturnal part are four snake tanks with one species each which have Diamond Python, Rough-Scaled Snake, Stephen's Banded-Snake & Eastern Bandy-Bandy. There's two invertebrate exhibits for Rainforest Scorpion & a mix of Giant Burrowing-Cockroach, Giant Panda-Snail & Giant Scrub-Millipede, two frog tanks have Dainty Green Tree-Frog & Great Barred-Frog & a larger enclosure for Spotted-Tail Quoll.
Snowy Mountains
the Snowy Mountains area is based on the Australian Alps of south-east Australia.
Nocturnal House
the nocturnal house continues from the Australian Rainforest area & into this one. There's an exhibit with a mix of possums (Leadbeater's & Mountain Pygmy-), many tanks for breeding Southern Corroboree-Frogs & another tank which has a mix of skinks (Blotched Blue-Tongue & Cunningham's).
Other
outside the nocturnal house are a few outdoor enclosures: three aviary for a mix of cockatoos (Gang-Gang & Yellow-Tailed Black-), Crimson Rosella, Superb Parrot, White-Winged Though, Flame Robin, Dusky Woodswallow & Red Wattlebird & two smaller ones which have Pied Currawong & Peregrine Falcon. Then are two similar exhibits which have Common Wombat & Short-Beaked Echidna.
  • Species List
Western Australia
Mammals: 7
Birds: 14
Reptiles: 12
Amphibians: 1
Invertebrates: 1
Australian Rainforest
Mammals: 10
Birds: 38
Reptiles: 16
Amphibians: 3
Fish: 7
Invertebrates: 14
Snowy Mountains
Mammals: 4
Birds: 10
Reptiles: 2
Amphibians: 1
 
Outback
the Outback area is based on the Outback region of central Australia.
Uluru
a flat, open walkthrough-aviary with an oasis, rocky structures, spinifex, trees & other vegetation. Based on the open deserts of central Australia. This aviary is for: Princess Parrot, Major Mitchell's Cockatoo, Budgerigar, finches (Zebra & Painted), Orange Chat, Blue Bonnet, Southern Whiteface, Pied Honeyeater, Hooded Robin, Inland Dotterel, Flock Bronzewing, quails (Little Button- & Stubble), Spinifex Pigeon, Cockatiel & Dusky Grasswren.
Mallee Aviary
a walkthrough-aviary similar to the Uluru aviary but larger & with lots vegetation. Based on the mallee habitat of central Australia. This aviary has: honeyeaters (Spiny-Cheeked & White-Fronted), parrots (Scarlet-Chested, Bourke's & Mulga), Splendid Fairywren, Chiming Wedgebill, Australian Ringneck (mallee form), Red-Backed Kingfisher, Red-Capped Robin, Crested Bellbird, Diamond Dove, Malleefowl, Striated Grasswren, Crimson Chat & Black-Eared Miner.
Other
First is a large macropod-walkthrough enclosure with a large mock rock structure in the centre for rock-wallabies (Yellow-Footed & Black-Flanked), Red Kangaroo, Emu & Common Wallaroo. After this are four other outdoor exhibits, an aviary with Wedge-Tailed Eagle, an enclosure with rocky pile for Perentie, & then two similar exhibits which have Bridled Nailtail-Wallaby & Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat.
Nocturnal House
this part of the nocturnal house starts in the diurnal section & is mainly made-up of reptile tank, the first one based on the blacksoil plains & is for Collett's Snake, three similar ones have Inland Taipan, King Brown-Snake & Woma Python, one with climbing opportunities for a mix of Bredl's Carpet-Python & Spiny-Tailed Monitor, two similar ones have Short-Tailed Monitor & a mix of skinks (Night & Eastern Pilbara Spiny-Tailed) & Central Netted-Dragon, a sandy one for Broad-Banded Sand-Swimmer & Thorny Devil, one based on gibber plains with Gibber Earless-Dragon, a larger one for a mix of dragons (Long-Nosed Water- & Inland Bearded-), Eastern Shingleback, Centralian Blue-Tongue Skink & Pygmy Mulga-Monitor. Then are five invertebrate exhibits, a subterranean ant nest one has Honey-Pot Ant, a sandy one for Ant-Lion, an aquatic tank with Shield Shrimp & the last, a nocturnal one for Desert Scorpion. After this is the nocturnal part which starts with four similar small tanks which have knob-tailed geckos (Smooth & Centralian), Jewelled Gecko & Crucifix Toad, then is an enclosure for Kultarr & the largest nocturnal exhibit in this section which has a mix of Greater Glider, Spinifex Hopping-Mouse & Australian Owlet-Nightjar.
  • Species List
Outback
Mammals: 9
Birds: 36
Reptiles: 22
Amphibians: 1
Invertebrates: 4
 
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