Lone Pine Koala Park, established in 1927, is located in the suburbs of Brisbane. It is the world's largest and oldest park, which is home to koalas is home to 4.6 hectares of koalas. It takes its name from the only pine tree pine tree planted by the Clarkson family, the park's first owners. The first inhabitants were two koalas, Jack and Jill. The park gained international fame during World War II, when it was visited by many Americans to learn about Australia's fauna. Australia's fauna.
Today, the park is home to koalas, kangaroos, the Tasmanian devil, wombats, echidnas, a variety of reptiles, and a platypus brought here in 2010 from Melbourne from Melbourne in 2010.
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 make sure that each koala bear is precisely observed is held for no more than 30 minutes a day. Koalas are kept in a special enclosure "Koala Forest" where they are fed in the morning and at lunchtime. If you're lucky enough to be in the park at this time, you'll see them jumping from branch to branch, trying to get to the the best and freshest leaves.
Visitors are also able to feed and pet the 130 or so kangaroos that roam the grounds. Sometimes in the kangaroo's a baby kangaroo can sometimes be seen in a kangaroo's pouch.
The park is home to colourful Australian Australian parrots and cockatoos, as well as other endemic birds such as cockabarras, emus and casuars. Rainbow parrots come to Lone Pine Park to eat specially prepared fruit nectar.
Twice a day there is a show of birds of prey, which demonstrates their agility, dexterity and keen eyesight. The Tasmanian devils can be fed in the afternoon.
The park can be reached by car in 20 minutes from the city centre or by ferry from the Queensland Cultural Centre in 1.5 hours. hours.
