Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary

Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary is located in the Brisbane suburb of Fig Tree Pocket.

Wildlife in the sanctuary includes: Koalas, Kangaroos, Tasmanian Devils, Wombats, Echidnas, and various species of Reptiles.

Koala at Lone Pine Koala Santuary

The sanctuary is one of the very few sanctuaries in the world where visitors are actually allowed to hold koalas for a fee. Strict regulations ensure that each koala is not held for more than thirty minutes every day.

Visitors can also feed and pet the free-roaming kangaroos in the five acre open-plan kangaroo reserve, where more than 130 of the animals freely reside. Kangaroos are sometimes seen with a joey in their pouch.

There are also many colourful Australian Parrots and Cockatoos, as well as other Australian birds such as Kookaburras, Emus, Cassowarys among others. Free flying Rainbow Lorikeets fly to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary for the specially prepared nectar meals at the sanctuary. Visitors can feed the lorikeets directly twice a day.

Twice a day there is a bird of prey show with several kinds of raptors showing off their speed agility and keen eye sight.

The Tasmanian Devils are fed in the afternoon. ‘Koala Forest’ is a large koala enclosure with over 30 koalas surrounding the customers. Koalas there are fed mid-morning and mid-afternoon. If you get there around then, you can see them jumping from branch to branch in their hurry to eat the best, fresh gum leaves.

Recently voted one of the ‘Top 10 Zoos in the World” by AOL, Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Brisbane, Australia, is the world’s first and largest koala sanctuary, with over 130 koalas.

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