Australian Wildlife Projects

Australian Walkabout Wildlife Park

"Conservation through Education"

This animal sanctuary is one of the few places in Australia where you can meet and interact with wild kangaroos, wallaroos, emus, wombats, bettongs, echidna, koalas, dingoes, flying foxes, pythons and more.

Walkabout Park is an easy 50 minute drive north of Sydney and covers around 170 acres including a feral free area of about 80 acres of pristine bushland. Surrounded by a state-of-the-art fox- and cat-proof fence, the exclusion zone is home to around 180 species of Australian marsupials, monotremes, mammals, birds, reptiles and frogs. Many of these animals are species on the verge of extinction but here, protected from introduced dangers, they are thriving in their natural habitat.

The sanctuary also contains ancient Aboriginal sites including cave paintings and rock carvings. These sites are protected by the Walkabout Park rangers, who will take you on guided tours to see them.

The owners Gerald and Tassin Barnard and their team offer educational programs for schools and universities as well as international volunteering programs. Casual visitors are welcome on any day of the year. Walkabout Park gets no government funding and 100% of proceeds go towards the team's conservation education work.

To learn more about Australian Walkabout Wildlife Park, click here.

10 March 2010
It is no secret that orangutans are threatened with extinction because their rain forests are being destroyed at an alarming rate. Ten years ago, Shawn Thompson, a writer, former journalist and university professor, set out to chronicle the threat to orangutans in a book released in March 2010. Read Article »

10 March 2010
Research into the long calls of male Orangutans in Borneo has given scientists new insight into how these solitary apes communicate through dense jungle. Read Article »

2 March 2010
'Environmentally-friendly' biofuels have been found to be more harmful to the planet than normal fossil fuel. Read Article »

22 February 2010
BBC documentary shows Indonesian company clearing protected rainforest.

18 February 2010
Gorillas, orang-utans and a cyanide-eating lemur are among the world’s 25 most critically endangered primates, scientists have said. Read Article »

5 February 2010
The European Commission and some EU member states hope to redefine palm oil plantations as "forests," according to a leaked document from the EU executive. Read Article »

26 January 2010
Project to create sustainable palm oil project undermined by Western firms

25 January 2010
Payments to developing countries to reduce emissions from deforestation will only succeed if corruption and lack of financial management capacity are addressed, says new report. Read Article »