Oxenford, Australia
Production Dr
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+61 61133386
Wheelchair-accessible car parkWheelchair-accessible entranceWheelchair-accessible toilet
Came here specifically to have a photo holding a koala. To start with the walk after parking is a long one to actually enter the venue. No disabled spaces left so anyone with a disability has to walk and it’s uphill and a bit of a hike ( yes I have a disability) once you pay to get in, you have to pay if the kids want to gold pan, if they want to mine and if they want a pony ride...only thing they can do that won’t cost extra is watch a show or go on a 4 min tractor ride. The place is a lot smaller than the impression you get from their website and advertising...so much so that my first thought after being there 20 minutes was ‘wait is this it?!?’ For the price you pay, compared to other places on the Gold Coast it was a massive let down. Was one of the highlights of our trip and it was very disappointing. The staff are great except a lady that i was told was actually the manager. She was extremely rude to every person she spoke to. My husband included. I watched her be very short and abrupt with foreign guests as well as children. This lady was being the photographer for the animal experiences and she was that rude with such a terrible attitude it ruined the experience for us. I work in customer service and this lady’s behaviour was like every customer was an inconvenience and it felt like she didn’t want to be there. Unfortunately we won’t be back
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Small petting zoo. Can see koalas, and pet a few grey kangaroos. No reds to scare the tourists though ;) Car Park is a good 500m walk to the entrance, so bring a stroller if you have young kids 2 minute tractor ride around the complex, and a large food Hall in the middle. Food was very good and priced well. The shows were for tourists and were very short.. This is a whip, this is a sheep dog, this is a milking cow, this is how to throw a boomerang. Most of the activities you had to pay for.. Ride a pony, dig some opal, get a photo with a koala. 5 for each . Probably a good stop in the morning before heading to wet n Wild!
It was an awesome experience for the little one, we had fun petting some of the animals, and the little attractions they have there for the kids were pretty cool. There was a tiny little "water park" there, for when the kids get hot and just want to splash around. They do have shows there, that you and your young ones could go watch. As for rides, they only had the "Tractor ride", which is not a ride but more of a tour around the park. The also have "mining" for gold or opal, which was just a small tunnel with numbers and holes on the wall, and they stick opal or gold in the hole, cover it with wet soil, wait until the mud dries and then sells off a "mining experience"
I wouldn't pay just to go to this park. If you have it included it one of the theme park packages and you have some spare time then it's worth checking out. We went in the rain which hindered some of the experiences, but my 5 year old still loved it, especially the animal nursery. We actually saw a baby chick hatch! 2 hours is probably plenty of time to see everything.
Absolutely love the working farm staff and ranch hands here with the different animals to see in a country paradise setting here in such a pristine clean environment... A prue pleasure for us locals to now enjoy as tourist ourselves since covid
Nice place. Pack extra cloths for kids as their is water play but no change room near water play area. Only fault i found. Nice experience other wise. Note there is a little walk to the entrance of the park.
Excellent place for young children to enjoy and learn about farm animals. Extremely kid friendly, and stroller friendly too. I enjoyed the shows a lot.
A nice couple of hours of interaction with farm & native animals with some neat but short lived presentations. Unfortunately overall this is quite a small, uninteresting, limited and boring animal park. I would swap it for the David Fleay Wildlife Park any day. Extra activities cost extra once you're inside and there's not much shelter or shaded areas. Overall I wouldn't bother wasting your time here unless you're looking to entertain toddlers for a while.
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