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Alexandra Park Zoo

Coordinates: 24°51′57″S 152°20′35″E / 24.865833°S 152.343056°E / -24.865833; 152.343056
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Alexandra Park Zoo
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24°51′57″S 152°20′35″E / 24.865833°S 152.343056°E / -24.865833; 152.343056
Date opened1911
LocationQuay St, Bundaberg West, Queensland, Australia
Land area2.115 ha (5.23 acres) ≈
Websitewww.discoverbundaberg.com.au/alexandra-park-zoo

Alexandra Park Zoo is a small zoo located in Bundaberg West, Queensland, Australia. Animal species at the zoo include cotton-top tamarin, dingo, swamp wallaby, parma wallaby, spotted-tailed quoll, lace monitor, freckled monitor, eastern bearded dragon, land mullet, coastal carpet python, brown tree snake, white-throated snapping turtle, emu, red-tailed black cockatoo, sulphur-crested cockatoo, eclectus parrot, princess parrot and red-winged parrot.

In the past the zoo was home to a female radiated tortoise named Torty who was over 136 years old when she died on 20 February 1984. The zoo is open daily from 9:30am–4:30pm.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Ashley Schipper (23 June 2020). "Zoo once home to oldest known living creature". Bundaberg Regional Council. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  2. ^ Emma Turnbull (23 December 2019). "Christmas unwrapped for Alexandra Park Zoo animals". Bundaberg Regional Council. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
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