Ballarat Wildlife Park is an interactive wildlife park situated in Ballarat, Australia which was opened by Greg Parker in 1987. The Park is situated on of natural bush land. Animals The Park currently holds around 400 species of animals, including free-roaming kangaroos and emus that can be handfed. Most of the animals are native to Australia including koalas, wombats, quokkas, echidnas and both saltwater and freshwater crocodiles. Some foreign animals include the dyeing poison dart frog, Komodo dragon, the American alligator and the Aldabra giant tortoise. The park was also home to the oldest-known living wombat in captivity, Patrick, who died in 2017 aged 32. List of species Aldabra giant tortoise Alligator snapping turtle Alpaca American alligator Asian forest tortoise Australian green tree frog Australian water dragon Banded rock python Bare-nosed wombat Boa constrictor Broad-headed snake Brolga Brown tree snake Buff-banded rail Burmese python Bush stone-curlew Central bearded dragon Common snapping turtle Dingo Dyeing poison dart frog Eastern diamondback rattlesnake Eastern long-necked turtle Eastern tiger snake Eastern whipbird Eclectus parrot Emu Freshwater crocodile Frilled lizard Gila monster Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo Green anaconda Indochinese spitting cobra Inland taipan Kangaroo Island grey kangaroo Koala Komodo dragon Lace monitor Little penguin Magnificent tree frog Mangrove monitor Merten's water monitor Monocled cobra Noisy pitta Northern common blue-tongued lizard Pig-nosed turtle Queensland lungfish Quokka Red-bellied pademelon Red-rumped parrot Red-tailed black cockatoo Reticulated python Rhinoceros iguana Rusty monitor Saltwater crocodile Shingleback lizard Short-beaked echidna Southern cassowary Southern corroboree frog Southern hairy-nosed wombat Spiny-tailed monitor Spotted-tail quoll Tasmanian devil Tawny frogmouth Uracoan rattlesnake Wedge-tailed eagle White-headed pigeon References External links 1987 establishments in Australia Zoos established in 1987 Ballarat Zoos in Victoria (Australia) Tourist attractions in Ballarat Wildlife parks in Australia