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Cohunu Koala Park
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| Hours | Daily 9:30am-5pm (winter 10am); koala photo sessions 10am-4pm | ||
| Location | Lot 103 Nettleton Road, Byford. 500m off South West Highway | ||
| Transportation | Train: Armadale line to Armadale station, then 10-minute taxi ride (about A$30 [$23/£12.50]). Bus: 251. By car, take Albany Hwy to Byford, turn left on Nettleton Rd, follow for about 500m to park entrance (about 40-min drive from city) | ||
| Phone | 08/95262966 | ||
| Web site | www.cohunu.com.au | ||
| Prices | Admission A$15 ($12.50/£6) adults, A$5 ($4/£2) children 4-14. Koala-cuddling A$25 ($20/£10) and take your own photo/video | ||
| Season | Closed Dec 25 | ||
Frommer's Review
WA allows you to actually hold a koala, and this large park set in bushland is the only place to do so. You can also feed kangaroos, wallabies, and emus wandering in natural enclosures, see wombats and dingoes, walk through an aviary housing Aussie native birds, and see wild water birds on the ponds. The Caversham Wildlife Park in the Swan Valley has a bigger, more intriguing range of native species, but does not allow koala cuddling. It's hard to get here without a car.
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Frommer's Australia 2010
Author: Lee Atkinson |
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