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Becoming a member helps us keep David Fleay’s dream alive. Not only will you receive our newsletter, you will be entitled to an Animal Care training program at David Fleay’s Wildlife Park. It also enables you a seat at the monthly Friends of Fleay’s (FOF) meetings, so you can have your own say in the future of the park!

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The Friends of Fleay’s Conservation Fund provides funds dedicated to animal care at David Fleay’s Wildlife Park. Donations will be greatly appreciated and welcomed by the staff and the animals. Don’t forget, all donations over $2 are tax deductible!

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Volunteer

Do you want to help out around the park? By becoming a DFWP volunteer, you can enjoy behind-the-scenes access and make a difference to our treasured native animals and birds!

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What Friends of Fleay’s do

Jingeri Jingeri Walla wallul jimbalangs na Kombummeri jagan. Yanbay ngamaweh baya Kombuermmi jagan. (Greetings, greetings, great many friends to Kombumerri country. Please walk gently within Kombummeri country).

The Friends of Fleay’s Association is the volunteer organisation supporting the David Fleay Wildlife Park on Queensland’s Gold Coast. We are committed to:

  • conservation of the environment
  • preservation of Queensland’s wildlife
  • assisting in research on threatened species
  • education of the community

David Fleay Wildlife Park is home to many native animals, birds, plants and ground-breaking research. David Fleay 

visitors to the park enjoy birds, including eagles, brolgas, jabiru, owls and cassowaries, as well as crocodiles, kangaroos, koalas, tree kangaroos, snakes, lizards, gliders, and even butterflies. And we are the only park on the Gold Coast where you can see a platypus! 

The park features Australian animals housed in natural habitat-inspired enclosures.

To read more about the Park and it’s opening times, please visit the official website. And visit here to find out the Park’s admission prices.

Meet our Wildlife!

Woma Python

Woma Python

Identification The woma is a large python with an average length of 1.5 m and a maximum length of approximately...

Brolga

Brolga

Identification One of the most obvious features of the Brolga’s behaviour is its courtship display, an elaborate dance. The dance...

Murray Darling Python

Murray Darling Python

Identification Carpet pythons are extremely variable in colour and pattern. Most specimens are olive green, with pale, dark-edged blotches, stripes or...

Platypus

Platypus

Identification Body length 370 mm, tail length 130 mm. Luxuriously dense fur; tan brown above, lighter gold-brown on belly. Flattened,...

Australian Pelican

Australian Pelican

Identification The Australian Pelican is often seen around the coasts, where it can be seen roosting on sandbanks, rock platforms...

Koala

Koala

Identification Body length 90 cm; no tail, weight 6 kg. Woolly grey fur, white chest. Male larger and more ‘coarse-looking’...

Nankeen Night-Heron

Nankeen Night-Heron

Identification Because it spends much of the day roosting hidden among dense foliage, only emerging in the twilight, the Nankeen...

Eastern Grey Kangaroo

Eastern Grey Kangaroo

Identification Body length 1 m; tail length 90 cm; weight 50 kg. Woolly grey-brown; slightly darker on shoulders and mid...

Dingo

Dingo

Identification Body length 100 cm; tail length 32 cm; weight 10-25 kg. Colour ranges from white through honey-ginger to black...

Wedge-tailed Eagle

Wedge-tailed Eagle

Identification The Wedge-tailed Eagle is Australia’s largest birds of prey. It was once considered to be a menace by farmers,...

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