Koala Park Sanctuary

Koala Park was created in the 1920’s and officially opened in October of 1930 by the founder Noel Burnet. He became alarmed at the high numbers of koalas shot for the large export fur trade.

He feared that if such harsh treatment was allowed to continue, this lovable and unique Australian animal would disappear from the face of the earth forever. From that time on he spent his whole life fighting to protect research and Create a safe environment in which they could live and breed naturally.

This was the beginning of a unique family involvement with the koala that continues to this day, Noel Burnet’s family are still owner operators of the sanctuary following the same basic principles upon which it was founded.

The threat koalas face today is still one of despair as koala numbers in the wild diminish due to the clearing of the land for expansion of human settlement, for example, for agriculture, housing, mining, forestry, shops, factories and roads. While we need these modern conveniences, we should be trying to put them where koalas are not. In 2013 and 2014 almost 700 koalas where secretly killed by lethal injection near Victoria’s Great Ocean Road and thousands more are in danger of starvation.

We are open all public holidays, except for Christmas Day.

Thank you all so much for your continuing support and we look forward to seeing you!

All NSW Health regulations will be followed and enforced. Stay safe!

Lots of love, the Koala Park Family