JZK

Conservation

Celebration

Days

FAQ

  • All JZKs 14yrs and younger need to be accompanied by a responsible adult. If your JZK needs to be supervised, please reach out by email before the day and we will organise a drop off and pick up time with activities they will enjoy.

  • Yes, preferably by email before the day, however on the day substitutions are also available. Come past the stall and if we have room, you’re welcome to jump in at the next shift change!

  • Yes, we should have space for JZKs and their accompanying guest to work at the stall together. You will need to make sure your friend represents the zoo and JZKs well to achieve our advocacy and conservation goals.

    If you have more than one friend accompanying you, we many not have space for both, but we can determine that on the day.

  • You should have been emailed a free ticket code the week before the Conservation Day. Head to the zoo website and add a general admission ticket to cart. Add your code in the voucher space as well as any tickets for other accompanying friends or family. All attendees need either a membership or valid ticket to enter the zoo.

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Reptile Encounters

  • Small Snake Hold

    Cost: $10
    Minimum age: 4 years
    Time to allow: 15 minutes

    Hold a snake on their hands. There will also be an opportunity to capture a quick photo of the experience.

     

  • Large Snake Pat

    Cost: $10
    Minimum Age: 2 years (with parental assistance)
    Time to Allow: 15 minutes

    Meet one of our larger snakes for pats, while it is held by a staff member. Depending on the snake on the day, guests may be able to hold the tail.

    Photos welcome.

  • Lizard Pats

    Cost: $10
    Minimum age:     2yrs (with parental assistance)
    Time to allow: 15 minutes

    Gently pat either a blue-tongued lizard or shingleback lizard while it is supported by a staff member. Learn about the animal and feel the texture of its scales.

    Photos are welcome.

  • Tortoise Pats

    Cost: $10
    Minimum Age: 2yrs (with parental assistance)
    Time to allow: 15 minutes

    Meet and gently pat one of our tortoises while it remains inside its transport habitat.

    Photos are welcome.

JZK CCD Paid Experiences

These experiences are open to JZKs, their guests & members of the public who attend on the day. JZKs will get priority booking on Saturday 18th at 10am and the public will be able to book from Wednesday 22nd July. Proceeds from these experiences will go toward our nominated charities on the day.

For our animals’ comfort and diet there are limited spaces for each activity, so please make sure to book early to avoid disappointment. We also note that our animals remain our first priority. If an animal chooses not to participate, or interactions need to be rescheduled, refunds can be organised.

Costs and minimum ages vary, so please read descriptions carefully.

Please check the time allowances to make sure you are not booking two experiences too close together and miss one. All time allowances are approximate as animal behaviour can be variable. The time allowance is the time for all participants to have their feed, not individuals.

Photos are welcome during most activities, but some locations and habitat designs make photographs easier than others.

Cheetah Feed

Minimum Age: 4yrs
Cost: $20
Time Allowance: 20mins

Use tongs to offer a cheetah a piece of meat from its daily diet through the habitat mesh.

Photos are welcome.

Giraffe Feed

Minimum Age: 4yrs
Cost: $15
Time Allowance: 30mins

Feed the giraffe a carrot stick or a lettuce leaf from a raised eye height platform.

Photos are welcome.

Porcupine Feed

Minimum Age: 8yrs
Cost: $20
Time Allowance: 20mins

Participants will be able to lean safely over the habitat fence to deliver a special treat to one of our porcupines with long tongs. See her impressive quills, curious personality and charming smile as she looks up at you! Step stool will be provided for shorter guests.

Photos welcome, but angles will be awkward.

Ring Tailed Lemur Feed

Minimum Age: 6yrs
Cost: $15
Time Allowance: 20mins

Hand feed a sweet treat through the mesh to one of our Ring Tailed Lemurs!

Photos are welcome, but will likely be a bit dark and angled odd as we are feeding in the dens.

Shark Pats

Minimum Age: 6yrs
Cost: $15
Time Allowance: 30mins - should take less, however last year went long!

Go to the top of the Shark Tank to watch our sharks have breakfast. Reach into the water for a quick pat and feel the sandpaper like texture of their skin.

Photos angles will be odd.

Siamang Session

Minimum Age: 10yrs
Cost: $15
Time Allowance: 25mins

Go behind the scenes to our Siamang Feeding hatch. Place food on an enrichment platter and watch as their dextrous hands reach through the mesh to sample their favourites.

Our Siamangs can be quite shy, so only paying participants can watch this experience. Age limit exceptions will be made for current JZKs, but not their guests.

A guide can take a photo on the guests’ device during the session.

Tassie Devil Feed

Minimum Age: 4yrs
Cost: $20
Time Allowance: 20mins

Use tongs to offer a Tassie Devil a piece of meat from its daily diet through the habitat mesh.

Photos are welcome, but the angles will be odd.

Tiger Feed

Minimum Age: 4yrs
Cost: $20
Time Allowance: 30mins - Our tigers are notorious for making us wait on Conservation Days.

Use tongs to offer a tiger a piece of meat from its daily diet through the habitat mesh.

Photos are welcome.

Tree Kangaroo Meet n Greet

Minimum Age: 4yrs
Cost: $20
Time Allowance: 20mins

Step inside the habitat with one of our keepers to learn more about tree kangaroos and see Simbu eating his snacks up close. Guests will get a quick pat and should have an opportunity for a great photo.

Photos are welcome from spectators outside, but the guide can also take a device for a good photo from inside.

Siamang Session

Minimum Age: 8yrs
Cost: $50
Time Allowance: 25mins

Participants will create a very basic art piece, then have the meerkats run over their artwork to add their footprints as a take home memento. Guests need to have good mobility and will be sitting on potentially uncomfortable rocks in the meerkat habitat for up to 10 mins. Meerkats are free to move around guests and their feet as they engage with the art. Everyone will have a moment with a meerkat on their lap to take a photo, but it is unlikely participants will get to pat a meerkat.

A guide can take a photo on the guests’ device during the session.

Zebra Feed

Minimum Age: 4yrs
Cost: $10
Time Allowance: 15mins

Handfeed a carrot stick through one of our mesh access points.

Photos are welcome.

These experiences are open to JZKs only. Bookings are required and can be booked up to the start time of the experience assuming there is space. Participant numbers are capped based on the space and food available for the animals.

Yard Entries -
Free for JZKs

Tiger Yard Entry

Open to: current Junior Zoo Keepers Only
Cost: Free - still need to book
Time Allowance: 30mins

JZKs are able to enter our waterfall Tiger habitat (while the tiger is in her den) to put out scent enrichment. Family and friends watch from outside. JZKs then re-join the crowd (outside) and get to watch the tiger explore her scent enriched habitat.

 

Rhino Yard Entry

Open to: current Junior Zoo Keepers Only
Cost: Free - still need to book
Time Allowance: 30mins

JZKs are able to enter our Rhino habitat to put out a variety of enrichment and their afternoon feed. Family and friends watch from outside. JZKs then rejoin the crowd (outside) and the rhino’s return to their yard.

These experiences are open to JZKs and their guests. Bookings are required and can be booked up to the start time of the experience assuming there is space. Participant numbers are capped based on the space and food available for the animals.

Emu &
Alpaca Feeds

Alpaca Feed

Open to: JZKs and their guests
Cost: Free - still need to book
Time Allowance: 10mins

Offer an alpaca a piece of carrot from your open hand and watch as it gently takes the treat. Photos for this one also tend to turn out great!

Emu Feed

Open to: JZKs and their guests
Cost: Free - still need to book
Time Allowance: 10mins

Hold a small amount of grated apple or carrot on your open hand and watch as our emu quickly plucks it up! Photos and video are great for this one!