ALMA PARK ZOO? anyone been recently?

[csmlg]

Orileys is out there too, and the glow worm caves.

 

[smeejason]

I would go and see Joy and the gang at scails and tails outlet.. Plenty of reps there. If you then want to checkout some wildlife it is just a 2 minute car ride to inala and you will get some very interesting encounters there:lol::lol:

I live just up the road from alma park zoo but have not gone for a few years as i think it is just to expensive for what it is. if you can get discount vouchers go along but not at 100 for a family..

 

[geckodan]

I went to Alma Park with the kids a few months back and thoroughgly enjoyed it - its old style but it's still pleasant. Much better than the commercial sess-pit Australia Zoo that I will hopefully never have to go to again now my yearly pass has run out.

 

[Rob]

When I googled Inala the first match is an organisation dealing with people with disabilities. I didn't think it was cool referring to these people as "wildlife", and am thankful that PR has since clarified that this wasn't the case.

 

[phantomreptiles]

It's a low social economic area, and there are still a lot (alot are in Logan central now) of people that you just don't make eye contact with. Which can be hard with 900 million 4yrs running amok swearing like troopers!
Also shoes, deodorant and any type of manners are all optional....
I live next to some delightful neighbors and have learnt so many swear words from the 3 & 5 year olds But it's the only why I can afford to rent a three bedroom house by myself - I call it a life challenge my car has only been broken into once...so far

 

[swampie]

I agree with Geckodan, it's not a big place but is ideal for young kids, plenty of animals for them to feed and interact with and the grounds are quite nice and its never crowded.

 

[Sezzzzzzzzz]

How long will it take to get there from the GC ?

from surfers about 45mins... its up behind dreamworld etc...

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Underwater world is a spot to stop at my 4 yr old would live there if she could. An not to bad of price. Up that way there is a maze garden too, that my daughter loves running around in, good break in the drive for her. Oz zoo if a grate stop, I find it a Little expensive but if we were holidaying We'd go.
Have grate time

WE are going to the sunshine coast for the weekend without Tilly. Shes staying with her nanna and papa at the GC, and we are partying, but its sounding like we'll have to take her back up so we can go to Australia zoo..... My aunty works at oz zoo so we may be able to get a discount *crosses fingers*. We are also very spoilt for aquariums down here. Circular Quay's one is fantastic.

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I would go and see Joy and the gang at scails and tails outlet.. Plenty of reps there. If you then want to checkout some wildlife it is just a 2 minute car ride to inala and you will get some very interesting encounters there:lol::lol:

I live just up the road from alma park zoo but have not gone for a few years as i think it is just to expensive for what it is. if you can get discount vouchers go along but not at 100 for a family..

i found vouchers for $16 each.

Inala is like no other place on earth and not in a good way.

 

[miss_mosher]

There is some nature sky-walk thingy that she wants to do (saw it in a brochure the last time we were up there), so that sounds kind of herpy, I guess.

Is that the o'reilly treetop walk? Me and my partner did that on Saturday when we got bored of the beach! DO IT!!

 

[Becceles]

Alma Park is great if you really want to relax without commercialism. Take a BBQ lunch because the table area is beautiful. It's not a big zoo, and it does have developments right on its doorstep, but it's definitely something kids enjoy. Although I do agree it's a little pricy, but discount vouchers come up all the time on Cudo etc. As far as animals go it has a sun bear, lots of monkeys, red pandas, theres a few reptiles (from memory snake wise it was an olive, jungle, diamond, woma, and stimson) and lacies and some frogs too, peacocks everywhere, deer, llamas, macaws. But it's small enough that you don't need to race from one place to the next just to see everything.

 

[Sezzzzzzzzz]

It's a low social economic area, and there are still a lot (alot are in Logan central now) of people that you just don't make eye contact with. Which can be hard with 900 million 4yrs running amok swearing like troopers!
Also shoes, deodorant and any type of manners are all optional....
I live next to some delightful neighbors and have learnt so many swear words from the 3 & 5 year olds But it's the only why I can afford to rent a three bedroom house by myself - I call it a life challenge my car has only been broken into once...so far

lmfao.. my first trip to brisbane as a semi adult was to Inala, i will never forget it.... like redfern on crack.

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Is that the o'reilly treetop walk? Me and my partner did that on Saturday when we got bored of the beach! DO IT!!

there's a few different walks up there, i think the skywalk is a boardwalk through the "rainforest"....

 

[Rob]

Tropical Fruit World is another place we may consider, but it will also cost the best part of $100 for the 3 of us, and even more if daughter decides to tag along, as she is considered an adult.

 

[Sezzzzzzzzz]

Alma Park is great if you really want to relax without commercialism. Take a BBQ lunch because the table area is beautiful. It's not a big zoo, and it does have developments right on its doorstep, but it's definitely something kids enjoy. Although I do agree it's a little pricy, but discount vouchers come up all the time on Cudo etc. As far as animals go it has a sun bear, lots of monkeys, red pandas, theres a few reptiles (from memory snake wise it was an olive, jungle, diamond, woma, and stimson) and lacies and some frogs too, peacocks everywhere, deer, llamas, macaws. But it's small enough that you don't need to race from one place to the next just to see everything.

im torn now.... it sounds a bit like the Australian reptile park, in the relaxing sense.... does anyone know how long it would tske to get there from the gold coast?

did anyone know anything of the fleay wildlife park?

 

[miss_mosher]

lmfao.. my first trip to brisbane as a semi adult was to Inala, i will never forget it.... like redfern on crack.

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there's a few different walks up there, i think the skywalk is a boardwalk through the "rainforest"....

We didn't spend too much time up there because we wanted to do the treetop walk, it wasn't huge but it was definitely awesome. An yeh, there are boardwalks leading to the treetop walk. Not sure how many other trails there are up there. Maybe not as many or as long as the bunya mountains.

 

[Sezzzzzzzzz]

Tropical Fruit World is another place we may consider, but it will also cost the best part of $100 for the 3 of us, and even more if daughter decides to tag along, as she is considered an adult.

if i wanna see fruit ill go to oxford street, lol.

i saw that on the weekender show not long sgo, i cant say it holds any interest to me.

while your at tamborine take the kids here Glow Worm Caves - Cedar Creek Estate Winery & Vineyard, Mount Tamborine its pretty cool, i think its $10 a head.

 

[Rob]

We didn't spend too much time up there because we wanted to do the treetop walk, it wasn't huge but it was definitely awesome. An yeh, there are boardwalks leading to the treetop walk. Not sure how many other trails there are up there. Maybe not as many or as long as the bunya mountains.

I'm not sure which walk the brochure was for. Maybe we can do both ?

i saw that on the weekender show not long sgo, i cant say it holds any interest to me.

Yeah, we saw it on there too. I'm not a real big fruit eater, but wife & son are. Daughter is too, but she is supposedly meeting up with her bestie up there so she mightn't be with us too much.

while your at tamborine take the kids here Glow Worm Caves - Cedar Creek Estate Winery & Vineyard, Mount Tamborine its pretty cool, i think its $10 a head.

Yeah, they wanted to do that last time. So many things to do, & here's the other half thinking it's going to be a relaxing trip.

 

[Sezzzzzzzzz]

Yeah, they wanted to do that last time. So many things to do, & here's the other half thinking it's going to be a relaxing trip.

i have found that once there is kids involved there is no such thing as relaxation... we went away for a naughty weekend a couple of weeks ago.. we were asleep by 8:30pm, we laughed so hard that our idea of naughty had changed so much in 4 years!

 

[Rob]

Son is nearly 12 now, so he's at that stage where he doesn't really want to do "kid stuff" anymore, but it isn't like we can all go to the pub and get plastered, so he'll just have to deal with it for a while longer.

Another thing I thought of - Will our Herp Society memberships entitle us to any discounts at the zoo's up there ?

 

[Sezzzzzzzzz]

Son is nearly 12 now, so he's at that stage where he doesn't really want to do "kid stuff" anymore, but it isn't like we can all go to the pub and get plastered, so he'll just have to deal with it for a while longer.

Another thing I thought of - Will our Herp Society memberships entitle us to any discounts at the zoo's up there ?

im not a member, but im sure i saw something about it in a thread not long ago.

 

[Rob]

Yeah I know down here we do, just wondering whether NSW HS member's get a discount up in QLD

 

[Josh_p]

There moving that zoo to the south side of Brisbane. Don't no when tho. Australia zoo is way better IMO more animals and better shows.


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