managaed to get kids out of house today and visited the fabulous reptile park at somesby.great place. 90mins north of sydney.
only took me 25mins
fairly cheap. nice size park.
http://www.reptilepark.com.au/

entry
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this guy was cool. the reptile talk was excellent
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random piccies

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this guy was huge-5m

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love these guys
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love the monitors
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wheres my baby?
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this guy was huge
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smelly horrible little things
tassie devil
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It used to be together there with Old Sydney Town, which was quite cool. The closed it a few years ago however. :(

http://www.oldsydneytown.com.au/images/cove1.jpg

http://www.oldsydneytown.com.au/gallery_page.html

Doesn't this belong in Skybar? Not in Projects?

cul u of all people should know this doesn't belong in the projects thread :ohno:

this belongs in the skybar as t is not relevant to nsw projects

^sorry guys, changed it to widelife parks of nSW.
remember im chief mod.;-)
come on guys, post something constructive?
like youve been there or what about this park
fs sake
av-yeah the old sydney town was excellent. what the hell evr happened to it?

anyone been to symbio down near wgong?
http://www.symbiozoo.com.au/
its 16hectares. ive been a few years back. excellent

Cul, even if this thread is about other wildlife parks, not just Reptile Park, it still isn't about a counstruction project! This part of the board is already filled with so much stuff that has nothing to do with projects or development (I'm talking about the Far North Coast Thread in particular), that surely as Chief Mod it's part of your role to set an example and keep this Projects board for what it's meant for: news about developments etc.

And as for Old Sydney Town - it closed down many years ago. 2003, according to the Wiki page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Sydney_Town). Funny, I would have guessed it was before that... I remember going there when I was about 8.

^nah that changed years ago. we had 2 sections, but now everything in one.
anything to do with projects, construction ,natural landscapes,shopping centres, anything... with NSW, it goes here.lucky its not WA section or we would have a spam thread and politics thread or a future perth thread. nothing to do with construction /??
so leave the moderating to me and things will be fine.
anyway
back to wildlife parks
another good one is featherdale outwest near Blacktown
http://www.featherdale.com.au/index.htm
http://www.featherdale.com.au/images/aboutus/map02.gif

i remember way back when i was young, there was BULLENS ANIMAL WORLD at walacia.

sorry for not being constructive but :bash:

anywhoes i guess if i can't beat them ill join them

Heres a small one near bobs farm in port stephens

Oakdale Farm and Fauna World

List of animals

http://www.oakvalefarm.com.au/templates/oakvale_content.aspx?edit=false&pageID=5043

And its also getting salt water crocs in 2009. it will soon be like a mini reptile park with crocs and a reptile house along with roos and koalas and a choo choo train

national parks of nsw
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/default.aspx/parkContent/N0035?OpenDocument&ParkKey=N0035&Type=xo

^nah that changed years ago. we had 2 sections, but now everything in one.
anything to do with projects, construction ,natural landscapes,shopping centres, anything... with NSW, it goes here.lucky its not WA section or we would have a spam thread and politics thread or a future perth thread. nothing to do with construction /??
so leave the moderating to me and things will be fine.
anyway
back to wildlife parks
another good one is featherdale outwest near Blacktown
http://www.featherdale.com.au/index.htm

i remember way back when i was young, there was BULLENS ANIMAL WORLD at walacia.

Yeah exactly, the NSW sub forum is about anything to do with NSW, including absolute retarded dribble about some small town that turns true contributors away, but DO NOT dare include transport discussions related to development in any of the NSW threads, or GFC talk that the thinkers knew would affect development 6 months ago or more!

how about a state political thread? lol i know fabs would like that.

Yeah exactly, the NSW sub forum is about anything to do with NSW, including absolute retarded dribble about some small town that turns true contributors away, but DO NOT dare include transport discussions related to development in any of the NSW threads, or GFC talk that the thinkers knew would affect development 6 months ago or more!

This Rant= Win!

:lol:

anyone here like bushing walking? the bushwalking season is upon us. (normally cooler months for obvious reasons)
im lucky up my way i have many. the bouddi nat park, great north walk .only 10mins drive from my place.
great website>
http://www.wildwalks.com/bushwalking/general/bushwalking.html
it has every walk, photos, maps heights, everything!!

diagrams like this
http://www.wildwalks.com/images/stories/walks/graphs/nsw-bouddinp-tbabh-cs.gif

heres a view from maitland bay walk looking towards beach.
http://www.wildwalks.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=20023

these beaches are secluded. o one hardly goes there. very spoilt

http://www.wildwalks.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=20938

I'm gonna do the 26KM Coastal Track on the Royal National Park for the Queen's Birthday long weekend. I'm so excited about it!

^cool. that would be great. hope you got good boots

bvump

managaed to get kids out of house today and visited the fabulous reptile park at somesby.great place. 90mins north of sydney.
only took me 25mins
fairly cheap. nice size park.
http://www.reptilepark.com.au/

entry
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Cool thread Cul... I didn't know it existed till you bumped it today.... :lol:

This monster ^^ (frilled neck lizzard) is good, saw one once sometime ago in the wild. The big one up here looks great...

Are those pics in the first post yours?

^yes my pix.the thread was going to be deleted today. after 1 year if no post they fall off the last page.
i go to the aust reptile park a few times a year. its a great spot and only 20mins from my place.

^sorry guys, changed it to widelife parks of nSW.
remember im chief mod.;-)
come on guys, post something constructive?
like youve been there or what about this park
fs sake
av-yeah the old sydney town was excellent. what the hell evr happened to it?

ok

Went to Featherdale in January for the first time, and it was actually quite good. SYmbio - haven't been there since the 70s, but a colleague was there at the weekend and happy with it for her 3yo.

Old Sydney Town - website says it's available for movie etc. shoots, but closed to the public generally.

The other one which withered and died was Australiana Village at Wilberforce....

^yes my pix.the thread was going to be deleted today. after 1 year if no post they fall off the last page.
i go to the aust reptile park a few times a year. its a great spot and only 20mins from my place.

I see, well perhaps the thread was soo far in the pages that people don't bother looking past page 1 & maybe page 2 :lol:

I sometimes like to look in the skybar and indirectly bump a thread which is interesting as about a third of the new ones in there seem to be nonsense or start to become stupid... :lol:

Went to Featherdale in January for the first time, and it was actually quite good. SYmbio - haven't been there since the 70s, but a colleague was there at the weekend and happy with it for her 3yo.

Old Sydney Town - website says it's available for movie etc. shoots, but closed to the public generally.

The other one which withered and died was Australiana Village at Wilberforce....

Old Sydney Town, never heard of it... but im sure i have seen it without knowing it in movies etc... Perhaps the place is closed to the public only as it may be a bit dangerous with some buildings perhaps a bit dodgey. Um also perhaps there's no market for it. I'm sure some tours there and talk about movie shoots would interest some one though...

took this last week while pumping fuel at Buladelah
reminds me of Mt Rushmore
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http://i.imgur.com/0B7fG.jpg

Anyone here knows what species of bird is this? It was sipping nectar from flowers.

http://i.imgur.com/m8FSd.jpg

love ducks. we have heaps in umina. have to watch them crossing road with ducklings.
recently coming back from qld i was travelling along freeway near grafton and sAw anm object crossing road up ahead on op side of road and it was duck with dozen ducklings. they were running fast and a car travelling probly 110km+ just missed them. incredible. it seems they knew they had to get across fast or else.

White Ducks in Prospect Creek, Carrawood Park, Carramar, New South Wales

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http://www.cartinafinland.fi/en/imagebank/image/46/46128/Slow+Down+Sign,+Ducks+Crossing,+Australia+46128.jpg

Berowra Valley gets national park nod
Melanie Kembrey May 14, 2012

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THE northern Sydney home of the largest owl species in the country is about to become home to something much larger.
The state government has introduced legislation to elevate more than 3800 hectares of the Berowra Valley to national park status. And it is not only the powerful boobook owl that is hooting with delight.
Environmentalists have been campaigning for the Berowra Valley Regional Park in the Hornsby shire to receive national park recognition for nearly six decades.
Bob Salt, the Friends of Berowra Valley Regional Park chairman, said the society would not rest until the legislation had passed through Parliament.
''We've been writing to local members, we've made approaches to conservation councils, we've held exhibitions and we've created a guidebook,'' Mr Salt said. ''We are very pleased about this attempt to give it national park status.''
He said the move would make nature conservation, rather than recreational activities, the focus of the park's management.
But the Environment Minister, Robyn Parker, said public use of the valley would not be compromised, with well-used dog-walking tracks excluded from the legislation and the possible introduction of mountain-bike tracks.
The Hornsby Shire Historical Society museum co-ordinator, Elizabeth Roberts, said the valley provided a link to Australia's colonial and indigenous past.
The park has dozens of historically significant areas, including Aboriginal artwork and campfire sites. It also has the Thornleigh Zig Zag Railway, built in the late 19th century and the last of its kind in the state.

Published in SMH (http://m.smh.com.au/environment/berowra-valley-gets-national-park-nod-20120513-1yl1v.html)