Funnel web sightings on the rise
Weather conditions on the Coast have led to an increase in sightings of funnel-webs.
Australian Reptile Park
Coast businesses shine at NSW Tourism Awards
Three Central Coast organisations have had major wins at the 2021 NSW Tourism Awards. The Australian Reptile Park took out the silver award for Major Tourist Attraction, IBIS Styles at…
Whiplash breaks his own venom record
Whiplash the coastal taipan has broken his own record for producing the most raw venom from a single yield at the Australian Reptile Park. The Park is renowned for its…
Reptile Park pulls ‘Koalas to your room’ offer after public campaign
The Australian Reptile Park at Somersby has withdrawn an exclusive ‘koalas to your room’ program that offered hotel guests a visit from a koala for a cool $2,200 an hour….
Dinosaurs return
The dinosaurs are back at The Australian Reptile Park – and this year the popular Jurassic Zoo school holiday promotion will be bigger and better than ever. A Tyrannosaurs Rex,…
Reptile Park named state ‘Business of the Year’
The Australian Reptile Park at Somersby has been named NSW Business of the Year by the state’s peak business organisation, Business NSW. Park Director, Liz Gabriel, said the announcement, made…
More mega spiders needed
Due to the recent wet and humid weather, funnel web spiders have been thriving, and the Australian Reptile Park is encouraging members of the community to safely catch them for…
The weekly news 5@5
This is CCN’s weekly news 5@5, November 5, 2021. The Central Coast is once again shaping up as a federal election battle ground, with Federal Environment Minister Susan Ley and…
$850,000 funding for new Conservation Ark
Giant Barred Frogs, Manning River Helmeted Turtles and Stuttering Frogs will be the first tenants at Conservation Ark, a new conservation and recovery facility for endangered wildlife which was officially…
Young Kanye sent to the naughty corner
You know your behaviour needs attention when you have to be removed from a lagoon of fellow alligators. Young rogue male alligator Kanye has been taken from the alligator enclosure…
Pay it forward scheme gives $500,000
The Australian Reptile Park’s Pay Discover Forward scheme is paving the way for kids in need and their families to enjoy a day at the facility now that COVID-19 restrictions…
$500,000 paid forward for children’s charities
Staff (and animals) at the Australian Reptile Park are celebrating reopening to visitors this week after a four-month COVID lockdown. During lockdown, staff were kept busy with tending to animals,…
Video of joey’s first steps goes viral
A video of one of the Australian Reptile Park’s newest arrivals has gone viral, attracting more than 250,000 views in two days. The first hops of Jumping Jack the eastern…
Alligator arrivals looking for love – loudly
If you happen to have heard loud bellows issuing forth from the Australian Reptile Park in recent weeks, don’t be alarmed. The Park’s contingent of 20 huge male American alligators…
Reptile Park issues early snake warning
The Australian Reptile Park has issued an urgent warning for the public to be on the lookout for venomous snakes with temperatures due to hit the high 20s in coming…
Looking after koala joey in lockdown a family affair
When your Dad is the Director of the Australian Reptile Park, what better to occupy you during lockdown than helping care for an at-risk koala joey? Billy and Matty Faulkner…
Lucky and Rocky go on their own excursion
Coasties are experiencing closed workplaces, gyms and restaurants due to the COVID-19 lockdown, but not so the dingo pups of the Australian Reptile Park. With the award-winning wildlife attraction currently…
Is Hugo punching above his weight?
After years of searching for “the one”, Hugo the Galapagos tortoise has finally seen his new girlfriend Estrella – albeit virtually. In a story many singles can relate to during…
Reptile Park voucher scheme to support kids in need
The Australian Reptile Park has introduced a Pay Discover Forward scheme to benefit Central Coast children in need and their families. Residents can “pay it forward’ by redeeming their Dine…
Love in a time of COVID
Hugo, the Australian Reptile Park’s resident endangered Galapagos Tortoise, will finally find true love when his German girlfriend Estrella makes it out of quarantine in mid-September. The Reptile Park has…