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Such facilities include zoos, safari parks, animal theme parks, aviaries, butterfly zoos, and reptile centres, as well as wildlife sanctuaries and nature reserves where visitors are allowed. Australian Capital Territory
Gold Creek Village is a district located on the southern boundary of Nicholls, off the Barton Highway. It encompasses Gold Creek Square, Cockington Green, the Gold Creek golf course, the National Dinosaur Museum, Australian Reptile Centre, the George Harcourt Inn and Federation Square. An online private weather station is located in Nicholls.
The zoo developed a number of hands-on animal experiences for visitors, one of the first Australian zoos to do so. In 2004 the NZA won the Canberra Region Adventure Tourism award for the ZooVenture Tour. [27] In December 2014, the zoo opened its new development of onsite overnight accommodation, Jamala Wildlife Lodge.
First opened in 1979 as the Canberra Wildlife Gardens, [6] [7] It was the first permanent zoo in the city, [8] predating the National Zoo & Aquarium by over a decade. [9] In 1981 the park was rebranded as the Mugga Lane Zoo, [ 10 ] although the Canberra Wildlife Gardens name continued to be occasionally used until 1986.
The National Dinosaur Museum is Australia's largest permanent display of prehistoric specimens, located in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. [1] It is located in Gold Creek Village, an area within the suburb of Nicholls. The museum's exhibition follows the evolution of life, with a particular focus on dinosaurs.
A public primary school, Margaret Hendry School, opened in 2019 opposite the Lachlan Kennedy Memorial Park and has capacity for 600 students. It caters to preschool through to year 6 students from the North Gungahlin suburbs of Taylor, Jacka, Moncrieff and Casey (a shared priority enrolment area for Gold Creek School). [3]
a tunnel that Griffith had constructed under the Gold Coast Highway, linking the Tomewin Street site and the Western Reserve. [1] The Currumbin area was taken up as timber leases in the 1860s and 1870s, with some gold fossicking in the creek in the late 1870s. The coastal strip was subdivided into housing allotments in 1886, but was slow to ...
Cockington Green Gardens is a park of miniatures, situated in Nicholls, Australian Capital Territory.Doug and Brenda Sarah had the idea to create a miniature village in 1972, and Cockington Green was opened on 3 November 1979.