Australian Bushwalk
The scent of eucalypts, the call of the kookaburra, the sound of a didgeridoo—this is Perth Zoo’s Australian Bushwalk experience.
Visitors to the Australian Bushwalk tour through re-creations of some of Australia's famous landscapes and ecosystems and encounter kangaroos, emus, koalas and dingos face-to-face. The Western Woodlands, our stark Arid Interior, and South-east Forest regions make up this quintessential Australian experience.
Detours entice visitors to explore the Western Australian Black Cockatoo exhibit sponsored by Water Corporation. Featuring some of Australia’s most splendid and threatened birds, the cockatoo exhibit is planted with cockatoo food trees and plants and educates visitors about the plight of these endemic birds.
The Numbats Under Threat Exhibit is home to Western Australia’s mammal emblem, the Numbat. A daily special presentation (September to April) on the Numbat also educates visitors about Perth Zoo’s Numbat breeding program and the threats that Numbats currently face in the wild.
Agile Wallaby
This medium-sized wallaby is sandy-brown with a fawn or white belly. They are mostly active during the late afternoon and night, preferring to rest under a shady bush during the heat of the day.
Dingo
Pure breed Dingos usually have a red-ginger or sandy-yellow coat with black, white or tan patches on their cheeks, ears and legs. Dingos are under threat from interbreeding with domestic dogs. There are very few pure-breed Dingos left in Australia.
Emu
Emus are large, flightless birds with strong, powerful legs and three toes on each foot. Emus live in small groups but can form flocks of thousands when migrating.
Koala
Koalas have grey and white fur. Their feet are adapted for tree-climbing with thumbs on all four feet and sharp claws. They are mainly active at night, making loud grunts or squeals to communicate with one another.
Numbat
An adult Numbat requires up to 20, 000 termites each day. The Numbat’s lifestyle is very closely linked to termite movements.
Quokka
Quokkas have thick, coarse, grey-brown fur. They have short-rounded fluffy ears, a tail 24–31 cm long and short hindfeet.
Red Kangaroo
The Red Kangaroo is the largest living marsupial. Red Kangaroos are reddish-brown in colour with a white belly. They are distinguished from Grey Kangaroos by the black and white markings on their muzzles and their white-tipped tails.
Short-beaked Echidna
Short-beaked Echidnas are covered with long, brown-black and golden spines. Under the spines, the echidna’s body is covered with fur.
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombats are similar in size to Common Wombats, but have softer, silkier, grey fur; longer ears and a much broader nose.
Splendid Fairy Wren
When looking for a mate, the male Splendid Fairy Wren turns an iridescent blue. Females are a brown, fawny colour with a blue tail.
Tasmanian Devil
Tasmanian Devils are Australia's largest carnivorous marsupial and are about the same size as a large domestic cat. Their powerful jaws and teeth have the same crushing power as a dog four times their size.
Western Grey Kangaroo
Western Grey Kangaroos are distinguished from other kangaroos because they have a finely-haired muzzle.