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Wildlife HQ Zoo (formerly Queensland Zoo), is located at the Big Pineapple, Woombye, Queensland on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland and opened in November 2013.[2] In March 2014 many animals were relocated from the now closed Alma Park Zoo.[3]

Dateopened2013
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26°40′21.62″S 152°59′26.81″E
Date opened2013
LocationWoombye, Queensland, Australia
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Opening hours

The zoo is open every day of the year except Christmas Day. It is open between 9am and 4pm with the last entry at 3pm.

Animals

Black-and-white ruffed lemur

Wildlife HQ has a range of species from around the world. Currently eleven species of bird are kept at the zoo including red-tailed black cockatoos, sulphur-crested cockatoos, southern cassowaries, emu, laughing kookaburra and tawny frogmouths. The zoo currently has more than twenty-five exotic mammal species (including thirteen primate species presently) and continue to expand their species holdings.[4][5] The zoo also houses several Australian species of mammals including koalas, wallabies, kangaroos, bettongs, potoroos, quokkas, quoll, a wombat and an echidna. The majority of the zoo's reptile collection is exhibited in the ‘’Reptile Barn’’ which displays a diverse collection of non-venomous snakes, lizards and tortoises.[4][6]

Complete species (and subspecies) list of animals at the zoo below.

Birds
Mammals
Koala
Reptiles
Fijian crested iguana

Incidents

In April 2014, a tarantula was stolen from the zoo.[7]

In May 2014, there were concerns that a local music festival would impact the animals at the zoo.[8]

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