Swan Valley Cuddly Animal Farm: What animals can I see?
The Swan Valley Cuddly Animal Farm near Perth allows children to bottle-feed goats, meet kangaroos and emus and talk to a chatty galah.
The Swan Valley Cuddly Animal Farm on the outskirts of Perth is by no means Australia’s best wildlife park. But neither does it pretend to be. The Cuddly Animal Farm is about getting children close to wildlife, and keeping them occupied for an hour or so. For a greater range of species, plump for the nearby Caversham Wildlife Park in Whiteman Park.
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Swan Valley Cuddly Animal Farm entry price
Entry to the Swan Valley Cuddly Animal Farm in Henley Brook costs $20 for adults and $15 for children. A fair amount is included within that entry price, including an undercover bouncy castle, a children’s playground and a merry-go-round. There are also free barbecue and picnic facilities on site, plus tractor train rides.
Perhaps most of interest, however, is the free bottle and bucket feeding. This gives kids the chance to play farmer and feed the goats and other animals.
Unlike many Australian wildlife parks, there isn’t much emphasis on native Australian animals at this Swan Valley farm. There’s an emphasis on farm animals, although the alpacas, llama and miniature horses veer towards the more experimental sort of creatures you’ll find on a farm.
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Emus and kangaroos in Swan Valley wildlife park
Of the native Australian creatures, the small mob of kangaroos and Eucy the emu are likely to command most attention. There are also a few birds, including a short-billed corella, a talking galah, a sulphur-crested cockatoo and Charlie the Major Mitchell.
For a full list, see the farm website.
The Swan Valley Cuddly Animal Farm entrance is on John Street, Henley Brook. It’s about half an hour’s drive from central Perth, and near several Swan Valley wineries such as Oakover Grounds and Mandoon Estate. If beer’s more your thing, the Mash Brewery and Bailey Brewing Co are also in Henley Brook.
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Go for a tasting session at the Wise Winery in Eagle Bay.
Mooch around the Edenvale Heritage Project in Pinjarra.
Go sandboarding down the Lancelin sand dunes in Lancelin.
Stay on the Quobba Station near the Ningaloo Reef.