Animal Encounters

At first he seems hesitant. He circles, unsure whether to approach. Suddenly he’s made up his mind. He likes you, and happily accepts the little fish you offer in your hand.

You’re off the coast of Brisbane and you’re hand feeding the wild bottle-nosed dolphins that regularly turn up for lunch!

On the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast, the theme park residents just love to show off to an adoring crowd. Make their day by visiting the shark, seal, penguin, elephant, tiger and even the polar bear!

On the Sunshine Coast Steve Irwin’s crocodiles invite you to dinner and on the Fraser Coast you can wave to the traveling whales on their slow migration north.

In Mackay and the Whitsundays you might spy a platypus, koala or kangaroo and in Tropical North Queensland swim with the reef fish, dugongs, sea turtles and manta ray that call the Great Barrier Reef home.