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Billy Collett Milking A King Brown Snake | Australian Reptile Park

Venom Month Is Back

This November see LIVE snake and spider milkings everyday, plus 20% OFF Venom Encounters!

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Weigel Venom Centre

Explore our state-of-the-art venom facility and learn about our life-saving antivenom program!

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Up Close & Personal Encounters

Private tours, animal encounters, behind-the-scenes and more!

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Photo Experiences

Have you ever held a baby alligator? How about a massive Burmese python? Here’s your chance!

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Wild Birthday Parties

Book a birthday party with BITE! Packages available for kids of all ages.

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Get official Venom Diaries merch!

Check out our online gift store to find special gifts for animal lovers and support our conservation efforts.

Visit us on the Central Coast

Pacific Highway,
Somersby NSW 2250

9am – 5pm every day
(except Christmas)

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Come and visit Australia’s Best Tourist Attraction!

We’re proud to have won Gold for ‘Major Tourist Attraction’ at the 2023 Australian Tourism Awards. Since 1958, we’ve worked passionately to share Australia’s unique wildlife with the world, offering every visitor an unforgettable, hands-on experience.

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Behind-the-scenes updates from inside the park

Meet Shazza: The Biggest Living Death Adder Ever Recorded

Sunny the Wombat Has Hit 5kg, Started Eating Grass, and Stolen Billy's Daughters' Hearts

Someone Left a Toolbox Out Overnight. A Death Adder Moved In.

Elvis Tips the Knights for Grand Final Glory

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🐍 75 YEARS OF SAVING AUSTRALIAN LIVES! 🕷️

From humble beginnings in 1951 to a world-leading venom program today, what an incredible journey!

This month we're celebrating 75 years of our life-saving snake venom program and 45 years of funnel-web spider antivenom.

💚 Approximately 25,000 Australian lives saved since 1951.
💚 An estimated 300 lives saved every year.
💚 ZERO recorded deaths from funnel-web spider bites since antivenom was introduced in 1981.

What started with a handful of snakes has grown into an amazing program powered by generations of dedicated keepers.

75 years on, our mission remains the same. Saving Australian lives, one drop of venom at a time. ❤️

Pictured: John Weigel, Billy Collett, Robyn Weigel, Emma Teni

Turns out funnel webs aren’t very good mums 🤷‍♀️🕷️

We separate funnel web egg sacs from mum so as many babies as possible can hatch. If we don’t, she might eat the sac, and we’d lose hundreds of little life-saving spiders for our venom program.

Emma is the best adopted mum these spiderlings could ask for 💪

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Nom nom nom 🍃🐨 Helene is getting stuck into her favourite snack: fresh eucalyptus leaves!

#australianreptilepark #lovecentralcoast #koalajoey

Happy Halloween from the cutest little pumpkins in the patch! 🎃🧡

Swipe to meet our spooky-season crew 👻

Which one’s your favourite pumpkin?

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One more sleep until Halloween 🎃👻 Our littlest residents have officially taken over the pumpkin patch, and we’re not complaining 🧡

#australianreptilepark #halloween #pumpkinpatch #babyanimals #cuteanimals #spookyseason #australianwildlife

I want someone to look at me the way Giffo looks at Roosta 🥹💕

Our keeper Giffo hand-raised Roosta from a tiny joey, and for his first year, home was with Giffo 🏡🦘 Now Roosta is all grown up and taking his next big step: spending nights at the Park and slowly getting to know the mob 🌙

He’s settling in beautifully, but you can tell who his favourite still is 💕

#australianreptilepark #kangaroojoey #lovecentralcoast

🖤Meet Margaret, the man eater🖤

Praying mantises are carnivorous, and sometimes their mate ends up as dinner.🍽️

Would you risk a date with Margaret?

#halloween #australianreptilepark #spookyseason