Kangaroos
Hand-feeding.
Sadopaul — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sadopaul — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ypsilon from Finland — CC0
An Australian wildlife park west of Sydney holding one of the country's largest collections of native animals, known as the place near the city where you can get closest to kangaroos and koalas. Kangaroos and wallabies roam free in open yards and can be hand-fed from the special food bags. Koalas sit on low branches close by, and you can stand beside one for a photo at set times, under New South Wales rules that forbid holding them. The park also has wombats, Tasmanian devils, echidnas, crocodiles and hundreds of colourful birds, including the giant emu and the laughing kookaburra, with keeper talks through the day. Tickets are about A$49 per adult, and it opens daily from 8 am to 5 pm, per visitor guides. It lies on the way to the Blue Mountains, so the two make one day.
Hand-feeding.
A close-up photo.
Emu and kookaburra.
Doonside, western Sydney, about 40 km from the centre
No, New South Wales rules forbid it, but you can stand beside one for a photo at set times.