School Excursions

Located off the Pacific Highway at Port Macquarie, Billabong Zoo cares for over 200 animals of 100 species throughout its 10 acre wildlife park, set in beautiful spacious gardens with koi ponds.

Billabong Zoo’s school excursion programmes are specifically tailored to meet the needs of teachers, the school curriculum and level of your students. We offer an ideal learning environment and active experience with self-guided, interactive and subject-tailored options available.

We look forward to welcoming you and your students to visit us here at Billabong Zoo in Port Macquarie.

Download our School Excursions Brochure

To book

Please email us or call us on 6585 1060 ext 0, with the following information:

Name of your school
Preferred dates for excursion (note we prefer one school at a time, so please provide a couple of dates)
Student numbers
Numbers of accompanying teachers and adults
Arrival and departure time
School year of students

Risk Assessment/Code of Conduct

We will supply a Risk Assessment document at the time of booking or in response to your request. This document will include a Code of Conduct at the Zoo as well as covering Supervision, Emergency Response, First Aid and other useful information, to help make your School Excursion safe and enjoyable for everyone.

Wet Weather

Billabong Zoo is open 7 days a week and is set up for wet weather as well as good weather. Many of our exhibits provide wet weather protection for groups and we have large undercover areas plus a large internal school’s room that we can use in extreme weather. We advise students to bring wet weather gear and warm clothing in the colder months. Refer to ‘what to bring’.

What to bring

A School Excursion to Billabong Zoo provides great memories and lots of photo opportunities. Here’s a list of what you should bring:

Camera, phone and video.
Water bottle.
Sunscreen.
Wet weather gear.
Warm clothing in the colder months.

Personal belongings: we recommend students and teachers keep their belongings with them at all times.

Further Information

If you need more information about our School Excursion programme, please email us, complete our online contact form or call us on 02 6585 1060. We are open every day from 9am to 5pm.