Chimpanzees make more then 30 calls, the most common of which can be heard up to 2km away.
10 Years Plus
Thank you to the following sponsors for their generous support of the Zoo Parent program:
| Animal | Sponsor |
| Orang-utans | Bartlett Family |
| Phascogales | Bennett Family |
| Tasmanian Devils | Dentalfarm Australia Pty Ltd |
| Tawny Frogmouths | Field of Mars Envn. Ed. Centre |
| Major Mitchell Cockatoos | Hanlon Family |
| Little Penguins | Jessop Family |
| Quolls | Lions Club of Winston Hills |
| Elephants | Loophole Enterprises P/L |
| Small-clawed Otters | Marriott Family |
| Indian Blue Peacocks | Peacock Gardens Restaurant |
| Little Penguins | Swinnerton Family |
| Red Pandas | Agnes Blackwood |
| Frogs | Alan Rozen |
| Red Pandas | Alexander Creswick |
| Endangered Species | Alma Visentin |
| Frogs | Amanda Guy |
| Possums | Amanda Harris |
| Komodo Dragons | Amanda Sichter |
| Orang-utans | Amy and Lawrence Chan |
| Ring-tailed Possums | Andrew & Henry Parry-Okeden |
| Sumatran Tigers | Andrew J. Wise |
| Bilbies | Andrew Maidment |
| Quolls | Anita Duffy |
| Meerkats & Monkeys | Anna Dowe |
| Quolls | Anne Kell |
| Bilbies | Anne Webb |
| Fishing Cats | Annemarie Allan |
| Spider Monkeys | Annette Minter |
| Giraffes | Annie Selman |
| Lions | Belinda Broadhead |
| Snow Leopards | Belinda Hyde |
| Wombats & Pelicans | Betty Falkiner |
| Gold Finches | Beverley McKellar Watts |
| Australian Birds | Beverly Andrew |
| Bilbies | Blaithin Butler |
| Bongos | Brenda Morrison |
| Sumatran Tigers | Brett & Ms Helen Doak |
| Asiatic Elephants | Bruce Clifford Oslington |
| Meerkats | Bruce Heathcote |
| Meerkats | Bryanne A. Bell |
| Echidnas | Carol & Marilyn Jones |
| Ring-tailed Lemurs | Carole O'Brien |
| Orang-utans | Caroline Rockey |
| Tigers | Carolyn Smith |
| Turtles | Cathy and Ian Cartledge |
| Black Rhinoceros | Cathy Saligari |
| Fijian Crested Iguanas | Christine Brinsley |
| Orang-utans | Christine G. Buchanan |
| Australian Birds | Christine Kenworthy |
| Dingoes | Christopher Grey |
| Bilbies | Claudia Thame and Chris Poll |
| Elands | Crowther Family |
| Persian Onagers | Curtis Family |
| Tigers | Danica and Dr Jon Starr |
| Bilbies | David Bales |
| Cheetahs | Debbie Dickson |
| Lowland Gorillas | Debra Cox |
| Tigers | Debra Cox |
| Red Pandas | Denice Ann Tyson |
| Fennec Foxes | Dermot and Jean Hoy |
| Chimpanzees | Diane King |
| Bilbies | Dianne M. Dixon |
| Dingoes | Dianne Neville |
| Lowland Gorillas | Doreen Hanzl |
| Collared Peccaries | Dorothy Hancock |
| Blue-faced Honeyeaters | E. Raine |
| Feathertail Gliders | E.G. Altman |
| Eastern Barred Bandicoots | Eileen Wren |
| Superb Parrots | Elizabeth Byrne |
| Giraffes | Elizabeth Clucas |
| Phascogales | Elizabeth Cyganski |
| Meerkats | Elizabeth Muirhead |
| Dingoes | Elizabeth Olsson |
| Bears | Emma and Mark Gibson |
| Binturongs & Long Beaked Echidnas | Emmanuel Fardoulis |
| Australian Boobook Owls | Faye Bingham |
| Echidnas | Fiona Martin |
| Little Penguins | Fiona Payget |
| Meerkats | Fran Hausfeld |
| Bilbies | Frank & Mrs Barbara Righetti |
| Frogs | Gary Commins |
| Sumatran Tigers | Geoff and Marion Blackburn |
| Noisy Pittas | Geoffrey and Josephine Dowe |
| Feathertail Gliders | Geoffrey Yee |
| Wombats | Georgina Brett |
| Red Pandas | Grace and Declan Michell |
| Dingoes | Grace Sillis |
| Small-clawed Otters | Graeme and Anne Hodder |
| Snow Leopards | Gretel Stanbury |
| Rhinoceros Iguanas | Gwen Huelin |
| Mueller's Gibbon | Gwynneth Muller |
| Fennec Foxes | Heather Sell |
| Green & Golden Bell Frogs | Helen Day and Pamela Buchanan |
| Pelicans | Helen Perry |
| Little Penguins | Helen Shaw |
| Sumatran Tigers | Helen Watson |
| Egyptian Cobras | Helena Opolts |
| Small-clawed Otters | Ian and Marilyn Spalding |
| Meerkats & Platypus | In Loving Memory of Louise Deacon |
| Wombats | Isobel Fleming |
| Wombats | J F Henderson |
| Meerkats | Jacki Asmus |
| Platypus | James George Hill |
| Red Pandas | James H Bottle |
| Red Pandas | James Ratcliffe |
| Lowland Gorillas | Jan and Chris Woodfield |
| Snow Leopards | Jan Smith |
| Australian Boobook Owls | Jan Ware |
| Red Pandas | Jane Frolich |
| Spider Monkeys | Janelle Hope |
| Bilbies | Janet Doust |
| Black-breasted buzzards | Janet Johnston |
| Sulphur Crested Cockatoos | Jean MacMillan Marquis |
| Bilbies | Jeanette McInnes |
| Aldabra Tortoises | Jennifer Cairncross |
| Snow Leopards | Jennifer Jenkins |
| Bilbies | Joan Nicholson and Ms Alice Baker |
| Long-nosed Potoroos | Joanne Yee |
| Snow Leopards | Jocelyn Tomkin |
| Tasmanian Devils | Jodie Saville |
| Tarantulas | Joe Harvey |
| Platypus | John Bulman |
| Bower Birds | John Kemp |
| Dingoes | John Mackie |
| Snow Leopards | Josephine P. Velte |
| Wedge-tailed Eagles | Joshua Grasso |
| Tasmanian Devils | Joy Goodey |
| Dingoes & Death Adders | Joy van der Poorten |
| Tawny Frogmouths | Judith Cameron |
| Giraffes | Julie Goold |
| Binturongs | Julie King |
| Ghost Bats | Julie King |
| Echidnas | Julie-Ann DeBattista |
| Seals | June Catchpoole |
| Meerkats | June Parker |
| Black Rhinoceros | K. P. and S. Fitzgerald |
| Przewalski's Horses | Karla Turner |
| Tasmanian Devils | Katharine Roberts |
| Frogs | Kathie Day |
| Red Pandas | Kay Pettit |
| Chimpanzees | Kay Smith |
| Chimpanzees | Kay Vernon |
| Tigers | Kerima-Gae Topp |
| Red Pandas | Kerry Norrie |
| Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby | Kevin Rattigan |
| Red Pandas | Kylie Eather |
| Orang-utans | Kylie Osgood |
| Tasmanian Devils | Lachlan Ginger |
| Tigers | Lea Jordan-Grant |
| Fennec Foxes | Lee Hedberg |
| Golden Agoutis | Leslie John Bannister |
| Asiatic Elephants | Linda Read |
| Tuataras | Maire Mueller |
| Lace Monitors | Margaret Coates |
| Eastern Barred Bandicoots | Margaret Craig |
| Black Swans | Margaret Harte |
| Meerkats | Margaret Spink |
| Snow Leopards | Marguerite Lamb |
| Tigers | Maria Tulich |
| Victoria-crowned Pigeons | Marie E. Bailey |
| Fishing Cats | Marie Lambert |
| Koalas | Marilyn Talbot |
| Animal Care | Marion Kearns |
| Tasmanian Devils | Marion O'Farrell |
| Small-clawed Otters | Mark Dalgleish |
| Bilbies | Mary & Michael Mooney |
| Sumatran Tigers | Mary Biviano |
| Kodiak Bears | Matt McGuire |
| Platypus | Matthew Crook |
| Lowland Gorillas | Mavis Newman |
| Asiatic Elephants | Meg, Joey and Claudia Hamer |
| Red Pandas | Michael & Michele Webb |
| Apostle Birds | Michael McKillop |
| Golden Agoutis | Michele McCauley |
| Phascogales | Miriam Honig |
| Red Pandas | Moya Phillips |
| Major Mitchell Cockatoos | Nicole Ramsay and Jacqui Caruana |
| Cheetahs | Nina M. Pickering |
| Elephants | Pam Allen |
| Maned Wolves | Pamela Hynd |
| Malayan Tapirs | Pat and Bill Stewart |
| Little Penguins | Pat Piddington |
| Sumatran Tigers | Patricia Murton |
| Orang-utans | Patrick Druery |
| Eastern Water Dragons | Paul & Olga Broekhuizen |
| Tigers | Penny Moysey |
| Green Tree Frogs | Peter and Lucy Chubb |
| Spider Monkeys | Pieter Stroethoff & Beverley Rintoul |
| Lovely Fairy Wrens | R Salpeter |
| Lowland Gorillas | R. E. Harrowell |
| Phascogales | Rachel Dinte |
| Possums & Golden Agoutis | Ralph Smith |
| Spider Monkeys | Richard Legge |
| Green & Golden Bell Frogs | Robert Albert |
| African Hunting Dogs | Robert and Gael Goldsack |
| Cotton Top Tamarins | Robert Hollway |
| Lowland Gorillas | Robert Martin |
| Platypus | Robin Potter |
| Meerkats | Robyn Guthrie |
| Phascogales | Roger Moore and Susan Cross |
| Wombats | Rosalie Pratt |
| Meerkats | Rosanna Fong |
| Meerkats | Roslyn Laird |
| Wombats | S.P. & J.A. Birch |
| Black Rhinoceros | Sally Sharman |
| Chimpanzees | Sandra Hoerr |
| Asiatic Golden Cats | Shane Harris |
| Gila Monster | Sigrid Lublow |
| Meerkats | Sigrid Lublow |
| Snow Leopards | Silvio and Katrina Gasparet |
| Sumatran Tigers | Sonia Matiuk |
| Parrots | Stephen Pallavicini |
| Long-nosed Potoroos | Stephen Snow |
| Dingoes | Sterling Murray-Prior |
| Little Penguins | Sue Cockcroft |
| Andean Condors | Terry and Lyn Kearney |
| Wombats | The Wombat |
| Snow Leopards | Todd Fielding |
| Asiatic Elephants | Tracey Anne Smith |
| Orang-utans | Ursula Weissflog |
| Frogs | Val Ishri |
| Red Pandas | Vivienne Rawson |
| Pygmy Hippopotamus | Winifred Gilkes |
| Eyelash Vipers | Yvonne Ann Fleming |
