The kookaburra is the largest member of the kingfisher family.
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 |
