Wings Wildlife Park: Fly in & Stay a While!
November 2nd, 2011 | 
Author: Wings Wildlife Park: Gunns Plains, Tasmania
We ventured to Wings Wildlife Park from our accommodation in Ulverstone to visit Tracey and Megan Wing, and learn more about their business. One thing I would say right from the outset, is that we’ve already been to several wildlife parks in Tasmania. Would this one be more of the same? Haven’t we covered enough of that territory? The answer to that would be a resounding NO! You can never meet too many Tasmanian wombats or Tassie Devils.
Wings Wildlife Park is home to lots of Tasmanian wombats!
Personally, I think Tasmania does the wildlife experience and distributes Tasmanian devil info pretty well. In each corner of the state there’s a chance to interact with and meet the local creatures. In the Gunns Plains corner, three generations of the Wing family now work at the park, which was launched over ten years ago.
Wings Wildlife Park is in Gunns Plains in north west Tasmania
Tasmanian Devil Info
Caring for injured animals, and releasing those that are rehabilitated, is a priority of Wings Wildlife Park. They like to give the public Tasmanian Devil info, and they run a successful breeding program. The timing of our visit was perfect, because we were introduced to two of their baby Tasmanian devils. Very cute!
Megan & Tracey Wing have lots of Tasmanian Devil info to share with guests
Now the world’s largest remaining meat-eating marsupial, the most crucial Tasmanian Devil info is this: the species is endangered. Devil Facial Tumour Disease, domestic animals and road-kill all threaten the existence of the animal.
But Wing’s Wildlife Park isn’t just about educating people; it’s also about having fun. During the devil-feeding display, three critters put on a hilarious show. They must have run miles, chasing each other around for the leg-of-wallaby lunch they were supposed to share!
This Tasmanian Devil at Wings Wildlife Park is happy to pose for the camera!
A Room Full of Reptiles
When you enter the wildlife park, you’re given a map of the exhibits which cover more than 150 animals. They do offer guided tours, or you can make your own way around. You can buy a bag of fish-feed and have huge trout jumping out of their tanks. And there’s a room full of reptiles if you’re into lizards, skinks, Copperheads and Tasmanian tiger snakes!
The reptiles at Wings Wildlife Park are heated... but they still leave me cold!!!
Obviously, these displays are inside, so Wings Wildlife Park does cater for things to do in wet weather. You can always wait out any rain in the souvenir shop and cafe, but they have so many animals on show (kangaroos, quolls, ducks, monkeys, koalas…) they suggest allowing two hours to see them all.
We probably spent even longer than two hours, which is why we missed the Gunns Plains Caves tour and will have to go back again! That’s a shame; we’ll have to go back to Gunns Plains Goodies for lunch again too!
What are you looking at? Kangaroos, wallabies & more at Wings Wildlife Park
Camels, Buffalo and American Bison in Tasmania
The Wings have imported animals like American bison at their Gunns Plains wildlife park in the north west coast region of Tasmania, which roam in large paddocks, along with buffalo and camels. And farm animals like to get your attention, particularly the goats. We thought one of them was going to jump the fence to get into our animal feed.
This goat has seen the bag of animal feed, and there's no holding him back!!
When we visited this Tasmanian attraction, a huge aviary was being built as a new home for the larger birds of prey. It’s nice to know they have the welfare of their animals at heart, while always looking for ways to improve their attraction. The cruise season is their busiest time of the year, as passengers docked at Burnie join a bus tour and drive out to Wings Wildlife Park. You’d have to be a turkey not to consider a visit in your itinerary!
One turkey wants to get a better look at the Hawthorn Football Club jacket on the other turkey!!
Stay at Wings Wildlife Park
As far as I’m aware, Wings Wildlife Park is the only one offering accommodation onsite. They have cabins they like to call “rustic” and are rightly proud they don’t include mod-cons like TV. We agreed that eliminating the idiot box was a great way to force families to play cards and board games. And actually have a conversation!
Rustic cabin accommodation is available at Wings Wildlife Park
While the cabins do have hot water and heating, you can get right back to basics and bring a tent. The Leven River is famous for trout fishing, so don’t forget the rod and reel to catch a fish. Both onsite accommodation options include discounted entry to the wildlife park, so you can visit the animals every day after exploring Gunns Plains, or even the north west coast region: Ulverstone, Penguin, Burnie and Devonport.
Camp by the Leven River at Wings Wildlife Park and go trout fishing
The writer and her family were guests of Wings Wildlife Park.
See their website for more information, or phone (03) 6429 1151
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That turkey would be ideal on Xmas day!
There’s so much going on in and around Gunns Plains. Today, Nov.7 is the potato festival. I hope Michelle is clicking away.
Roger, I don’t think it’s politically correct to suggest eating the exhibits! And Michelle is at the Gunns Plains Potato Festival, as we speak… so we can all look forward to that article soon.
Hi,
Great blog fantastic photos, Really I appreciate your good work. Thanks a lot!
Great article on Wings Wildlife Park. Only downer is the Caves tour link is for Mole Creek Caves and not the local Gunns Plains Caves.
Keep up the good work encouraging visitors but please dont send them away. I enjoy Mole Creek Caves when I am at Mole Creek but would like a story on Gunns Plains businesses to link to Gunns Plains.
We would welcome visits from you any time to see the beauty of Gunns Plains Caves
I love this site and especially OUR local reporter Michelle. She is doing a great job for the whole of Tassie
Point taken Geoff, and thanks for taking the time to write. How about we let the Mole Creek Caves keep your seat warm until we have a chance to publish an article specifically about the Gunns Plains Caves… and then we’ll direct the link to you? We do have one link to your website already on another page, so hopefully people have been finding you. And you’re right about Michelle: fabulous job!!
Thats ok. We appreciate all help that we get. Us small independent operators really appreciate this site as it does not favour the big guys over the smaller outfits.
Anyone who visits us at Gunns Plains Caves will attest to the splendour of the Cave. We are so lucky to have the permanent stream, the colour and magnitude of our formations and an excellent variety throughout the tour.
It is a privilege to go into this Cave every day. We are so lucky.
And yes another visit to Gunns Plains Goodies and Wings Wildlife Park should also be on the cards