Oakvale Wildlife Park

Oakvale Wildlife Park is a family-owned wildlife park located at Salt Ash in the Port Stephens local government area of New South Wales, Australia. Established in the late 1970s, it houses native Australian animals and introduced farm animals across landscaped grounds. The park is notable for interactive experiences including koala encounters, hand-feeding kangaroos, and educational keeper talks, combined with a water play area and tractor rides, making it a popular family attraction near Newcastle and Port Stephens.

Visitors can expect a compact, landscaped wildlife park with enclosures and open-range areas for kangaroos, koalas, Tasmanian devils, dingoes, reptiles, and farm animals. The setting includes shaded walkways, picnic lawns, a farmyard, and Splash Bay water play area. Visitors can explore at their own pace, attend scheduled keeper talks and feeding sessions, hand-feed kangaroos, join koala photo encounters, ride the tractor train, and use cafe and picnic facilities.