Oceanworld in the School Holidays

SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES

This October, Kids at Oceanworld is an excellent opportunity for you to see and learn all about our gorgeous little baby animals!

DAILY Kids at Oceanworld activities, throughout the holidays include:

- Reptile Nursery Show: 12:00 noon

- Baby marine animal education talk: 2:30pm

- Pirate treasure hunt: all day long

- Meet our visiting pirates and mermaids: 10:30am & 1:00pm

- Mermaid or pirate craft-making and much more!

Animals are kids too!

Come and meet our cutest baby animals at Oceanworld this October, including;
- Frillneck lizards
- Spencers monitors
- Bearded Dragons
- Pythons
- Crocodiles
- Frogs & tadpoles
- Murdoch - our baby Grey Nurse Shark
- Amazing developing eggs of Epaulette Sharks
- Newborn Epaulette Sharks
- Baby Port Jackson Sharks and Wobbegong Sharks
- Baby Octopus
- Baby fish, including baby mulloway

Did you know?

Murdoch: Born on 6th February 2007, Murdoch's birth was a joyous and very rare event. Oceanworld is one of only three aquariums worldwide to successfully breed Grey Nurse sharks in captivity. Murdoch means "Keeper of the Sea" in Scottish. Murdoch measured 110 cm long at birth and is the first born for his mother "Pallas".

The Frilled Neck Lizard: The fascinating frilled neck lizard is an Australian icon. They have a 'frill' around their head and when the lizard is frightened, it opens its mouth to fold out this frill, making the lizard appear larger than it is! Another excellent defensive strategy of the lizard is that it can run very fast, and on two hind legs! The female frilled neck lizard lays about 15 eggs which take on average 3-4 months to hatch. Come meet our baby frilled neck lizards Frilly, Tilly, Milly & Billy!

Epaulette Shark: The Epaulette Shark is an oviparous (lays eggs) species that lays eggs approximately 10 cm long and 4 cm wide. The eggs hatch after about 130 days and hatched babies are normally around 15 cm in length. Something particularly cute about these babies is the way they appear to 'walk' on their fins. At Oceanworld, we have the epaulette eggs on display, as well as the adult sharks and our newest baby additions Ace, Astro & Priscilla.



Spring has sprung at Oceanworld and there's never been a better time to meet the newest members of our family. So why not bring your kids to see our kids?

To celebrate the school holidays, our resident pirates are back for some fun and the mermaids are visiting too, so there are plenty of reasons for an outing to Oceanworld this October to keep your little ones entertained!

Read on to hear about some of the baby animals you can meet in our oceanarium and for a list of fun activities the whole family will enjoy!

It's all about kids here at Oceanworld Manly this October!

Spring has sprung at Oceanworld and there's never been a better time to meet the newest members of our family. So why not bring your kids to see our kids?

To celebrate the school holidays, our resident pirates are back for some fun and the mermaids are visiting too, so there are plenty of reasons for an outing to Oceanworld this October to keep your little ones entertained!

Read on to hear about some of the baby animals you can meet in our oceanarium and for a list of fun activities the whole family will enjoy!

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