by MickyB » Wed 22 Jul, 2015 10:13 am
I think that opportunity would be at Healesville Sanctuary which is part of Zoos Victoria. It is approx 1 to 1.5 hours from Melbourne.
From memory they only have Aussie native animals. There is a lot of walking between enclosures compared to Melbourne Zoo. They often walk dingoes on leads around the Sanctuary which you can pat and there is a great bird aviary that you can walk through and feed the parrots. Certainly worth a visit.
Last year they up-graded their lyrebird enclosure which now has a raised viewing platform. There are plenty of places nearby that you could see lyrebirds in their natural environment but at least you would be guaranteed to see one at the Sanctuary.
I have never heard of the opportunity to wade with the platypus so can't comment on that. There are quite a few platypus on display including a 'cave' that you walk through to view the platypus in their tanks.
Sometimes, I use big words I don't always fully understand in an effort to make myself sound more photosynthesis.