How does the new Great Southern Oceans exhibit at Taronga Zoo enhance promotion and understanding of conservation issues?
Mr MORRIS IEMMA: I thank the member for her question. Earlier today I joined the Minister for the Environment, school students and staff at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo to open the new Great Southern Oceans exhibit, a fantastic $54 million mega-exhibit and the largest building project in the zoo’s proud 91-year history. It is part of a 12-year $225 million expansion of Taronga Zoo, which has already brought us the amazing new home for the Asian elephants, the children’s interactive and educational Backyard to Bush, and the Wild Asian Wetlands exhibit at Western Plains Zoo. Great Southern Oceans is a world-class display and home to some of the amazing ocean wildlife that lives off our coast. Set on 1.2 hectares, the new exhibit is home to Australian sea lions, Australian and New Zealand fur seals, Californian sea lions, leopard seals, penguins and pelicans. Families and tourists will love the Great Southern Oceans exhibit. Visitors come face to face with magnificent ocean wildlife in surrounds
