I visited the Alma Park Zoo in 1987. Do they have funding to build the new zoo or is it all conceptual at this point?
Jon Coe, consistently does brilliant designs, however like allot of designs given to zoos the end product frequently is cut back due to funding restraints. It will be re interesting to see what happens here. Is Alma zoo cashed up from selling their previous site for residential development?
Considering that it is prime land in a growing residential area and would be one of the last few large (10s of acres) blocks I'm sure that the owners would have received a very substantial sum for it.
so, as I understand it, the zoo will close and the animals dispersed to other zoos for a while until the new place opens..... do they then get all the same individual animals back or do they have to start the collection from scratch again? Or have I misunderstood the article, and the animals are simply going from one site to another?
Heard part of an interview thismorning on the radio with someone from the zoo. It will in future be called Logan Alma Park Zoo and originally they had thought of the possibility of having a residential site. They decided against this as they thought that residents might not like the idea or noise if the zoo ever got lions. That means that they have the left open the possibility of having big cats.
I have since found online the radio interview and now realise that I got myself mixed up. With regards to the housing what they were talking about was that they were considering having lions at the Dakabin site but decided against it because there was residential too close and the lions roaring would have disturbed them. Not that they considered having a residential part in the new site.
The Alma Park Zoo animals are all set to move to the old big pineapple site now. The Zoo is open with the Australian animals on site and the Asian and South American sections opening soon. The only one not making the move is Alf the tapir who will move to Darlings Down Zoo. No Cookies | The Courier-Mail
The relocation to Logan has now been called off after the zoo did not comply with the terms of their lease agreement for the land with the council. Full article
Currently they are living at Queensland Zoo which was created by a worker from Alma Park to house the animals.
Whatever happened to....? So Alma Park Zoo closed, and the animals moved to Queensland Zoo. They were supposed to reopen in a better site in Logan, but after disagreements between the Zoo and Logan Council this has not happened. The Zoo company is now suing the council for $11 million. Story here: No Cookies | The Courier Mail
The Zoo has posted on their Facebook page about the story, citing false information and blaming the council. Will be interesting to see how this develops, it would be great to see a zoo developed in Brisbane, but that is looking ever increasingly unlikely.
According to Facebook, it seems like Alma Park Zoo is still actively seeking for a location for the zoo... I’m not sure if it will eventuate into anything. The zoo is searching for a location between the Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Alma Park Zoo
Five years after this zoo closed to make way for housing, a new location is now tipped to become the home of Alma Park Category: | The Courier Mail A new $12 million Alma Park Zoo could be setting up on the Redlands Coast after the M1 duplication complicated plans to move to Logan. The company behind the zoo has now entered discussions on a possible Redlands site for the new tourist attraction. LAPZ was locked in stalled negotiations with neighbouring Logan City Council, which resulted in a Supreme Court battle, when news the M1 duplication project would cut through the proposed new zoo site. Since then, Redland City Council and Federal MP Andrew Laming have courted the company, keen to secure the attraction and help boost the local tourism industry. Alma Park Zoo could become the latest tourism attraction on the Redlands Coast, if negotiations are successful. LAPZ family spokesman John Quinn said ease of access and projected visitor numbers would determine the final location of the zoo. Read the full article at the link above.
Would this be correct Alma park zoo became the Queensland zoo then became Wildlife HQ which is now at the big pineapple?
