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An Apollonaut travel guide
Between the highway and the coast.
An introduction to the park’s setting near Mogo village, between Batemans Bay and Moruya on the New South Wales South Coast.
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A park set back from the road
Mogo Wildlife Park stands at 222 Tomakin Road, just off the Princes Highway, about 10 km south of Batemans Bay and 16 km north of Moruya. The park describes itself as set back from the main road, with the sounds of birds and animal calls around its paths.
A local guide can give context without turning a neighbourhood into a backdrop. Respect homes, working businesses and the people who live around the park.
Paths, shade and habitats
The park describes wide, gentle pathways through settings inspired by the Amazon jungle, the African savannah and the bamboo forests of Nepal, with shady places to sit and watch the animals.
Begin with a detail and ask what it is for: a rope for a gibbon, an island for the primates or open ground for the giraffes. A photograph alone cannot tell you how an enclosure is cared for from day to day.
A Mogo chapter
Mogo shows another side of the South Coast: a village on the highway with a zoo of exotic animals that came through the bushfires of 2019.
Make room for context
Pair this reading with the park’s history and the Journal. This is an introduction for visitors, not a claim that our team manages the park, cares for its animals or represents the people who do.
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Sources & further reading
Links lead to the original publishers.
