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The Crocodile Hunter Lodge at Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast has opened new one-bedroom cabins, offering guests an overnight experience surrounded by wildlife.

Introduced in addition to the existing two-bedroom Black Cockatoo cabins, the new Red Kangaroo cabins help guests reconnect with the natural world – offering a wrap-around deck, kitchen, stone bathtub and heated floors, creating the ultimate experience for guests to cherish.

Introducing the new accommodation offering, Australia Zoo’s Terri Irwin advised “we’re delighted to introduce four wonderful one-bedroom cabins for guests, which will help us cater to groups of different sizes.”

Each of the Lodge’s Red Kangaroo cabins contains Bindi Irwin’s book, Creating a Conservation Legacy which discusses Australia Zoo’s remarkable history, and Robert Irwin’s photography book, Robert Irwin’s Australia, which exhibits powerful imagery and its profound connection to wildlife conservation. Guests will find nest boxes placed around their cabin for microbats, owls, kookaburras, possums and parrots, creating a special home for them in the wild where they belong.

Guests staying at The Crocodile Hunter Lodge receive complimentary breakfast and a welcome gift pack, exclusive access to The Billabong, a 25 metre infinity pool, unlimited entry to Australia Zoo and tours of the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital.

The Crocodile Hunter Lodge is proud to support sustainable initiatives that are already in practice at Australia Zoo. The build of the Lodge includes timbers recycled from the world-famous crocodile viewing grandstands, built with Steve Irwin’s own hands at Australia Zoo. Over 3,000 native trees and shrubs are planted throughout the vast grounds, including endangered species of eucalyptus near the Red Kangaroo cabins, creating natural wildlife corridors for wildlife along with purposefully placed nest boxes.

Recently, the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital released a patient near The Crocodile Hunter Lodge in a soft release area, which helps rehabilitated animals transition back to life in the wild. Heath is a common brushtail possum who received specialised treatment at the Wildlife Hospital, and is the first patient to be released into the area. With thousands of native trees and over 70 nest boxes, little Heath is enjoying his beautiful natural habitat.

Image: The Irwin family at the Crocodile Hunter Lodge. Credit: Australia Zoo.

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