2 reviews about Australian Shark and Ray Centre

verified email - 09 Sep 2013

Disappointed. Very old looking place with urgent work needed to make it look more appealing. Done it once and thats enough. Cost to go in and look, then costs to feed them from the side, but it costs extra to get the very small cup of food, and costs extra to get in with them. Staff were unfriendly and offered no educational information to the kids even when asked. Was a great experience for the children to swim in the tank with the large sting ray and felt very safe with reading that all the barbs have been removed. We were saddened by a pale shark in a tank too small for its size. It did not move at all and when we enquired we were told it was new and just adjusting.....that was two years ago...friends have told me its still in the same tank and people are being told the same story! Was a good experience for the children but not something i would do again there!

kristyb18 10 Sep 2013

Oh ive always wondered what this place was like and wondered if it was somewhere that my children would enjoy.

verified email - 01 Apr 2013

It was a truly incredible experience to swim with these stingrays and sharks. When we first arrived I thought it looks like a shed in the middle of a farm location but once inside there were several large heated pools filled with all manner of wildlife. The sharks were mainly small cuious but thankfully gummy varieties and the rays were all barb free. There was a large bronze cloured nurse type shark that was quite large but very docile that you could pat but the most awesome thing was the huge stingray that would just come right up and sit on your legs as you sat on the edge of the pool. it was well over a metre wide and was just like a big rubbery magic carpet that slid on top of you. It was then that you got to see eye to eye how incredible these large and peaceful creatures are as it just came and sat on your lap and was hand fed prawns into there underneath mouth. as you venture out into the pool the other sharks and rays all swim around you peacefully and encircle you it made for some truly great photos and was one of the most amazing aquarium type places ive ever been to. Brave kids would love it!

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