If you are a reptile lover – or want to develop a love for this slimy and scaly group of animals, Australia which is world famous home to world’s most amazing animals is the place to see them – and the Australian Reptile Park at Sydney is the precise place to do that.

The Australian Reptile Park is located a considerable distance from the city center – precisely about a hour’s drive away – and this means a trip to the place will give you the opportunity to see most of Sydney. It is located near what used to be the old Sydney town theme park – an old time popular haunt for youngsters and parents visiting with Sydney with their youngsters.

The signpost which heralds your entry to the Australian Reptile Park at Sydney are signs you surely won’t miss. On the diversion which leads to the park from the freewheel for instance; there is a huge dinosaur-themed billboard sign, which announces that you are around the Australian Reptile Park at Sydney. And at the park’s exact entrance, there is a huge lizard sign – based on a lizard species called the Priscilla Queen of the Desert Lizard – and which besides announcing your entry to the Australian Reptile Park, is also quite a sight in itself.

The reptile park was made with the whole family in mind – and the whole tour to the Australian reptile park is clearly family themed.

And apart from the actual creatures on display here, there are even some reptile shows – with amusing (and possibly illuminating) tales about reptiles which your youngster (if you happen to be visiting with your young ones) will surely enjoy.

What almost everyone who gets to visit the Australian Reptile Park affirms is that the park has a remarkable collection of all reptiles one can ever imagine – from lizards to crocodiles – and including snakes, spiders and alligators.

Some of the rare reptiles on display at the Australian Reptile Park at Sydney include the Cassowary – which can prove to a scary sight for a sensitive youngster. As it turns out, Cassowaries are classified as an endangered species and are indeed very hard to find, which means that the Australian reptile park must have gone to very considerable pains to get its very own cassowary which is proudly on display here.

And to underline its family theme – the Australian reptile is also equipped with facilities specifically targeted at the child visitors to the park – and these include the children’s park, the picnic area (for whole family enjoyment) and an area with animals that would not be considered reptiles – Kangaroos and emus – but that nonetheless make enjoyable sights for the whole family.

The complaint that might be raised about the Australian reptile park is its lack of water tours- which most other parks of this nature offer, though again it could be that the park desists from offering these because of safety concerns.

All in all though, a tour to the Australian reptile park gives good value for money.