Ever dreamed of owing your own Australia Zoo? This is the opportunity to buy a Zoo in Queensland. Not often is it that you find a zoo for sale. A great opportunity to invest in business in Queensland (QLD). Good Business for sale. Investment in QLD. The property is include in the sale

Strategically situated on the main linking road between Gatton and Clifton. Easily accessible from the Lockyer Valley and Brisbane as well as the population centres of the Eastern Darling Downs. Thirty minutes from Warwick, forty minutes from Toowoomba and just two hours from Brisbane. Over 300,000 family oriented people live within an hour’s drive of the zoo. Close to State and private schools, colleges and two Universities.

Unique zoning permits the zoo to operate and expand here. New town planning legislation will not permit another opportunity like this to develop at any time in the forseeable future.

The property has fertile blacksoil land with adequate shady tree cover. Main road frontage and side road running along one entire boundary enabling easy subdivision in years to come. Ten acres has been developed as a core zoo with forty acres still available for expansion. Water bore, power, phone, fax and internet lines all installed.

Improvements – all fences, structures, cages, enclosures, aviaries, sheds, nighthouses, toilets, shop etc are less than six years old. Water is reticulated underground throughout the entire zoo. All paths and internal roads have been constructed to make the zoo wheelchair accessible in all weathers. Signage is in place within the zoo and externally to promote the zoo and to guide visitors to it.

Residence – a basic residence is located within the zoo compound. This residence includes a showeroom/toilet, hall, kitchen/living room, office, one bedroom and a large front verandah. Power, phone, HWS, tank water with pump, septic system service this residence.

Shop – a six metre by six metre entrance building and shop features front and rear verandahs, power, HWS, phone and EFTPOS lines, tank water with pump and grey water processing, sink and food facilities, freezer, counters, display shelving, cash register etc. Drink fridge, icecream freezer and pie warmer are owned by the food supply companies and are loaned to the zoo free of charge to retail their products.

Licences – the zoo is fully Government inspected and licensed.

Animals – many of the species kept at the zoo are species that have been kept and bred by the owners for many years. Some of these species are no longer available to private owners in Australia. The only way to acquire some of them is to buy the zoo. The current owners have always been very careful to breed non-related animals which means that this zoo has a reputation for having good quality stock that is not inbred. Animals such as African Lions from the Zoo are in great demand from other zoos.

History – the zoo has been open to the public for just three years. Already it enjoys very strong public support and a very loyal clientele. Many people visit the zoo several times each year. The zoo continues to grow and expand.

The future prospects for this business are almost limitless. To date, very little advertising of the zoo has been done in the Brisbane metro area. Well over a million people live within two hour’s drive of the zoo and do not even know it exists yet! The population of the Darling Downs is increasing steadily with new mines and power stations being brought online. The zoo is close enough to major urban areas to be shielded from the impact of high fuel prices. There is still a huge untapped market for senior citizen tours, night tours of the zoo, overnight stays for schools, zoo stay accomodation, corporate functions, sponsorship and so on. There is a further forty acres of property which could be developed into an open range African Safari drive through with drawcard species such as has never been seen in Queensland before. The prospects are endless.