Gumbuya Park
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Gumbuya Park is a small amusement park in Tynong North, Victoria
Tynong North, Victoria
Tynong North is a locality in West Gippsland, Victoria, Australia within the Shire of Cardinia.Tynong North is separated from Tynong by the Princes Freeway, which runs between the two settlements...

, near Pakenham
Pakenham
-People:* Edward Pakenham , British general* Thomas Pakenham, several people including:** Thomas Pakenham , British admiral* William Christopher Pakenham , British admiral...

, Melbourne
Melbourne
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, Australia
Australia
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. It features a toboggan slide, water slide
Water slide
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, paddle boats, "mini cars" and mini golf. Themed as "nature's playground", it also features native wildlife including, kangaroos
KangaROOS
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, wallabies
Wallaby
A wallaby is any of about thirty species of macropod . It is an informal designation generally used for any macropod that is smaller than a kangaroo or wallaroo that has not been given some other name.-Overview:...

, Australian birds, wombats, dingoes and emus, which can be fed. It is quite large in area and has several barbecue and picnic areas and a restaurant
Restaurant
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 with adjourning bushland
Bushland
Bushland is any area in Australia that is predominantly indigenous flora and fauna.Bushland is the term commonly used by conservation protection groups and other environmental groups as a blanket term for natural vegetation, which may cover any kind of habitat from open shrubby country with few...

. It was originally a pheasant
Pheasant
Pheasants refer to some members of the Phasianinae subfamily of Phasianidae in the order Galliformes.Pheasants are characterised by strong sexual dimorphism, males being highly ornate with bright colours and adornments such as wattles and long tails. Males are usually larger than females and have...

 farm. It was converted into a wildlife park
Wildlife Park
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 in 1978 by the late Ron Rado. The greenleaf restaurant was built in 1981.
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