So first of all, what on earth is PADI? Well it actually stands for Professional Association of Diving Instructors and is the world’s leading scuba diver training organisation. To give you an idea of the scale there are over: 6200 PADI Dive Centres and Resorts 136,000 individual PADI Professionals 23 million certifications around the...
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WA Premier Colin Barnett Visits Ocean Park
2 November, 2015We recently had the privilege of hosting the Premier of Western Australia, Hon Colin Barnett, Minister for Regional Development and National Party Leader, Hon Terry Redman, and Minister for Environment, Hon Albert Jacob for a tour of Ocean Park. Many thanks to them for their continuing support of ecotourism in...
EcoTourism Certification
20 August, 2015Ocean Park Aquarium is now a certified EcoTourism business with EcoTourism Australia! That means our products are backed by a strong, well managed commitment to sustainable practices and we provide high quality nature-based tourism experiences. For more information visit www.ecotourism.org.au
Ocean Park in top 1% of attractions in the world!
17 July, 2015Ocean Park in the top 1% of attractions in the world! Thankyou for voting for us on TripAdvisor, we have been included in the top 1% of all listings, with a Travellers Choice Award! #2 of aquariums in the South Pacific Region! The Travellers Choice Award is the highest accolade...
Ocean Park features on Channel 9
30 May, 2015Ocean Park Aquarium featured on Channel 9’s new West Australian travel show, Destination WA last night (29/05/2015). Watch Managing Director Ed chat with Lee Steele about the development of the aquarium, close up shark feeding with Daniel and check out Nemo with Rebecca!
Ocean Park Awarded 2015 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence
28 May, 2015Recognised as a Top Performing Aquarium as Reviewed by Travellers on the World’s Largest Travel Site! We have once again received a TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence award. Now in its fifth year, the award celebrates excellence in hospitality and is given only to establishments that consistently achieve great l reviews...
Qantas Australian Tourism Awards
23 May, 2015We won Gold for Tourist Attractions in Western Australia, which meant that we automatically were a finalist in the Qantas Australian National Tourism Awards earlier this year. The Australian Tourism Awards were established in 1985 to recognise and promote excellence in tourism. We didn’t get place in the National awards...
Qantas Australian Tourism Awards
4 January, 2015As part of Ocean Park’s November 2014 win at The West Australian Tourism Awards, we are now in the running for a national tourism award to be announced in Adelaide in April this year. Some of the finalists from other states have been announced, and it looks like some pretty...
Turtle Rehabilitation Update
2 January, 2015There are currently 2 marine turtles in for rehabilitation at Ocean Park. Donatello, a ~2 year old loggerhead turtle was rescued after washing down to Denmark in the strong Leeuwin Current, where the cooler inshore currents could kill a small turtle. Donatello is feeding well and loves cruising around the...
2014 West Australian Tourism Awards Gold Winner!
14 November, 2014Ocean Park Aquarium has had the huge honour to accept Gold in the Tourism Attraction category for the 2014 Perth Airport Tourism Awards! So many different people have helped Ocean Park become the business it is today and while it would take 5 pages to name each and every one...
Ocean Park Solar featured in West Australian
22 September, 2010The Ocean Park solar power installation has featured in today’s West Australian.
Extraordinary Taxi Ride Visits Ocean Park
27 August, 20109.5 WEEKS. 1 DRIVER. 11 LEGS. 10,000KM. AROUND WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN A TAXI. Ocean Park was very excited to be involved with Tourism WA’s “Extraordinary Taxi Ride” campaign earlier this year – a two-and-a-half month taxi journey exploring the wonders of Western Australia. Football veteran David Wirrpanda and two other...
Opening of Ocean Park Solar Project
24 August, 2010The Ocean Park solar power project is one of the largest private installations in the state. Today it was opened by Vince Catania. The Hon Brendon Grylls was scheduled to be at the opening as well, but he was called away to Canberra in light of the federal election result....
Ocean Park is situated 8km south of Denham and approximately 30km from Monkey Mia on Shark Bay Road. Located on Western Australia’s rugged and spectacular west coast, Ocean Park is nearly the most western most point of Australia.
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