The Press Room

Media Coverage-
  • “Kangaroos, Fish and Shopping, too” AJC, May 10, 2009
  • “Spotlight: Jumping Jacks,” Where Georgia, Spring/Summer 2009
  • “Outback Adventure,” Newcomer Magazine, April/May 2009
  • “VIP Tour Travels Through Dawson,” Dawson County Chamber Chronicle, May 2009
  • “Kangaroo Center On VIP Tour,” Dawson Community News, April 8, 2009
  • “Down Under Up Over,” LIFE Hidden America,” Spring 2009
  • “Creatures Great and Small,” Georgia Travel Guide 2009
  • “Think You’ve Seen It All?  Marsupials Galore,” AAA Going Places, March/April 2009
  • “The 10th Visitor Season of Kangaroo Conservation Center,” Atlanta Now, March/April 2009
  • “How Do You Do, Kangaroo?” Jack & Jill – Children’s Better Health Institute, March/April 2009
  • “Kangaroo Center Launches ‘Aussie Outing’,” The Daily Citizen, Dalton, GA February 26, 2009
  • “Animal Attraction,” Georgia Travel Guide, 2009
  • Dawson Times "Aussie Outing New in 2009" February 12, 2009
  • “Tourism Alive in Dawson County,” Dawson Community News, February 4, 2009
  • “A Taste of Australia,” AAA Alabama Journey, January/February 2009
  • “Dahlonega, There’s Gold in Them Thar Hills…” Accent on Tampa Bay, December 2008/January 2009
  • The Daily Citizen Dalton, GA "Kangaroo Conservation Center's Season Ends Soon" November 7, 2008
  •  NBC's Today Show July 10, 2008
  • WSB-TV 2 Action News "Visit Kangaroos In The Outback, The Dawsonville Outback"  June 2008
  • WBIR Live At 5 "Kangaroos keep Georgia Couple Hopping" April 24, 2008
  • Forsyth County News "Kangaroo Conservation Center Begins Ninth Year"
    April 6, 2008
  • Delta Sky Magazine "Georgia's Pride and Joey" April, 2008
  • Atlanta ABC News on WSB-TV December 30, 2007
  • Sunday Morning on CBS "The Art of Shopping" December 9, 2007
  • Smithsonian Magazine "Nowhere Near Down Under" August 2007
  • Town Loafer "Dawson's Land Downunder" June 2007
  • Atlanta Life Magazine "Georgia's Worldly Ties," April 2007
  • Newcomer Magazine, "Georgia Getaways," Feb./March 2007
  • WNEG 32, "Georgia Journey: Northeast Georgia Kangaroos," March 2007
  • Going Places “A Georgia Vacation,”  (AAA), March/April 2007
  • Blue Ridge Country “50 Blue Ridge Mountain Secrets,” April 2007
  • Atlanta Magazine “Best Animal Encounter - Kangaroo Conservation Center – Best of Atlanta 2006,” December 2006
  • PBA "Kangaroo Kounty"
  • CNN "Kangaroo Horde Makes Itself At Home, In Georgia" September 2002

 

Recent Awards-

  • Rated "Fodor's Choice" by Fodor's 2007 "The Carolinas and Georgia" guidebook (17th edition.)  Fodor's describes the "Fodor's Choice" rating like so:  "As travelers we've all discovered a place so wonderful that its worthiness is obvious.  And sometimes that place is so unique that superlatives don't do it justice:  you just have to be there to know.  These sights, properties, and experiences get our highest rating."

Past Awards-

New Exhibits-

 Two seasonal aviaries featuring our Rose Breasted Cockatoos and our Mulga Parrots.

New Animals-

"Rose'" and "Syrah" - Rose Breasted Cockatoos - Also known as Galahs in Australia.  A very colorful, animated and clever parrot which are an iconic animal of Australia.

Blue Crowned Pigeon - This young male bird was acquired to be paired with our female pigeon at our Billabong.  Hopefully they will soon reproduce to aid in conservation efforts for this species.

"Chance" - Common Wallaroo - This species is  not a mixture of a kangaroo and a wallaby as their common name sometimes infers.  This kangaroo species gets its name from its medium comparative size.

 

Recent Births/Hatchings-

Bettongs - 4 joeys in pouch.

Agile Wallabies - joeys at foot.

Red Kangaroos, Western Grey Kangaroos, and Eastern Grey Kangaroos in pouches and at foot.

Buff Banded Rails - Eggs laid.

Crested Wood Partridges - Eggs laid.

 

Hi-Res Images

 

Please email us for further information, arranging media visits,
and passwords to hi-res photographs.
706-265-6100  ●  tours@kangaroocenter.com
222 Bailey-Waters Road, Dawsonville, Georgia 30534