Gumbuya Park is a small amusement park in Tynong North, Victoria, near Pakenham, Melbourne, Australia. It features a toboggan slide, water slide, paddle boats, "mini cars" and mini golf. Themed as "nature's playground", it also features native wildlife including, kangaroos, wallabies, 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 with adjourning bushland. It was originally a pheasant farm. It was converted into a wildlife park in 1978 by the late Ron Rado. The greenleaf restaurant was built in 1981.
In October 2011, vandals exploded part of the pheasant statue out the front. A man was arrested over the incident. This follows earlier incidents, including people breaking in, lighting flares and stealing motor karts.
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“Linnæus, setting out for Lapland, surveys his “comb” and “spare shirt,” “leathern breeches” and “gauze cap to keep off gnats,” with as much complacency as Bonaparte a park of artillery for the Russian campaign. The quiet bravery of the man is admirable.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)