Aquascene Fish Feeding Sanctuary and The Gully Cafe — Attraction in Larrakeyah

This is a place that both adults and children love. During the high tide in the morning, a large number of fish swim over. The site provides plenty of bread for feeding the fish. You can personally hold the bread and feed the fish, feeling the gentle touch of the fish nibbling the bread from your hand and the smoothness of their bodies brushing against your hand as they squeeze together. When different types of fish arrive, staff will announce over the speakers the name of the fish, their characteristics, and the correct feeding method. Larger fish don't come too close to the shore, so you can throw entire pieces of bread into the center of the school of fish and watch them compete for the food, sometimes even jumping out of the water. If you get tired of feeding the fish, you can visit the café here to enjoy a delicious bagel sandwich, and the coffee is also great. There’s also a playground with slides and climbing structures that children love. It's recommended to book a feeding session on the website in advance, as the high tide time varies each day, and so does the feeding schedule. My family enjoyed a wonderful...

While this was a relaxing (albiet pricey) activity, I was shocked to discover that the food provided to feed the wild fish is stale bread. Bread is not part of a fish diet, it contains yeast and causes bloating and constipation. The staff were even feeding the resident duck bread which just shows they have no clue how to care for animals. It is terribly unhealthy for ducks and fish to the point councils put up signs in nature reserves to stop people feeding them bread for this reason.

Please invest in some fish food pellets so the fish can receive proper nutrition. Each guest can be limited to a cup of pellets which can be reused for future feeding times. The sound system kept cutting out so the commentary could hardly be heard.

I realise proper feeding is much more expensive than getting free stale bread donations from the local supermarkets. But at $15 entry I think it can be afforded for the welfare of the animals you have trained to visit you. Positive change is easy to make,...

I was really excited to do this today, until I found out the company feeds the fish BREAD!! Bread is not a natural food source for fish and can cause severe health issues, even leading to death.

It's the same with ducks, people believe it to be normal but yeast (bread) isn't something any aquatic animal eats in the wild. I'm assuming environmentalists have a problem with this but the government is ignoring their concerns.

EDIT: You will see below how this company also knows bread shouldn't be fed to fish but is giving terrible excuses to do it anyway. Firstly, wild animals don't need a 'cheat day' of human food they shouldn't eat. The logic isn't sound.

Second, they said they've been doing it for over 50 years, but just because something has been occuring for a long period of time doesn't justify the action.

If bread has any harm on aquitic animals, either pond or sea, just don't do...