Twenty-five years later, the National Zoo and Aquarium is a gold-standard Canberra tourism institution that attracts 250,000 visitors a year. Added to that is the luxury Jamala Wildlife Lodge, also developed by the family, that hosts an additional 15,000 guests a year. The facility has expanded from less than three developed hectares to now stretch over more than 30 hectares. And there are now about 900 animals on the site, from sharks to tigers to emus.