The Salt Ash park will receive a $110,000 tourism quality projects program grant, which park owners Kent and Leanne Sansom said they would match to build a new koala habitat centre and expand its education resources.

"We can now continue to highlight the importance of the plight of the koala and increase our ability to educate the Australian and international visitors that come here," Mr Sansom said.

Applicants for the tourism grants had to show how they would use the funds to create innovative, high quality projects.

The announcement Oakvale Farm and Fauna World's application had been successful was made by federal MP Bob Baldwin last Friday. He said the park's planned project, when completed, would attract more tourists to the region.

"This announcement has ensured the farm will continue to be an exciting tourist attraction for many years to come," Mr Baldwin said on Friday.

With the money, the farm plans to provide a better interactive educational experience for visitors, including students.

A new koala habitat centre will be built where visitors will be able to see koalas in a natural, but controlled, habitat safe from weather and predators. In this habitat, the park can further develop its already successful breeding program.

"Wildlife parks are the last frontier in saving the koala population," Mr Sansom said.

"If the numbers decline in the wild then we can keep the species going. The whole idea of our new koala centre is to breed koalas and create a sustainable population to give to other parks and release them into the wild."

Further to the park's conservation efforts in saving the vulnerable species, 12 years ago staff went on a tree planting project. The Salt Ash park now has 3000 established trees on the site and a further 30,000 on unused sand mines, linking up koala habitats and creating a safe haven for koala populations away from urban areas.