Healesville Sanctuary, Healesville, Australia
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Author: Peter Campbell
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Healesville Sanctuary is one of Australia’s most recognised
attractions, showcasing more than 200 species of Australian wildlife,
only one hour from Melbourne. Get closer to Australia’s wildlife,
featuring unique experiences with kangaroos, koalas and amazing birds
of prey.
Healesville Sanctuary, or the Sir Colin MacKenzie Fauna Park, is a zoo
specializing in native Australian animals. It is located at
Healesville in rural Victoria, Australia, and has a history of
breeding native animals.
We went to the Healesville Sanctuary on a day-trip from Melbourne by
using public transport. First, you need to take a train to Lilydale
station, then a bus to Healesville. It is cheap and rather easy, but
it is a bit long.
Healesville Sanctuary is quite the place and I'm glad I added it to my
travel plans. The Sanctuary has been in existance for years now and is
set in a leafy forest just outside of Healesville.
Healesville SanctuaryHealesville is a short distance drive from
Melbourne where you can see all of Australia's distinctive fauna in
one huge enclosure set in natural bushland, with a circular walking
track and boardwalk that takes you through a series of spacious
A visit to Healesville Sanctuary is a truly Australian experience and
a great way to immerse yourself in the sights, scents and sounds of
the Australian bush.
The Echidna, Wikipedia Healesville Sanctuary is a fauna park where
paths wind through different habitats showcasing koalas, wombats,
dingoes, kangaroos, etc. and over 200 bird varieties.
The Healesville Animal Sanctuary is located 65 km North of Melbourne
in the state of Victoria, Australia.
Healesville Sanctuary provides a natural haven for many free-ranging
animals. Available are food tables, special plantings, hollow logs and
safety from predators, all encouraging these animals to make their
home at the animal park.
Healesville Sanctuary is a short drive from the east of Melbourne.
Native animals, including many that are endangered, live in
close-to-natural surroundings.
The Foundation's relationship with Healesville Sanctuary began in
2000, when it funded extensions to the RACV Lyrebird Enclosure to
facilitate the management of the birds.
Healesville Sanctuary was just part of the tour I'd booked with Gray
Line. (They've got a lot of different tours that include a trip to
Healesville Sanctuary.) It was my favorite part, however.
Healesville Sanctuary, Australia's premier wildlife park is nestled in
the foothills of the Yarra Valley, just one hour from Melbourne.
Koalas, dingoes, kangaroos and the unique platypus are just a few of
the 200 species of Australian wildlife flourishing in a stunning
Australian bushland environment.
Healesville Sanctuary is only an hour from Melbourne, but a visit
there will take you closer to Australia’s unique wildlife than you
ever thought possible.
Healesville Sanctuary is located in the stunning Yarra Valley region
65 kilometres or one hours drive from Melbourne. Take the Eastern
Freeway out of Melbourne then drive east along Maroondah Highway
through Ringwood and Lilydale to Healesville.
Healesville Sanctuary's Birds of Prey show was launched over ten years
ago and has since become one of the Sanctuary's most anticipated and
'must do' experiences. For more information and show times check out
our website http://www.zoo.org.
Healesville Sanctuary is one of Australia’s most acclaimed wildlife
sanctuaries. Showcasing more than 200 species of Australian wildlife,
the Sanctuary is a fantastic location to view native animals in their
natural habitat.
Find out about some of the Healesville Sanctuary Conservation
projects.
Healesville Sanctuary has changed a lot over the years; find out
more about our past, present and future.
Healesville SanctuaryVisitors to Victoria who are interested in seeing
Australian wildlife in a natural zoo setting should not miss an
oportunity to go to the Healesville Sanctuary east of Melbourne.
Healesville Sanctuary has more than 200 species of wildlife in 31
hectares of bushland enclosures.
The Healesville Sanctuary can be heartily recommended as one of the
top tourist places to visit in Victoria.
Open Hours
Healesville Sanctuary is open every day of the year, including
Christmas Day and all public holidays, from 9am to 5pm.
Healesville Sanctuary is one of Austraila’s most popular wildlife
sanctuaries and one of our favorites. It really is a ‘must visit’
attraction if you are planning a holiday in Victoria.
through the town until you see the Healesville Sanctuary sign on your
right.
Public Transport is available. Take a train to Lilydale and catch a
bus to the Sanctuary.
There are also plenty of tour companies offering day trips.
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Healesville Sanctuary DescriptionOutside Healesville, on Badger Creek
Road, is the famous Healesville Sanctuary, a wildlife park covering
32ha designed to be as natural as possible, where all the important
Australian species (including platypus) can be seen close up.
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Do you want to work with animals? Healesville Sanctuary introduces a
new program for aspiring zookeepers where you get to spend a day
working alongside our Zookeepers. This program is specially designed
to inform and engage secondary students in years 9 and above, about
the role of Zookeepers.
But John Gibbons, the director of the Healesville Sanctuary, and his
wife Liz, spent four nights sleeping on the floor of the Badger Creek
CFA in order to care for injured koalas.
in the fires, and John says the Healesville Sanctuary is now closed
while they focus on caring for these animals.
The sanctuary has been swamped with koalas, possums and other mammals
that have been injured in the fires.
The Healesville Sanctuary is famous for its birds of prey, but John
says these birds are well protected.
"Those birds have been put in our nocturnal house which is
underground.
Dedicated to conservation and rescue, the Healesville Sanctuary is
also home to the Australian Wildlife Health Centre (AWHC), a fully
interactive veterinary hospital, where visitors can see, for the first
time, the behind-the-scenes work vets do caring for sick, injured and
orphaned animals.
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