Healesville Sanctuary & Dandenong Ranges
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HEALESVILLE SANCTUARY & DANDENONG RANGES
Healesville Sanctuary
The sanctuary is set in bushland; a large habitat where wildlife can be observed up close.
Sharing the paths are water birds strolling peacefully and overhead flocks of colourful parrots fly in and out of the trees. The Healesville Sanctuary is the perfect setting to view Australian wildlife.
The sanctuary is home to over 200 species of Australian native birds, mammals and reptiles including a hospital that treats injured wildlife and breeding programs of some 20 threatened species to protect and restore the species and return them to the wild habitat. Each year the sanctuary receives 1000 sick, injured or orphaned animals to care and return to the wild. Your entry fee will contribute to this program.
Dandenong Ranges
The Dandenong Ranges form the backdrop to Melbourne and are considered to be an intrinsic part of the city. The ranges is a haven of native bushland, private garden estates that keeps nature close to Melbourne’s doorstep. In the Dandenong Ranges there are ornamental flower farms a variety of flowering species including tulips. The range is home to the Eastern Rosella a symbol of this country.
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