World's Longest Lunch at Healesville Sanctuary

There's nothing better than a trip to Healesville Sanctuary to start celebrations for the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival.

Celebrate all things Australian this Australia Day

Where better to celebrate Australia Day than at Healesville Sanctuary!
We're inviting everyone to celebrate in true Aussie style this Australia Day.

Aussie Christmas Lunch in the bush

Enjoy your Xmas day festivities at Healesville Sanctuary, set in the serenity and beauty of the Australian bush, surrounded by the whistle and calls of our native birds and animals.

Australia's Top 10 Deadliest

All summer long at Healesville Sanctuary, we will be showcasing some of Australia's most famous and most deadliest reptiles. We are daring our visitors to face their fears by counting down Australia's Top 10 deadliest snakes at our new live snake gallery. Learn which venom is the deadliest or which snake strikes the fastest. As you countdown the Top 10 Deadliest, we guarantee you'll get as close as you'd ever want, to our most deadly!

Devil of a Name!

Healesville Sanctuary's very first pair of handraised Tasmanian Devil joeys need names.

The two little girls are just seven months old and are ready to meet visitors.

Emily, Teddy and Amie makes three

Meet Little Emily, found on French Island a week ago, orphaned after Mum had a climbing accident. She was still clinging onto Mum and vets believe she could have been there for a few days. She was rescued by Parks Victoria staff and then transported to Healesville Sanctuary by Keeper Amie Hindson. She was dehydrated and weighed 1.8kg.

A LITTLE CUPPA CUTENESS

Little Rupert was no more than three months old and weighed just 260g when he was rescued from his dead mother's pouch after she'd been killed by a car near Yarck in country Victoria.
Photo by Jay Town, Sunday Herald Sun

Healesville Sanctuary's furry friends kick off Children's Week at Monash Children's Hospital

Monash Children's will play host to a range of special furry and prickly guests including baby wombats, wallabies, possums, echidnas and lorikeets. Stick insects, a python, Lace Monitor and Bearded Dragon will also be visiting the children.

Play Day at Healesville Sanctuary

Join us for a fun-filled day of children's activities at Healesville Sanctuary on Wednesday, 16 November. Zoos Victoria, in partnership with Playgroup Victoria, will host Play Day from 10am until 1pm - a special event offering lots of fun hands-on activities and free giveaways!

Hybrid Mountain Pygmies hold hope of a bright future

He's tiny, but he's generating a lot of excitement. Beau is a first-time father in a breeding program designed to improve the survival chances of an endangered species.

Through Their Eyes

There is some amazing talent among primary school children, according to internationally renowned photographer, Steve Parish. Steve visited Healesville Sanctuary to run a series of photography workshops for primary and secondary school students.

IT’S A PRICKLY PROBLEM

Two of Healesville Sanctuary's Short-beaked Echidnas Spike and Christmas are heading off to see a specialist vet dermatologist at 1.30pm this afternoon at the Melbourne Veterinary Specialist Centre in Glen Waverley (70 Blackburn Road).

Bush Babies

Our wildlife hospital is a Baby Burrow this spring.  Bring your little devils to meet ours on a play date to remember! Meet the nursery team taking care of wombat feeds, devil play sessions and bath-time for ducklings.

First HeHo Chick born this season

Healesville Sanctuary is celebrating the hatching of its first Helmeted Honeyeater chick of the season.
The Helmeted Honeyeater is Victoria's bird emblem and the only bird endemic to Victoria. Most importantly, the Helmeted Honeyeater is critically endangered.

Minister adopts platypus

Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith visited Healesville Sanctuary today to adopt a Platypus and to congratulate the staff on its highly successful breeding program.

FIGHTING EXTINCTION

To coincide with Threatened Species Day, births of 20 Tasmanian Devil joeys, 17 Helmeted Honeyeaters, 23 Orange-bellied Parrots, 524 Spotted Tree Frogs, 44 Southern Corroboree Frogs, 119 Northern Corroboree Frogs and 38 Mountain Pygmy-possums are being celebrated at Healesville Sanctuary.

RUNNING OUT OF TIME FOR AUSTRALIA’S WILDLIFE

Threatened Species staff at Healesville Sanctuary has successfully completed a 819km commitment - to run, swim or walk one kilometre for every threatened species in Australia - and hope to turn the fundraiser into an annual event.

Hang On, HELP is on its way

On Friday at Museum Victoria, the HELP (Helping Endangered Leadbeater's Possum) group empowered other youth to get involved in saving Victoria's endangered wildlife, at the Kids Teaching Kids conference, supported by Healesville Sanctuary.

Running Out Of Time

Healesville Sanctuary plays a critical role in fighting extinction to save many of Australia's most threatened species including Tasmanian Devils, Mountain Pygmy-possums and Helmeted Honeyeaters. For the keepers who work with these animals, it's not just a job - it's a passion

He Ho,He Ho, It's off to work we go

More than 30 staff from Zoos Victoria volunteered their time on Thursday 11 August 2011, by pulling on their gumboots and grabbing a shovel to plant 2000 new trees for critically endangered Helmeted Honeyeaters.

Father's Day Lunch

Soar in for lunch on Father's Day Sunday 4 September.

Zoos Victoria Launch Reconciliation Action Plan

Zoos Victoria proudly launched their Reconciliation Action Plan at Healesville Sanctuary on Sunday 29 May.

Go Hopping Mad these school holidays

Healesville Sanctuary has gone hopping mad for kangaroos these school holidays. Hop in for a whole lot of fun!

Wine and Wildlife Weekend

Healesville Sanctuary is indulging once again in our fabulous Wine and Wildlife Weekend, Queens Birthday long weekend 11, 12 and 13 June 2011.

Enjoy the amazing combination of wildlife experiences with the tastes of the Yarra Valley. Healesville Sanctuary, Sanctuary Harvest Café, De Bortoli Yarra Valley Estate and Napoleone & Co Yarra Valley have come together to create a gourmet experience with a difference.

Celebrate Reconciliation Week at Healesville Sanctuary

Renowned musician Archie Roach will headline Healesville Sanctuary's Reconciliation Week celebration on Sunday 29 May.
The celebration, which includes the launch of Zoos Victoria first Reconciliation Action Plan, will include a day of Indigenous themed activities.

Postcards from Healesville Sanctuary

Channel Nine's travel program, Postcards, will this Sunday 29 May screen their trip to Healesville Sanctuary.

Healesville Sanctuary opens it's gates to local artists

Healesville Sanctuary is opening its gates free of charge to 50 local artists for a local community portrait prize project.

The Sanctuary, a painting site for Not the Archies, will be held on Sunday 22 May from 11am to 3pm. Artists and their subject will receive free entry to create a masterpiece on site.

Helmeted Honeyeaters released

Another 11 captive-bred Helmeted Honeyeaters were released into Bunyip State Park on Friday 6 May

Mothers Day Lunch

Spoil mum and the family with a day at the Sanctuary and a fabulous lunch in our Brolga room, with elegant white cloths, delicious food & a glass of local bubbles!

Keeping Up Appearances

This Wednesday on ABC Healesville Sanctuary's very own Monty (the second), a carpet python, will feature on Spicks and Specks

A day of Adventure! ……..Zoo Keeper for a Day

Do you want to work with animals? Healesville Sanctuary presents an engaging day of activity for all aspiring zoo keepers.

Jump for Joy these school holidays

There are many great reasons to visit Healesville Sanctuary these school holidays - and here's one that'll have the kids jumping for joy. And one great reason for mums and dads too - Healesville Sanctuary is still great value at $56.80 for a family pass!

Platypus death toll continues to rise

Healesville Sanctuary and the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) are warning rogue anglers to stop illegally using opera house nets after another Platypus was found dead in the Bunyip River this month.

Flying Foxes and fruit tree netting

Grey-headed Flying Foxes are being found wrapped up in bird netting on fruit trees causing serious and, in some cases, fatal, injuries.

Platypus Puggle in a Muddle – And one big Puddle

Healesville Sanctuary is proud to introduce a tiny Platypus puggle washed into the ocean from the Mitchell River after the Victorian floods.

Come celebrate all things Australian this Australia Day

Where better to celebrate Australia Day than at Healesville Sanctuary?
We're inviting everyone to celebrate in true Aussie style this Australia Day.

Out of the Ashes

A documentary focusing on the 2009 Victorian bushfires and featuring Healesville Sanctuary will be screened on ABC 1 Television on Sunday 13 February at 7.30pm.

It's a Love Match with bouncing Roos

Healesville Sanctuary has hosted 27 ballkids from Korea who are here for the Australian Open Tennis Championship which begins next Monday (17 January 2011).

All clear, Devils!

This season's Tasmanian Devil joeys had their first ever vet checks at Healesville Sanctuary

Playful-Plat-Pair

Today two female Platypus, Ember and Waddaring, went on public display for the first time this week.

Twilight Shopping at Healesville Sanctuary

With every dollar spent supporting its amazing work with Australia's native wildlife, Healesville Sanctuary's Twilight Shopping Night on Thursday 18 November 2010, 6-9pm will be the perfect opportunity to beat the Christmas rush - and perhaps name a Tasmanian Devil.

Puppy Love: Tambo meets Kath

It was love at first sight when Kath Lovegrove met Dingo puppy Tambo for the first time.

It’s time to make a stand (while sitting on the loo)

Healesville Sanctuary has today asked every Australian to join a toilet revolution and think of native wildlife next time they pay a visit to the loo. Healesville Sanctuary Director John Gibbons said the cheeky Wipe for Wildlife campaign will encourage Australian households to switch to toilet paper made from recycled sources.

Food is not an endangered species at Healesville Sanctuary

The team from the Healesville Hotel would like to introduce our new Sanctuary Harvest cafe and Brolga Room for function and events at the Healesville Sanctuary. We are at the heart of this fantastic region producing sensational wines and high quality produce - from local farms, orchards and artisan producers.

Remembering Black Saturday

Healesville Sanctuary will mark the Black Saturday anniversary with one minute's silence on Sunday at noon.

Visitors will also be invited to wear a yellow ribbon which will be available at the Sanctuary this weekend, courtesy of Spotlight.