Top Attractions

Healesville Sanctuary is Victoria’s top Australian wildlife destination.  From our iconic Australian animals to unique experiences such as the Australian Wildlife Health Centre, to the magical bushland environment set amongst the rolling hills of the Yarra Valley, the Sanctuary is an experience like no other.


  • Dingo Country

    Follow along the dingo fence and enter into Dingo Country, a dramatic rocky high country exhibit and new home for our Dingoes. Now listed as a threatened species in Victoria, find out why the dingo might be the answer to ecological balance in the Australian landscape.  

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  • Spirits of the Sky

    Don't miss our exciting new Flight Arena Show, Spirits of the Sky.  Be awed by the parrots as they light up the sky and birds of prey as they feed on the wing.  Daily at 12pm and 2.30pm.

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  • Wildlife Hospital

    Australian Wildlife Health Centre (Wildlife Hospital or centre) at Healesville Sanctuary treats more than 2000 sick and injured native animals every year and is an important training centre for wildlife veterinarians. The AWHC team also conducts  cutting-edge research into conservation medicine, clinical wildlife medicine and wildlife rehabilitation, and plays  an important role in wildlife disease surveillance

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  • Success with the platypus

    The Sidney Myer World of the Platypus is renowned as the best platypus exhibit ever constructed.

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