La Trobe Wildlife Sanctuary

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"The La Trobe Wildlife Sanctuary is an area of River Red Gum Woodland, dedicated to the conservation and restoration of native Australian flora and fauna.La Trobe University has managed this land for over 50 years. Over time the Sanctuary has developed to become a leading educational facility - La Trobe's Outdoor Laboratory.Visit our website for information on joining one of our regular Twilight Tours or Citizen Science events.After a unique space for your next event?Contact us to book one of our facilities.Want to create your own micro-habitat?Come and visit our Retail shop where we have over 300 species of indigenous plants on offer, as well as nestboxes and other products."

Address: Kingsbury Dr , Bundoora 3083, VIC, AU

Phone: (03) 9479 2071

State: VIC

City: Bundoora

Zip Code: 3083

Opening Hours

Monday: 10:00-15:00
Tuesday: 10:00-15:00
Wednesday: 10:00-15:00
Thursday: 10:00-15:00
Friday: 10:00-15:00
Saturday: 10:00-15:00
Sunday: 10:00-15:00

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Well taken care of, friendly staff, plants sign posted, interesting history and well maintained tracks, heaps of nest boxes in all sorts of shapes that are specific to different species; you can purchase at their store! I saw kangaroos, skinks, cormorants, and heaps of other birds. Would love if they could offer a late afternoon day once a month or something would be awesome to see the nocturnal creatures or see more activity at dusk

A group of 16 of us visited the Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary as part of a community event to engage LGBTQIA+ identifying people in Indigenous plants and animals, and they're importance to our surroundings. We were so thrilled to have Berenice as our tour guide. She was incredibly knowledgeable, engaging, and made the whole experience so enjoyable. It is so lucky that this space is available so close to the city, and I would not hesitate in recommending a tour to anyone! I'll definitely be back for a twilight tour to see some of those famous sugar gliders! Thank you for everything!

A wonderful Breakfast with the Birds.. so special to enjoy the pink dawn in silence, followed by a cacophony of bird calls. A wonderful small group wander to see birds, ancient trees and creatures with our knowledgable guide Michael and team. FOLLOWED BY A LOVELY BREAKFAST. HIGHLY RECOMMEND

Lovely and relaxing walk around the sanctuary with a tempting plant nursery at the end as well. Amazingly run by volunteers.

One of the great experience far from the city life.. Observing wild life.. Peaceful environment with whole lots of information about the wildlife creatures and life.

A small patch of pure nature in the middle of Melbourne. We participated in the twilight-tour and thanks to our terrific guide, we were able to see multiple brushtail possums, sugar gliders and even a couple of eastern-grey-kangaroos. Experiencing a little bush walk with all its sounds without leaving the city was a truly enriching experience. Would definitely recommend.

A great place for all the family wear comfortable shoes it can be a long walk

Thank you to Josh and Monique for giving Banyule Gardens for Wildlife garden guides such an amazing, in depth, informative tour of your nursery last Sunday afternoon. We were all so impressed and inspired - so much work and time behind each and every tube. Keep up the great work!

The staff Joshua was very knowledgeable and explained the Aboriginal plants they are conserving and planting for public use to buy. He was very kind in explaining to my sons about the the equipment used by them to conserve the environment.  Also garden has a lot of birds and we were treated with a surprise of seeing a white laughing cockatoo standing on a branch.  A real oasis for bush walking. No need to go to far such as Dandenong mountain or Kinglake to have great bush walk.

I’ve been volunteering at NTWS on and off for 2 years. I’ve been lucky enough to work through 3 different areas in the Sanctuary, developing myriad different skills, and have been able to continue off and on throughout uni stresses, work changes, and life disruptions! This is thanks to the lovely people at NTWS and their flexibility and dedication to their vollies. I started my volunteering in the plant nursery. I got to improve my plant identification skills – especially at different life stages which is handy – and gained many back-of-house nursery production skills pricking out, sowing and cleaning seed, taking and processing cuttings, etc. Towards the end of my degree, I started in land management. This was instrumental in my plant ID skills as I quickly learnt many common weed species and how to distinguish them from similar natives, and started to build confidence in this area. I now volunteer in the monitoring crew where we undertake a range of tasks on alternating weeks: nest box monitoring, fence checks, camera trap monitoring, fish surveys, fungi surveys, water testing, and water bug identification. From a botany-heavy start, this monitoring has allowed me venture into zoological and fungal directions, and I’ve loved being able to cultivate a wider knowledge of life in the Sanctuary. Seeing a family of cute little sugar gliders on the regular is always a bonus! Overall, it’s been a great way to keep connected to my field of study: volunteering reinforces what I learn in uni, and what I learn in uni I can bring to volunteering. I have really appreciated the opportunity to work through these three different areas that provided a huge range of skills I can now build on going forward in my career.

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