Come and visit Melbourne’s award-winning wildlife park and get an up-close look at Australia’s amazing animals. Explore our bush-land while feeding kangaroos and wallabies, petting friendly koalas …
Come and visit Melbourne’s award-winning wildlife park and get an up-close look at Australia’s amazing animals. Explore our bush-land while feeding kangaroos and wallabies, petting friendly koalas and enjoying encounters with colourful birds, reptiles, dingoes and many other animals including endangered species. More than 70 Australian species are waiting to meet you. Intimate Night Tours run every evening and let you see Australian Animals in their natural nocturnal environment. Bookings are required for Night Tours.
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Mar 7, 2025
So disappointed and heart broken to see a Wombat and a Quoll paceing up and down, clearly traumatised by being in captivity. There were no rangers around to reassure myself and my kids that they were…Full review by Vacation722985
Mar 4, 2025
Nice little sanctuary that kept us amused for a couple of hours on a Sunday morning. Highlight for us was the Koala experience which was great.Full review by Matt I
Mar 3, 2025
A great night of nature. Lucy guided us around the Sanctuary sharing interesting information about the animals we were seeing with so many close around us. If you want to see Australian nature up c…Full review by niks2512
I’m looking to go from Melbourne. Is there any public transportation both ways?
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You can take public transport to within about 10k of the sanctuary, but after that you need to arrange a car. We found it extremely easy to reserve an Uber to pick us up at the …
You can take public transport to within about 10k of the sanctuary, but after that you need to arrange a car. We found it extremely easy to reserve an Uber to pick us up at the sanctuary at the end of the tour, and to get an Uber from Frankston or Cranbourne stations (either one is the closest - they are on separate train limes).
Hi, what's the approximate starting time of the night tour in May? I'm doing the penguin parade at Philips Island, not sure if i can arrive on time. Thanks.
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I would do those things as seperate trips. For exact start or finish times for places please ask them directly.
May I know how big is the park and how long should I set aside for the visit? Is 2 hours sufficient?
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I certainly agree that 2 hours is quite enough time to see all that you can, but to return at night and see the nocturnal animals along with a keeper, is perhaps the ultimate conclusion to …
I certainly agree that 2 hours is quite enough time to see all that you can, but to return at night and see the nocturnal animals along with a keeper, is perhaps the ultimate conclusion to your journey to the park. For that add another 1/1.5 hrs. Spectacular.
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I’ve found an injured animal. What do I do?
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We cannot accept injured or displaced animals at Moonlit Sanctuary as we do not have a veterinarian onsite. For help, contact Wildlife Victoria at 8400 7300 or wildlifevictoria.org...
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