Sanctuary
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
🇦🇺 Australia
🛖 Sanctuary, Australia 115 spp. present
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is a heritage-listed zoological garden at 28 Tomewin Street, Currumbin, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1947 onwards. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 18 September 2009. The sanctuary is world-renowned for its feeding of huge flocks of free-flying wild rainbow lorikeets, which come to the sanctuary to feast off the special mixture which the lorikeets eat. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
28.136° S 153.488° E
🎟️ Visit
Essentials
Entrance
—
Tourism
High
Species present
115
speciesOpened
1947
Size
Large
Visit
Opening hours
Every day · 8:00–17:00
Getting there
- Address
- 28 Tomewin Street
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
LC
Blue Flyer
Osphranter rufus
Before you go
Where is Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary?
Australia
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is a sanctuary in Australia, at 28 Tomewin Street. Its coordinates are 28.136° S, 153.488° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Springbrook National Park, about 20 km away.
What animals can you see at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary?
115 species
Citizen-science photos record 115 species at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, including Koala, Blue Flyer, Cape Barren Goose, Eastern Grey Kangaroo and Emu. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.
Where can you see the animals of Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary in the wild?
Koala: Flinders Chase
Some of the animals photographed at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary also live in the parks and cities we cover: Koala (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Flinders Chase), Cape Barren Goose (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Maria Island National Park) and Eastern Grey Kangaroo (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Grampians National Park).
When is Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary open?
Every day · 8:00–17:00
According to its open map listing, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is open Every day · 8:00–17:00. Opening hours change with the season and on public holidays, so confirm them on the official website before you travel.
When did Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary open and how big is it?
Opened 1947, 21 ha
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, a sanctuary in Australia, opened in 1947 and covers about 21 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 115 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)