UNIQUE AND INTERESTING

BILLABONG SANCTUARY – AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE EXPERIENCE

The Billabong Sanctuary is an Australian wildlife sanctuary situated 17 km south of Townsville, North Queensland. It is Australia's best interactive wildlife sanctuary.

Billabong is an Australian English word used to refer to a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently. The word is derived from two Aboriginal words: billa meaning creek and bong meaning dead.
















The Billabong Sanctuary displays Australia’s native animals in their natural habitat – rainforest, eucalypt forest and wetlands. The sanctuary is home to native Australian mammals, reptiles and birds such as kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, wombats, crocodiles, parrots and cassowaries.

Visitors to the sanctuary have the opportunity to take a guided tour through the 11 hectare natural tropical bush, or take a self-guided tour. Activities during the guided tour include holding and feeding of the animals and attending feeding shows. The staffs are wonderful with full of knowledge and experience.

Being one of the top wildlife sanctuaries in Australia, the Billabong Sanctuary has won several awards, including the North Queensland Tourism Awards for Eco Tourism in 2002 and 2006 and the Townsville City Council Environmental Excellence Award in 1999.





















Billabong Sanctuary offers all the benefits of a wildlife park, without the busy, commercial aspects found in many zoos worldwide.

People from all over the world visit Billabong Sanctuary to enjoy the live feeding and patting animals which is a unique experience. Children enjoy very much and everybody feels delighted to meet Australia’s native fauna.























































The Billabong Sanctuary offers a complete range of facilities for the family or group outing. People cool off in the tropical pool and enjoy a picnic lunch by the Billabong, relax on the verandahs of the Blinky Bill Café where a tempting range of snacks and meals are an offer.

I have visited Billabong Sanctuary several times and each time I had new experience and enjoyed very much feeding the animals and patting them.