Autumn School Holidays

Let your curiosity come alive and delight your senses as you explore the natural surroundings of Healesville Sanctuary.

Hear Murrundindi (Wurundjeri Elder) share cultural stories and listen to the sounds of the didgeridoo, daily during the School Holidays (except for Saturdays).
Pop on your explorer's hat and venture through the Bunjil and Corroboree Frog Nature Play spaces.
Put your building skills to the test and create gunyahs at the Koala Picnic Lawns.
Get creative and make your own nature-inspired designs in the sand art tables.
Keep your eyes peeled for the Nature Rangers roving around the Sanctuary as they research some of our native flora.

Wrap your ears around fascinating talks from our knowledgeable keepers and staff, including new and refreshed presentations:
- Learn about the Lyrebird and celebrate the Warin season of the Kulin nation by discovering its courtship display in their fern habitat.
- 'What's up the Creek' is a new talk about caring for our waterways and the animals that call it home.
- See the revived Echidna talk in a new location.
Discover Australia's majestic birds in the spectacular and newly refreshed presentation of Spirits of the Sky, on twice daily.