About half an hour’s drive from the Hobart city center, Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary requires admission tickets for entry.
Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary is not a zoo but an animal rescue centre. The animals here range from being under care for 24 hours to several months. All of them are native to Australia.
The staff explains that once the animals are treated and healed, they are released back into their natural habitats, where they are monitored for several months until they can thrive independently. The ticket sales here go towards funding the rescue efforts.
Visitors can have close encounters with the animals, and there are four educational sessions each day led by professionals, making it an excellent place for children to learn about wildlife. The sanctuary is not very large, and there aren’t many types of animals; however, all the animals are rescues, and they are very friendly. The only wombat in there looks like a little baby, continuously circling around the guide and enthusiastically snuggling into people’s laps.
We love this Wildlife Sanctuary in Tasmania. This sanctuary in Tasmania is entirely different from your normal zoos! It’s called a wildlife sanctuary, but it’s more like a rehabilitation and adoption centre. The small animals inside have encountered various accidents, for example, falling from trees, being abandoned by their mothers or being injured. Good-hearted people discover them and bring them here for treatment. Once they’ve successfully recovered and regained their ability to survive in the wild, they are released back into nature.
For this reason, the animals in the sanctuary are very friendly. They are not afraid of humans at all. On the contrary, they are affectionate and a bit spoiled. Tasmanian Devils are running in circles when they see people, echidnas rubbing their bottoms against people while eating and drinking, and wombats lying comfortably in blankets, extending their little paws, waiting for the caretaker to pet and cuddle them.
And each animal has its own name and adoption story!
You can pay to experience feeding kangaroos, feeding lizards, feeding echidnas, and feeding emus! While the caretaker tells the stories of the little animals, you can witness the excitement of the food enthusiasts who don’t discriminate when it comes to treats.
Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary
Address: 593 Briggs Rd, Brighton TAS 7030, Australia