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Jirrahlinga Koala and Wildlife Sanctuary
Barwon Heads

 

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By Richard Moore

Bellarine Peninsula Touring Map

Victoria, AusatraliaAustralia has some wonderful and very different native animals and it isn't often you get up close to them.

Mind you, I did have a large kangaroo bound over the bonnet of my car once in an early morning scare for both of us - and I've been too close to quite a number of snakes for my liking, but the best chance to see the critters is usally in a zoo or sanctuary.

Down at Barwon Heads on the Bellarine Peninsula out of Geelong there is a great little place where you can see Australia's special wildlife at very close range.

It is the Jirrahlinga Koala and Wildlife Sanctuary and it is a two-hectare sanctuary in Taits Rd.

Jirrahlinga is a home for injured wild animals and was born amid the scorched remains of Victoria after the terrible Ash Wednesday back in 1983.

Those fires raged across Victoria and South Australia and killed 75 people. Countless animals were also killed and many more were left badly burnt.

Victoria, AusatraliaTehree Gordon won acclaim for her work helping the animals back to health but the sanctuary is also about letting the animals bring joy to disabled people, or "the frail and the elderly".

We really enjoyed our visit to Jirrahlinga and families definitely will.

It is a simple, easy to get around place that lets you observe the animals as they go about their days.

There are wallabies, kangaroos, wombats, tortoises, snakes, rosellas, kookaburras, lizards, emus, a very fine looking hawk and the stars of the show - koalas.

These creatures are the epitome of cuddly, although you can't touch them because the sanctuary is concerned about humans passing on diseases to the koalas.

We were lucky enough to get within touching distance of one and the serenity koalas have is pretty amazing.

Jirrahlinga is worth the stop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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