Healesville Sanctuary

Dingos

Wildlife Hospital
Healesville Vet talking about Devils

Kangaroos

Ibis(?)

Curious Duck

Emu
Emu with Parrots
Koala Sleeping

Cockatoos
Entrance to Healesville

Tasmanian Devil babies

Wallaby

I thought about calling this one "Bring on the Koalas!" because we saw several up-close last weekend at the Healesville Sanctuary, and even more the next day at Phillip Island. But that wouldn't be quite fair to the other cool Aussie animals we got to meet. These photos are from the Healesville Sanctuary- a few turned out dark because at one point it was pouring rain and we were hurrying through. At the wildlife hospital where they treat injured animals, we got to hear a presentation by a veterinarian discussing the Tasmanian Devil mouth cancer problem. Although I didn't get a photo, we saw platypus too- they were much smaller than I thought. Healesville successfully bred a platypus in 1943 (only one of two places to have done so). We also saw a kookaburra, and its laugh accompanied us several times on our walk through the grounds. Oh, and if you'd like some koala photos of your own, I'd suggest this site. (Ps: If anyone is bored and finds a really good, comprehensive guide to Australian wildlife online (animals, birds, and ocean creatures), preferable with photos, let me know. I am looking for an all-purpose site I can use to identify wildlife I see. I'd hate to mislabel our photos).