Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park in Pearcedale, Victoria | Wildlife sanctuary

Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park

Locality: Pearcedale, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5978 7935

Address: 550 Tyabb-Tooradin Rd 3912 Pearcedale, VIC, Australia

Website: https://moonlitsanctuary.com.au

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25.01.2022 Nose diving into a new week! www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au #FindYourWayMorningtonPeninsula #VisitFrankston

25.01.2022 Paolo the Peregrine Falcon enjoyed a tasty lunch in the sun today! www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au

23.01.2022 With no strict breeding season, Tasmanian Pademelons have the ability to breed all year round. This means there is always a chance you could spot a joey or two hanging out of their mothers’ pouch in our Wallaby Walk. www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au #FindYourWayMorningtonPeninsula #VisitFrankston

21.01.2022 Exciting news! One of our wild pair of Cape Barren Geese has recently welcomed three little goslings. www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au

21.01.2022 Happy International Zookeeper Day! Today we acknowledge and recognise the hard work, dedication and passion of all animal keepers and carers around the world. We say thank-you to our incredible team of Keepers who provide love and care every day to the animals they look after, as well as the education they provide to our visitors about all the animals here at the sanctuary.... Their devotion to help the survival of some of Australia’s most endangered and threatened species is truly remarkable and we can't thank them enough. Pictured are just a few of our keepers showing what zoo-keeping involves. www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au

19.01.2022 During today’s turtle feeding, Keeper Olly managed to capture an underwater look at how our turtles snap up some of their favourite tasty snacks - crickets. We think the video is 'Turtally' awesome! www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au... #FindYourWayMorningtonPeninsula #VisitFrankston See more

18.01.2022 Just like these Lorikeets we got too excited about seeing you all again! Given the uncertainty and changing landscape of the COVID restrictions, our tickets won’t go on sale on our website until Monday 12th October. We hope to still be able to re-open on the 19th! Keep an eye out on our social media pages for updates. #moonlitsanctuary

18.01.2022 Happy Birthday to the beautiful Banksy, the Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, who turned 4 this week! www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au #FindYourWayMorningtonPeninsula #VisitFrankston

18.01.2022 Lurking around, Lulu the Spot-tailed Quoll is a stealthy predator on the hunt for her next meal. Spot-tailed Quolls are the second largest living carnivorous marsupial after the Tasmanian Devil. They feed on medium-sized mammals including gliders, possums, rabbits and even small wallabies. They will also feed on carrion (dead animals), birds and eggs. Smaller mammals, reptiles and invertebrates can also be a tasty snack for them. www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au... #FindYourWayMorningtonPeninsula #VisitFrankston See more

18.01.2022 Teachers have loved our Virtual Excursions in Term 3. Here is what they have had to say: The students were so engaged the entire time. They really enjoyed the opportunity to ask questions, which were answered by very knowledgeable staff who are passionate about the wildlife and educating students.... We are now so excited to actually visit in person and check out the sanctuary. We highly recommend this experience, especially for Year 3 students. Thank you May and team! ~ Bridgette, Grade 3 Classroom Teacher, Casey Grammar School Book one of our Primary programs or request a Custom program for Term 4. For more details and to book, visit our website https://moonlitsanctuary.com.au/educati/virtual-excursions/

18.01.2022 Cuteness Overload! Our Yellow-bellied Glider joeys are growing up so quickly. Pictured is one of the joeys on the left and mother, Shy, on the right! If you missed our recent announcement welcoming our Yellow-bellied Glider joey twins, be sure to scroll back and check out a recent video we shared of the twins during a recent keeper check. ... www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au #FindYourWayMorningtonPeninsula #VisitFrankston

15.01.2022 Dingo Pup Update Coal and Sootie are now 4 months old and are both weighing in over 10kg (they were under 4kg when they first arrived). Every day they are showing how smart they are with improvements to their training, but they still love to goof around as puppies do! ... www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au

14.01.2022 Over the last two months we’ve had a special group of nine Orange-bellied Parrots in quarantine for a conservation technique known as spring release. After passing two rounds of vet health checks and blood tests, the nine birds along with three others that came to us from quarantine at Adelaide Zoo, were transferred from Moonlit to Hobart and then to Melaleuca in south west Tasmania in collaboration with the Orange-bellied Parrot Tasmanian Program. After spending several days... in a pre-release aviary on site at Melaleuca, the 12 OBPs were released this morning and we expect them to join up with other OBPs, that have migrated to Melaleuca from the mainland for the up-coming breeding season. The objectives of spring release are to supplement the wild population by increasing the number of potential breeding pairs at the breeding ground to increase reproductive output, and balance any predicted bias in the sex ratio of birds returning to Melaleuca from the mainland. www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au

14.01.2022 How cute is Kenny? Kenny the Nankeen Kestrel is the latest member to join our Conservation in Action show. Still only a young bird, Kenny will start working with his trainers to build up his confidence and learn behaviours that he will one day show off during our conservation and training shows. www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au... #FindYourWayMorningtonPeninsula #VisitFrankston See more

13.01.2022 Mary, you are too cute! www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au #FindYourWayMorningtonPeninsula #VisitFrankston

13.01.2022 On hot summer days, like Today, our animals find plenty of fun of ways to cool down. Here is what some of them get up to! www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au #FindYourWayMorningtonPeninsula #VisitFrankston

13.01.2022 Victor the Koala is showing us how we all feel knowing that tomorrow is Monday www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au

12.01.2022 Laughing Kookaburra Wafer is pretty proud of her recent catch, a juicy mealworm! www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au #FindYourWayMorningtonPeninsula #VisitFrankston

11.01.2022 Did you know that koala breeding season generally goes from September through to February? This has meant our boys have been heard bellowing quite a bit lately as they are trying to attract a lovely lady. Here is Minuk showing us what he has got. www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au... #FindYourWayMorningtonPeninsula #VisitFrankston See more

11.01.2022 Jimmy is getting ready to call it a night, tucking himself into bed after a busy weekend. www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au #FindYourWayMorningtonPeninsula #VisitFrankston

11.01.2022 As per the recent Government announcement, we will be closed from Saturday for 5 days. If you have purchased tickets to visit during this lockdown please contact [email protected]. Please include your booking number and whether you would like to change your booking or be refunded. Stay safe and we will see you soon.

09.01.2022 Just over 4 weeks until Christmas!! If you're stuck for the perfect gift for a loved one, how about a voucher for one of our up-close animal encounters? Your loved one could be snuggling up to adult Dingoes, Dingo puppies, a Wombat or a Koala! ... Visit our website for more gift ideas. www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au #FindYourWayMorningtonPeninsula #VisitFrankston

08.01.2022 Our Long-nosed Potoroos love banana soooo much that they will even come out of bed for a slice! www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au #FindYourWayMorningtonPeninsula #VisitFrankston

08.01.2022 Paolo the Peregrine Falcon is turning out to be pretty popular on all our media pages. Keeper Blaire and Paolo have spent a lot of time training during our closure so he can appear in our daily Animal Training sessions. www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au... #visitfranskton #findyourwaymorningtonpeninsula See more

08.01.2022 It's not only our Red-neck Wallaby joeys who are popping their heads out of the pouch to explore. This tiny Tammar Wallaby joey stuck its head out to check out its surroundings. www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au

07.01.2022 It's the last day of 2020 and what a year it has been! We were closed more days than we were open and had to put a hold on welcoming all our wonderful international guests. But despite the rollercoaster that this year has been, we have continued to achieve great conservation goals and we endeavour to carry on doing so next year and into the future. ... These goals could not have been achieved without the continuous support from all our incredible visitors who not only came to visit when they could but also sponsored animals online. From all those at Moonlit including our Dingo pups Sootie and Coal who joined us in 2020, we say a huge THANK-YOU and we can't wait to see you all in 2021! www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au

06.01.2022 We all know that one person who says they're not hungry but when food arrives they come looking for a bite to eat. That’s just like Gramps the Shingleback Lizard who wanted to sneak up on Blackbeard the Bearded Dragon. www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au

04.01.2022 You can see why Ginny is called a 'Rufous Bettong' with her rufous or reddish-brown tinge colouring to her fur. www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au #visitfranskton #findyourwaymorningtonpeninsula

03.01.2022 Mid-week dreaming! www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au #FindYourWayMorningtonPeninsula #VisitFrankston

03.01.2022 We absolutely LOVE seeing photos and videos taken by our guests during their visit to the Sanctuary. Thank you Robert for sharing some of the incredible shots you took while you were here. They are brilliant. If you too visit the Sanctuary and take awesome photos like Robert, please be sure to upload, share and tag us in them so we can see! ... www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au #FindYourWayMorningtonPeninsula #VisitFrankston

02.01.2022 Introducing our newly named Kangaroo Island Kangaroo joey, Elsie! We are still hopeful that we will be able to re-open next Monday, October 19th and our website is now taking bookings for ticket purchases and encounter experiences. Elsie and the rest of the mob can't wait to meet all our incredible visitors again.... www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au

02.01.2022 Did you know that early last century flocks of over a thousand Regent Honeyeaters could be seen at a time throughout South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and southern Queensland? Today, the Regent Honeyeater is listed as Critically Endangered with fewer than 500 birds found in the wild and flocks of 20 birds being a rarity. The cause is predominately due to habitat loss. At Moonlit, we are part of a captive management program that saw 40 birds released into the wild in... 2013 and since then we have bred 5 birds. 4 of which have been returned to New South Wales for release with the next scheduled release. www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au #FindYourWayMorningtonPeninsula #VisitFrankston

02.01.2022 Like the saying goes "Sometimes you just need to stop and smell the roses." Or in Gumnuts case, stop and smell the Waratah flower! www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au #FindYourWayMorningtonPeninsula #VisitFrankston

02.01.2022 Almost didn't see Mary the Wombat there with all that dirt over her face! www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au

02.01.2022 Big smiles everyone! www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au #FindYourWayMorningtonPeninsula #VisitFrankston