Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary, Brighton

Excellent place caring for our injured wildlife and giving them a forever home. A great place to bring kids and even the grand parents. A great family adventure. You get to feed the kangaroos and can even book a night time view of all the nocturnal animals. Wish there were more places like this around

I FINALLY SAW A WOMBAT!!! So cute! It was the highlight. The staff were really knowledgeable and informative. Would recommend you join their free tours where they bring you around to the wombat and Tasmanian devils enclosures. Unfortunately when we went, the kangaroo enclosure was closed due to introduction of new joeys. The place isn’t very big but you get to see all the main Australian species. They run on entrance fee collected from visitors, so do give them the support!

The Carers at the sanctuary were all fantastic, you can hear their passion and sincerity for the animals during their tours and general walk around. Whilst it's sad to learn of the animals making their way to this sanctuary, it's fantastic to know this exists as it is the only Wildlife sanctuary in Tasmania which was surprising. It's not a Zoo, so don't expect fancy themed enclosures and gimmicks, the sanctuary is essentially a safe place for orphaned or rehabilitation animals, it wasn't a bother for us because we knew the money went directly to supporting the Sanctuary and their animal's care. The trip out to Bonorong was fantastic seeing the terrain, farms and countryside was soothing. Highlight was to see active echnidnas, Tasmanian devils and Winnie the Wombat.

Beware it's not a zoo but a wildlife conservation centre. They are self funded and their main goal is to rehabilitate Australian animals and return then to the wild. If you go on a hot day you may miss most of the animals as they'll be hiding or sleeping in the shade. But you can feed and pet wallabies all around. There were a couple of carers inside the devil's and wombats enclosures giving some talk about the respective animals. Short, sweet and informative.

What an amazing place. The work they are doing for the rehabilitation of the wildlife is amazing. If you can afford to do the feeding frenzy we can't recommend highly enough. Miguel, our guide, passion and knowledge of his job made the time we spent there just that much better.