| Zoo Name: | Billabong Sanctuary | ||||||||||||||
| Location: | Nome, North Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Area: | 11ha | ||||||||||||||
| Num Species: | 100+ | ||||||||||||||
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The Billabong Sanctuary is an 11ha wildlife sanctuary in Nome, 17km (11miles) south of Townsville, North Queensland, Australia.
The sanctuary is a permanent home to over 70 species of Australian mammals, birds and reptiles such as kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, wombats, crocodiles, goannas. parrots and cassowaries (and also meerkats from Africa). In addition, the natural billabong (lake) at the center of the sanctuary is host to many visiting animals, some of which will breed and raise their young at the sanctuary. Visitors to the sanctuary can take guided or self-guided tours through the 11ha natural tropical bush.
Breeding programs at the sanctuary include the southern cassowary, estuarine crocodile, koala, eclectus parrot, black-headed python, and from September 2016 Greater Bilby.
The Billabong Sanctuary has won several awards, including the North Queensland Tourism Awards for Eco-tourism (2002 & 2006) and the Townsville City Council Environmental Excellence Award (1999).
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