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NATIVE ANIMAL EDUCATIONAL SANCTUARY |
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About ten minutes from Merimbula in the beautiful Bega Valley, savour the rare opportunity to see a koala, wander amongst the kangaroos, touch a snake, stroll through the cooling mist of the walk-through aviary, go for a ride on the mini train or have lunch and really good coffee at the Blue Wren Café. Potoroo Palace is a not-for-profit organisation passionate about caring for the Earth. Our aims are: - To improve the habitats and wellbeing of the native animals already in our care
- To promote public awareness of their plight in the wild
- To educate the community about the importance of the conservation of our unique Australian native animals and plants.
Many of the animals at the sanctuary are native to the Merimbula area. We have seven Long-nosed Potoroos, Macropods such as Eastern Grey Kangaroos and a swamp Wallaby, and two Bare-nosed Wombats. Short-beaked Echidnas and Long-nosed Bandicoots are all found in the Bega Valley, sometimes even entering our own backyards. Emus and even Dingoes can be found in the surrounding area. Koalas and Long-nosed Potoroos are very rare here now, but were once abundant. People come from all over the world to Australia to see our native animals. In everything we do we think first of the welfare of the animals and the world in general. Our foci are: Education, Community and Conservation. You can help us by bringing your friends and family. |
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Would you like to be a Friend of Potoroo Palace? Potoroo Palace was purchased and taken over less than four years ago in a very run-down condition. It was set up by the purchaser, a passionate local wildlife carer, as a Not-for-Profit community project. Since then, more than $ 1.5 million has been spent upgrading the living conditions of all the animals and their environment, with wonderful results. The main aim of Potoroo Palace is to educate YOU about native Australian animals, and especially our local species. |
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Potoroo Palace Curry Nights |
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Our popular Curry Nights at the Blue Wren Café will be resuming in July. Watch this space for details! |
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Meet a Very Special Echidna |
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 The newest addition to our Potoroo Palace family, a very plucky little survivor, moved in to her new enclosure next to the Lizard sunning area on Thursday 24th July after spending her mandatory six weeks in quarantine.
She is a young white Echidna - a naturally occurring albino - which though generally rare in the animal kingdom, does pop up quite a bit in Echidnas. This little Echidna has had some extra challenges, which, combined with her unusual colouring, resulted in her being rescued from the wild and spending time in care. |
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 Blinky the koala has settled happily into his new home at Potoroo Palace.
His meeting with Suzie, our long term resident female koala was exciting in many ways. Blinky spent a long time sniffing the bark of trees where Suzie had been. Meanwhile, Suzie, looking very pretty, totally ignored him. Eventually Blinky came over to Suzie's tree. She bit him. Blinky responded by snatching a mouthful of fur from her back. Small arguments happened throughout the day but at the end of the day they were snuggled up together. |
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