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Our Awards
For the forth consecutive year, Potoroo Palace has been proudly presented with a Trip Advisor Award of Excellence!
Our Supporters
Potoroo Palace is proudly supported by the Bendigo Bank Pambula and District Community Bank® Branch
Cowsnest sanctuary home for orphaned swamp wallaby Banksy
/in Animal Stories /by potoroo palace“Banksy” the swamp wallaby was a small, pink and furless orphan when he came into the care of Joan from a Canberra wildlife care group after he discovered when his mother was hit by a car. Joan fostered him with devotion, along with other swamp and redneck wallabies, and it wasn’t evident until he began […]
Koalas find their Valentine at Potoroo Palace
/in Animal Stories, General News /by potoroo palaceThis story was featured in the Merimbula News Weekly on February 11th 2016. Photo and article courtesy of Albert McKnight Potoroo Palace was the site for an early Valentine’s Day romance, as the animal sanctuary is hoping that a pair of koalas will breed. Recently, staff at the palace introduced long-time female resident Sapphire to newcomer […]
Antechinus
/in Animal Stories /by AdministratorWhilst tree surgeons at Potoroo Palace were removing a half fallen tree, they were surprised to discover 6 very young mouse- like creatures who went scattering in all different directions. They were subsequently captured and offered up to the keepers to feed the snakes with. But instead, after seeing that they were in […]
Palace Potoroos
/in Animal Stories /by AdministratorThe staff at Potoroo Palace are continually fascinated by the number of visitors who have never heard of, let alone seen, a potoroo and one of the reasons the name was chosen 8 years ago for this local wildlife sanctuary was to highlight the value of this amazing little native marsupial and as a […]
Koala Rescue
/in Animal Stories, Mammals /by AdministratorIt was a busy and exciting month of September for staff. Several different native wild animals were rescued and taken there for care. One of the most remarkable of these rescues was a young male koala, affectionately named “Woollybutt” since this was one of his favourite species of eucalypt to munch on. He was found […]
Nigel Charms Palace
/in Animal Stories /by AdministratorOne of Potoroo Palace’s newest arrivals is “Nigel” a Rufous Bettong (Aepyprymnus rufescens -meaning ‘reddish high-rump’) and from the same family as that of the potoroo, except that he will grow to be larger. Nigel arrived at Potoroo Palace at the end of October 2014. He is now about 14 months of age and was […]