Melbourne Day 10 Healsville Sanctuary, Bruno's Art Sculpture Garden

9 June 2014

Healsville Sanctuary is the best place to see Australian wildlife in their natural habitat. It offers visitors close-up encounters to the wildlife including koalas, kangaroos, wombats, emus, birds and many others. 

Finally we got to see some huge Red Kangaroos (real close up) towards the end of our journey. We took some time trying to find the pouch on the mothers' belly but to no avail. Perhaps there were not many mommies.

The Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby inhabits rugged, rocky areas of south-east Australia. They are currently are recognized as three genetically distinct populations. The southern form of this species only exists in two small isolated populations in Victoria, with less than 30 animals in each. 

The sturdy Common Wombat is native to Australia. It looks like mouse to me:)

Tasmanian Devils are the largest carnivorous marsupials in the world today. They are endangered by the Devil Facial Tumour Disease which caused tumours around the mouth, face and neck of Devils.

Australian Pelicans have light skeleton, less than 10% of their body weight, enables them to stay aloft for up to 24 hours and reach altitudes of 1,000 to 3,000 metres.The pouch of a Pelican's bill holds around 13 litres; It is useful for catching fish but also can attract a mate by turning bright red, blue and orange during courtship.

Emus are native to Australia and are found across most of the country. Emus cannot fly but they can run, and reach speeds as fast as 29km per hour

You must not miss koalas in Healsville Sanctuary, far better than seeing them in Phillip Island where you could hardly see them clearly sitting high up on trees. It is not surprised to always see them sleeping. We were lucky to see two of them awake for a while though.

It was a freaking cold morning (5 degress celcius) and sunshine turned out to be our favourite. Everyone of us was enjoying sunbathing while having snack

Bruno's Art Sculpture Garden
This garden hosts a collection of unforgettable characters hand crafted by Bruno from clay and fired onsite in his kiln. Bruno has created a world rich with fantasy and insightful beauty derived from his imagination and inspired by his journeys to some regions of the world. The garden was unfortunately destroyed by a bushfire in 2009. Bruno's passion to art has not stopped him from restoring the garden and today, which is why we got to see this amazing garden today.