Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary

Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is a heritage-listed, not-for-profit zoological garden situated on 27 hectares in Currumbin on Queensland's Gold Coast. Originally established in 1947 as a bird sanctuary, the attraction is world-renowned for its spectacular daily feeding of large flocks of free-flying wild rainbow lorikeets. The sanctuary is home to more than 1,400 animals across a diverse range of native and exotic species, including kangaroos, koalas, Tasmanian devils, wombats, echidnas, reptiles, American alligators, freshwater crocodiles, and the famous saltwater crocodile Boss Hog. An on-site Wildlife Hospital provides veterinary care for injured and endangered native animals. Conservation, research, and education are at the core of the sanctuary's mission, with funds reinvested into critical wildlife programs including breeding initiatives for species such as the critically endangered Kroombit tinker frog.