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National Bird Week

Fly In for Bird Week Fun

Celebrate the Sanctuary’s special feathered friends with a week full of flocking fun activities for all ages! From 20th to 26th of October, get involved with daily expert-led workshops, educational bird tours, and fun kids activities. There’s something for everyone to enjoy and learn during National Bird Week!

All special activities are included in your Day Ticket. Free for members.

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Three bird illustrations of a colourful parrot, eagle and lorikeet flying across a sunny blue sky with some clouds and green shrubs peaking out.

Owl Be There – Will You?

Swoop on in! When you visit us any day from 20 – 26 Oct, you can get involved with some flockin’ feathered fun. As we celebrate National Bird Week, we will have daily activities, workshops and tours where you can get close up to the many stunning bird species that call the Sanctuary home, and learn what you can do to help protect them. There will also be fun activities for the little ones, including colouring-in, face painting and a feathery fun game with a sweet prize upon completion. Just pick up your game card when you arrive and return the completed card to our Visitor & Member Services booth before 4pm to get your sweet prize!

View our timetable below to plan your visit.



All activities, workshops and tours are included in your Day Ticket. Free for members.

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When

20 – 26 October

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Where

Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary

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Ages

For all ages

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Time

From 10am (9am on Sat & Sun)

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What’s On Each Day?

Info Stand & Kids Crafts

Check out an amazing variety of feathers, nests and eggs – plus fun colouring activities for kids!
When & where: 10am – 2pm at The Pavilion (map ref. P14)

Workshop: Next Box Building

Learn how to build a nest box and provide a home for birds in your backyard.
When & where: 12pm – 2pm at The Pavilion (map ref. P14)

Info Stand & Kids Crafts

Check out an amazing variety of feathers, nests and eggs – plus fun colouring activities for kids!
When & where: 10am – 2pm at The Pavilion (map ref. P14)

Workshop: Bird Enrichment

See what it takes to keep birds entertained, interested and stimulated in their natural environment.
When & where: 12pm – 2pm at The Pavilion (map ref. P14)

Info Stand & Kids Crafts

Check out an amazing variety of feathers, nests and eggs – plus fun colouring activities for kids!
When & where: 10am – 2pm at The Pavilion (map ref. P14)

Feather Painting

Let out the inner artist in you with this feathery fun!
When & where: 12pm – 2pm at The Pavilion (map ref. P14)

Info Stand & Kids Crafts

Check out an amazing variety of feathers, nests and eggs – plus fun colouring activities for kids!
When & where: 10am – 2pm at The Pavilion (map ref. P14)

Guided Aviary Tours

Get up close with stunning birds, big or small, and discover the world of bird conservation.
When & where: 12pm – 2pm The Pavilion (map ref. P14). Leaving every 15 minutes.

Info Stand & Kids Crafts

Check out an amazing variety of feathers, nests and eggs – plus fun colouring activities for kids!
When & where: 10am – 2pm at The Pavilion (map ref. P14)

Workshop: Bird-friendly Garden

Learn how to make your garden more attractive for our feathery friends in the wild.
When & where: 12pm – 2pm at The Pavilion (map ref. P14)

Kids Face Painting

Come by for some feathery free face painting for the kids.
When & where: 9am – 12pm at The Pavilion (map ref. P14)

Info Stand & Kids Crafts

Check out an amazing variety of feathers, nests and eggs – plus fun colouring activities for kids!
When & where: 9am – 2pm at The Pavilion (map ref. P14)

Guided Aviary Tours

Get up close with stunning birds, big or small, and discover the world of bird conservation.
When & where: 12pm – 2pm The Pavilion (map ref. P14). Leaving every 15 minutes.

Kids Face Painting

Come by for some feathery free face painting for the kids.
When & where: 9am – 12pm at The Pavilion (map ref. P14)

Info Stand & Kids Crafts

Check out an amazing variety of feathers, nests and eggs – plus fun colouring activities for kids!
When & where: 9am – 2pm at The Pavilion (map ref. P14)

Workshop: Bird Training

Want to train your bird at home? Join this workshop to learn trust-building and positive reinforcement techniques from our bird experts.
When & where: 11.15am – 11.45am at the WildSkies stage (map ref. V2)

Workshop: Bird-friendly Garden

Learn how to make your garden more attractive for our feathery friends in the wild.
When & where: 12pm – 2pm at The Pavilion (map ref. P14)

Join the Flockin’ Feathered Fun

  • A close up of a colourful bird with a purple and blue head, orange and yellow chest and green wings.
  • A close up of an emu looking straight into the camera with its beak slightly open looking like he's smiling. It has brown eyes and a dark brown and light grey feather coat.
  • A small green bird with a red stripe over its eyes and yellow flecks in its coat, perched on a tree branch. Blurred out Australian native trees in the background.
  • A close up of a masked owl looking straight at the camera. It's unique head shape looks like it has a white disk across its face. Its feather coat is white, light brown and dark brown.
  • A large bright red and green bird sitting on a tree branch, with Australian native trees in the background.
  • A close up of a blue and yellow macaw parrot on a side profile, stretching out its head and slightly opening its mouth.

Don’t Wait! Early Birds Gets the Worm

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FAQ’s

What are Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary's opening hours?

Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is open from 9am to 4pm every day, except ANZAC Day (April 25) and Christmas Day (December 25). Last admissions at 3.30pm daily.

Astra Lumina is open from Wednesday to Saturday with the first sessions starting after dark, which depends on the season.

The Lorikeet feeding is held daily at 8am and 4pm.

Will Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary stay open in bad weather?

The Sanctuary will remain open in light rain. In case of severe weather events, a decision may be made to close the Sanctuary in the interest of guest, animal and staff safety. Our team closely monitors weather and you will be informed if you have purchased a ticket and we have to close due to unsafe weather.

Some activities and/or presentations may be delayed or cancelled in wet weather.

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Jingeri – Hello

We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the greater Yugambeh language region, the Country on which Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary and Hospital are situated today. We recognise their continuing connections to the land, sky, waters (waterways), and wildlife. We thank them for caring for this Country and its ecosystems.

We celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and we pay our respect to Elders past and present.

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