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Get to know some of the animals who call Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary home. From quirky traits to fascinating rescue stories, each animal has their own unique story.

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    Conservation Detector Dog Helps Find Koalas

    29 Jul 20256 Aug 2025

    Meet Moose the Cutest Conservation Detector Dog This is Moose, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary and Hospital’s conservation detector dog! Moose has recently joined the team to help with a wide range of conservation projects and research. He’s being trained to track Koalas in the wild, allowing research teams to find sick and injured Koalas so we…

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    New Home for Veiled Chameleon & Corn Snake

    28 Jul 20254 Aug 2025

    Meet Waldolf the Veiled Chameleon  Waldolf is an amazing 6 month old Veiled Chameleon. He is quite shy, but when it’s feeding time he couldn’t get more excited. We could look at his beautiful green, yellow, turquoise and brown colours all day long! Fun Facts About Veiled Chameleons They are known for their distinctive triangular…

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    Meet the Radiated Tortoises in Their New Forever Home – The Tortoise Village

    23 Jun 202514 Aug 2025

    Discover The Tortoise Village, a brand-new habitat at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary where five rescued Radiated Tortoises are settling into their new forever home. Learn their incredible story and how you can support conservation.

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  • A wallaby stands on rocks in a natural setting with a joey partially visible in its pouch.

    Meet Brush-tailed Wallaby Joeys, Rocko and Spunky

    13 Sep 202120 May 2025

    When Brush-tailed Rock wallaby brothers Rocko and Spunky hopped into the world at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, they gave new hope to their species. Part of the Brush-tailed Rock wallaby captive breeding program, they are the first joeys of their kind to be born at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary in ten years! Keepers say this is a…

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  • Meet Nugs: The One-Eyed Koala

    Meet Nugs: The One-Eyed Koala

    3 Aug 202121 May 2025

    One of the lucky ones… Nugz the Koala was just 14 months old when he was hit by car while riding on his mum’s back. He was treated for a fractured skull. While he lost an eye, he escaped with his life. Sadly, his mum wasn’t so lucky. Nugz is one of the fortunate ones….

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  • Meet Pooh Bear, Our Echidna Puggle 

    Meet Pooh Bear, Our Echidna Puggle 

    6 Mar 201921 May 2025

    Awwwww! It’s a… puggle! Here at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, we love sharing the heart-warming news with you when a new bundle of joy joins our family. And we’re so excited to announce that we’ve welcomed a gorgeous puggle to our growing brood! For those who are wondering what exactly a puggle is (and no, we’re not referring to the…

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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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