See the Wallabies

Conservation Status Endangered
Distribution Eastern Australia
Life Span They can live to over 15 years
Gestation 25 - 28 days

Wallabies are like mini Kangaroos. They’re smaller and live in forests, grasslands and rocky areas. Just like Kangaroos, they’re amazing jumpers and can leap over obstacles with their strong hind legs. They also have long, strong tails that help them balance while hopping or standing up.

Wallabies are herbivores, munching on grass, leaves and fruits while they hop around. Although they can be shy and like to keep their distance from people, they’re also very curious about their surrounding.

Visit the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary's Wallaby habitats and see several species of Wallaby, including the rock-dwelling Brush-Tailed Rock-Wallaby, Tammar Wallaby, Swamp Wallaby, and Red-Necked Wallaby.

A wallaby sitting on rocks with a joey partially out of its pouch, surrounded by green plants and sunlight.

Fun Fact

Like Kangaroos, female Wallabies have a pouch where their babies (called joeys) grow until they’re big enough to hop around on their own.

A baby tree kangaroo peeks out from its mothers pouch while sitting on a rock.

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Map Locations

V12 & E15

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Anytime

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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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