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Quokka Nook

Meet the Quokkas at Quokka Nook

Opening Friday, 18 Sep. Join us for our launch weekend! Details here ↗

Step inside Quokka Nook, a purpose-built habitat for our newest, smiliest residents! Open daily from the 18 September and included with Sanctuary entry, Quokka Nook is home to two of Western Australia’s most famous native animals. Get up close to these vulnerable little marsupials as we help protect their future through the Quokka Species Management Program.

Map Location: C14

Meet the Quokkas

Australia’s favourite smile

Small, tough and famously cheerful! Quokkas are easy to fall in love with, but they’re vulnerable in the wild. Visit the Quokkas to learn what makes them so special and how we’re helping protect their future.

A closeup of a quokka with its mouth open and front paws hanging relaxed.

A closeup of a quokka with its mouth open and front paws hanging relaxed. The image is overlaid with playful text in blue, green and yellow saying Quokka Nook.

Learn & Play

Get hands-on with our interactive display

Do you know what makes Quokkas look as if they’re constantly happy? Any idea what their favourite foods are? Or what we can do to protect them? Test your Quokka knowledge at the interactive space! Kids and kids at heart can play, explore and discover what makes Quokkas one of Australia’s most unique native animals.

Name the Quokkas & Win a Trip

You could go to Rottnest Island

The two Quokkas are here, but we haven’t decided on names yet. Got ideas? Scan the QR code at Quokka Nook and submit your suggestions for your chance to name the Quokkas! But that is not all. Every entry gives you a chance to win a trip for two to Rottnest Island worth more than $2,600, all thanks to Trip.com.

More Details Here

An image of Rottnest Island showing one of its many beaches and lagoons as well as a white light tower with colourful text overlaid saying Win a Trip to Rottnest Island thanks to Trip.com

Croc Wetlands

See Crocodiles & Alligators

Check out our snappiest animal precinct and get up close to some of the Sanctuary’s most intimidating reptiles, including one of Australia’s largest Saltwater Crocodiles.

Snap to It

Close up shot of a crocodile's eye; it's leathery skin is visible in a lot of detail

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.