Wildlife exhibits
Blackbutt Reserve has reopened the Koala Exhibit / Flight Aviary, Wombat Exhibit, Kangaroo and Emu Exhibit and the six remaining bird aviaries.
Blackbutt Reserve has a long history of exhibiting captive wildlife. The first enclosures were built in the 1960’s.
These enclosures exhibited a range of native fauna including kangaroos and wallabies, koalas and a variety of bird species.
Blackbutt Reserve contains a number of multi award winning wildlife exhibits. The exhibited animals and the interpretative signage located along the boardwalk provide an opportunity for visitors to observe the fauna and learn about each species.
Close encounters with koalas are available at 2pm each day for a fee of $3 per person.
The following wildlife can be seen in the exhibit:
- Australian King Parrot
- Banded Plover
- Bar-shouldered Dove
- Black Winged Stilt
- Blue Tongued Lizard
- Brown & King Quails
- Brush Bronzewing
- Buff Banded Rail
- Bush Stone-Curlew
- Cattle Egret
- Common Bronzewing
- Common Wombat
- Crested Pigeon
- Crimson Rosella
- Diamond Dove
- Diamond Python
- Eastern Grey Kangaroo
- Eastern Rosella
- Echidna
- Emerald Dove
- Emu
- Galah
- Koala
- Little Corella
- Masked Lapwing
- Musk Lorikeet
- Parma Wallaby
- Pea Fowl
- Peaceful Dove
- Pheasant Coucal
- Rainbow Lorikeet
- Red Kangaroo
- Red Necked wallaby
- Red Rump Parrot
- Ringtail Possum
- Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove
- Rufous Night Heron
- Sacred Kingfisher
- Satin Bowerbird
- Scaley Breasted Lorikeet
- Spotted-tail Quoll
- Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
- Swamp Wallaby
- Tawny Frogmouth
- Turquoise Parrots
- Wallaroo
- White-headed Pigeon
- Zebra Finches
