Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is a heritage-listed zoological garden at 28 Tomewin Street, Currumbin, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1947 onwards. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 18 September 2009. The sanctuary is world-renowned for its feeding of huge flocks of free-flying wild rainbow lorikeets, which come to the sanctuary to feast off the special mixture which the lorikeets eat. thumb|Miniature train, Currumbin Sanctuary, July 1964 The sanctuary was opened in 1947 by Alex Griffiths as the Currumbin Bird Sanctuary, originally intended to divert local lorikeets from damaging his flower crops. It has since become a major nature-based tourist attraction, known for daily lorikeet feeding and one of the largest collections of Australian native species in the world. The site includes a miniature railway (operating since 1964), a wildlife hospital, and newer exhibits such as the Lost Valley precinct, which opened in 2017.
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- Built
- 1947 onwards
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- Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
- Location
- 28 Tomewin Street, Currumbin, Queensland, Australia
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- Queensland#Australia
- Designation1
- Queensland Heritage Register
- Beginning Label
- Design period
- Designation1 Date
- 18 September 2009
- Designation1 Type
- state heritage (landscape, built)
- Designation1 Number
- 602720
- Designation1 Offname
- Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
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- Significant period
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- Significant components
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- Builders
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- 1947 onwards
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- watercourse – creek, aviary, animal enclosure/s, pens/cages, trees – remnant scrub, zoological garden, miniature tram/train, other – recreation/entertainment: component