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Discover the Australian bushland at night on this nocturnal tour. Watch as possums, bandicoots, frogs and other nocturnal animals wake and begin their nightly activities. See Kangaroos up close.
This nocturnal wildlife tour is family friendly and takes place at Yelverton Brook Conservation Sanctuary. On arrival at the sanctuary a short guided bush walk will take us to the animal viewing site. While you sit down and enjoy some bush billy tea or milo, your guides will provide entertaining stories and factual information about the wildlife and bushtucker native to the Margaret River Region. Experience the West Australian night sky, with stargazing opportunities.
Tours depart around sunset**, and run for approximately 2 hours including pickups and drop-offs. Pickups are available from accommodation in Busselton and Dunsborough. Pickup locations and times will be confirmed after booking.
** Please note sunset times change significantly during the year – the tour can start as early as 5.30pm during the winter months (June-Aug) and as late as 7.30pm during the Summer months (Dec-Feb) depending on your location / meeting point.
Water, billy tea and biscuits
WHAT TO BRING:
Comfortable walking shoes (please dress appropriately for the weather)
Camera
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Our guide, Ryan, met us at the port and dropped us back there afterwards.
Our tour included a platter of local nibbles and drinks too at about the midway point. Very nice touch and all the local cheeses, honey, and nibbles were delicious!
As for the guided tour, it was awesome.
We have travelled the world over and have had many tour guides along our adventures, Ryan was honestly the most informative, interesting, thoughtful, and add to that he has a great sense of humour!
Along the drive to our first hike, Ryan provided us with a great narrative of the local area and people. Our short hike through the bush let us see many interesting sights and learn how historically the aborigines used the different plants for medicinal purposes and making fire.
Our second hike was longer, the Cape to Cape trek provided us with amazing vistas and photo-ops of the beautiful sand beaches. It was midday so we didn’t see much in the way of reptiles, but the variety of birds were plentiful.
We stopped at several view points along the coast for pics before heading to the “Kangaroo Safari” portion of the trip.
Ryan took us to a local golf course that has essentially been taken over by the bouncing wonders. Tee to green, the kangaroos ruled the fairways!
We were able to get out and take some great shots of a wild mob grazing in the local schoolyard, a sight we don’t see everyday back in Canada.
Along the drive back to the port, Ryan shared a video relating to the eco efforts being taken to preserve the great outdoors and oceans.
Well done Ryan, fabulous trip!
Thank you!
The local produce that we got to taste was amazing and should not be missed!
Seriously, if you have a short stay in Busselton (eg. Tour ship stop, quick weekend WA visit), this should be the only activity you book! Well worth it and true value for money!
Well done Ryan and the whole team and manu thanks for a memorable experience!!
This experience is one to die for.
I would recommend this tour to anybody that is at all curious about Australian Wildlife and environment.
We were picked up and dropped off at our holiday home too. This was a surprise for my birthday and it was a fab experience.
We started with a brief walk to a small clearing in the forest. Along the way Ryan described some of the trees and bushes. Upon arriving at the clearing this is where the real magic began. There are no guarantees as to which animals will come and see you here but we were really very lucky with Bandicoots and around a dozen Kangaroos joining us - it was amazing!
We then carried on deeper into the forest were we looked at other vegetation and hunted for various spiders. Ryan was also able to point of many star constellations as we walked too.
It was a truly wonderful night and is something neither myself or my wife will ever forget.
Great and knowledgeable people who run the experience who are passionate and fun to talk to.
Highly recommend!
Ron & Tanya from Perth, WA
The guys are 2 great human beings very connected to nature and proud of their local town with all of it’s eco diversity.
Thoroughly recommended.
We hope to be back again in another season. Stay well and till we meet again!
The stargazing experience was incredible too.
Overall, it was a fun and memorable experience.
Well organised, presented and Ryan's lnowledge of the area is second to none.
I cannot recommend this tour for families highly enough!
Highly recommend.
They did this because they are so proud of their part of Australia and wanted to make sure that I saw enough to be impressed by this beautiful, historic part of the world. You bet I'm impressed! Thank you so much.
friendly and so knowledgeable. The tour was at a relaxed pace, interesting and informative! Enjoyed every moment! Highly recommend this experience. Thank you, Ryan and Mick.
Thank you
Ryan and Mick were entertaining and knowledgeable. The wildlife was fab. Up close and personal with 10 kangaroos - including a mother and baby - and possums so close we could strike them. Other creatures like the bandicoots and spiders became much more interesting when we heard about their lifestyles.
Strongly recommend. Easy walking - I did it in flip flops (thongs).
The guides were absolutely amazing and respondes to our wishes.
I recommend the tour.




































































