About Us

     Fauna Australia Wildlife Retreat is owned and run by your hosts Dean and Kirsten together with their three children Jaryd (6) Sophie (4) and Chloe (2).

     Once just a farm house with a few paddocks and some sheds, it has now been transformed into a place that provides visitors the opportunity stay to see some of Australia's amazing wildlife.

     Places where cows and sheep used to roam now contain Kangaroos and Wombats.  Other creatures which had long since disappeared now live in the garden.
     We decided to provide accommodation so that other people could stay and experience the amazing nocturnal animals of Australia.  By staying the night, people can take time and truly appreciate these remarkable creatures.  It is through people staying, that we have been able to continue and expand our breeding programs.  We have some of the largest private collections of Australian endangered species.  Some of the species such as rufous bettongs, brushtailed bettongs, red-bellied pademelons and plains rats have been extinct in the wild in Victoria for over 50 years.

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