Booked tour at 14:00 as earlier slots fully booked, half expecting the wildlife to be half asleep. Completely wrong as saw multitude of active koalas including one climbing up from the undergrowth, and another low level close to the path. Between the group and our sharp eyed guide Sasha spotted couple of pademelons , red shoulder and swamp wallabies, a family of kangaroos and pair emus. An easy walk along a well maintained path, which with the extra sightings took two hours, although did not feel that long. And for those who appreciate wood, admire the path blackwood handrail, a labour in love by a very skilled craftsman. Or if into security ask about the fence design as clearly very effective in creating and maintaining this wildlife oasis since opening three years ago.

Excellent opportunity to see some of Australia’s native species in a natural environment. Very enthusiastic and knowledgeable tour guide Del. Highly recommend to anyone visiting the Great Ocean Road

Stopped off at wildlife wonders just off the great ocean road and glad I did. This is a fairly small reserve ( surrounded by a predator fence) and is accessed via the guided tours only ( I think). A lovely facility ( nice cafe, shop etc). The tour started with a briefing and we were kitted out with earpieces and binoculars. The tour itself was about 90 mins and was really interesting and showed the clear focus on ecology etc. as well as seeing some amazing wildlife, I learned loads on the tour and it was interesting to see the trail cameras and other eco exhibits. Well worth a visit, highly recommended.

I found this place by accident as I was driving the Great Ocean Road. I had spent 2 weeks in Australia at that point and hadn’t seen any native wildlife. The prospect of seeing kangaroos and koalas was too much to resist and I decided to call in and take the tour. The young lady who led the tour was amazing, her passion for the animals was infectious and she captivated the group of 6 people she was showing around. We were enthralled and saw koalas in the trees, little paddymelons and of course the stars of the show, the kangaroos just completed a perfect day. This is a beautiful place with amazing staff and you really should go!

A must do! We happened to arrive 5 minutes before the 1 pm tour (you must go with a guide) on a walk around this reserve. The animals are free to roam, and are wildlife so not guarantees on what you will see. They don't feed them as they are wild! We were lucky to see so many animals even with the 20 people in the group. We saw 3 emus, a kangaroo family with their joeys, a swamp wallaby, a kookaburra (who then flew off and sang to us!!!). We saw koalas, one of whom suddenly woke from his midday nap and started climbing and then needed a snack of eucalyptus leaves - quite a show. It was fun to to watch. We saw a gang gang cockatoo, a bandicoot and some other birds, lots of flora. The path is flat is so easy to walk around. Our group kept spotting animals which helped the guide a lot. Our guide spent a bit too much time talking - we were interested in the history and animal info but some times it is nice for quiet to just enjoy the wildlife(we took off the head phones). Would definitely recommend this reserve to visit.