Life Gone Wild: After Dark
Nocturnal Wildlife Spotlighting Tour
Australia is full of wild and wonderful wildlife, found nowhere else on the planet. Many of those awaken as the sun sets and the moon rises. Luckily for you, a guided tour with one of our experts is the perfect way to discover them for yourself! Come and explore one of Melbourne’s best nocturnal wildlife watching locations and take the opportunity to come across some of the denizens of the night!
Whether it’s a Common Wombat foraging around for food, a Krefft’s Glider gliding from tree to tree, the incredibly camouflaged Tawny Frogmouth, or the largest owl in the Southern Hemisphere, the Powerful Owl… There’s plenty of incredible moments with wildlife out there just waiting for you to come and experience them on one of our Life Gone Wild: After Dark spotlighting tours!
What are you waiting for? Get out there, get wild! You never know what you might find!
Upcoming Tours Dates
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Banyule Flats Reserve, Viewbank
5pm - 8pm Sunday May 26th
Hidden away along the Yarra River, Banyule Flats has PLENTY to offer for nocturnal wildlife spotting along easy to walk trails. Target species include Krefft’s Glider, Tawny Frogmouth, Wombat, Ringtail Possum, Brushtail Possum, and more!
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Yarra Ranges National Park, Healesville
5pm - 8pm Saturday June 1st
5pm - 8pm Saturday June 22nd
5pm - 8pm Saturday July 20th
5pm - 8pm Saturday August 17th
This wet forest location provides a totally different experience to our tours closer to Melbourne. Target species include the Southern Greater Glider, Yellow-Bellied Glider, Krefft’s Glider, and the enigmatic Sooty Owl.
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Westerfolds Park, Templestowe
5pm - 8pm Saturday June 8th
One of Melbourne’s best kept secrets, Westerfolds Park is one of our favourite locations for wildlife watching. Target Species include Tawny Frogmouth, Krefft’s Glider, Australian Owlet-Nightjar, Wombat, and more!
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New Locations Coming Soon
Hold tight - new dates and locations are coming soon!
We’re always on the hunt for new locations to bring people out into to explore the night. Stay tuned for what and where we find!
What will the tour look like?
The majority of our Nocturnal Spotlighting Tours will look like this*:
19:30 - Arrival and briefing from Tour Leader
19:45 - Start of Guided Outing
23:15 - Tea, coffee, and species run down
23:00 - End of Tour
* Times are dependent on the time of sunset at the time of year and will be confirmed upon booking.
Target Species
Our targets include a variety of incredible species, including our Owls, Tawny Frogmouths, Australian Owlet Nightjars, Krefft’s Gliders, Common Ringtail and Brushtail Possums, and more!
Book Your Tour Now!
Now that you’ve seen what the tour might look like, seen what we might come across, and the kind of locations we go to, check it all out together down below and book your spot on one of our tours. Our expert guides will help you get out there and get wild in no time.
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